Nearer, My God, To Thee - Hymn Karaoke & Accompaniment Backing Track (MP3)
Nearer, My God, To Thee - Hymn Karaoke & Accompaniment Backing Track (MP3)
Sing Nearer, My God, To Thee with a full studio arrangement behind you. This is my own arrangement, recorded with piano, string orchestra, bass and solo violin, with the melody left open for your voice.
Hear a 30 second preview
From the full arrangement, with the melody left open
People use this track for special music on a Sunday morning, for choir and worship team rehearsals, for singalongs at care homes and family gatherings, and simply for singing at home. You get a beautiful accompaniment without needing a pianist in the room.
What you get
- High quality MP3 backing track, 4:44
- Printable PDF lyric sheet
- Instant download after checkout, yours to keep
- Cleared for live performance and personal use
There are no vocals anywhere on the track. It opens with the violin, settles into gentle piano for the first verse, the strings build from there, and my violin takes the instrumental section in the middle before the full arrangement carries it home. Every sung verse is left open for you.
Track details
Title: Nearer, My God, To Thee
Music by: Lowell Mason
Lyrics by: Sarah Flower Adams
Arranged by: Rosemary Siemens
Genre: Hymn
Key: D flat major, moving to E flat major
Tempo: 72 BPM
Duration: 4:44
Instruments: Piano, string orchestra, bass, solo violin
File type: MP3, no vocals
Lyrics begin: Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee, E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee...
Hear it performed
The video below is the vocal version so you can hear the arrangement in full. The file you download is instrumental only.
Want the notes too? Add the Nearer, My God, To Thee sheet music and play along. You can also browse all my hymn karaoke and backing tracks, or come sing along on my YouTube channel, where we are on a mission to Bring Back the Hymns.