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“In
the Garden”
(1912)
By: Charles
Austin Miles (1868-1946)
Arr: Ruth Randle
The composer of this beautiful, well-known hymn
began his career as a pharmacist. Shortly thereafter,
Charles A. Miles wrote his first gospel music, published
by the Hall-Mack Company. In 1892 Miles abandoned his
earlier career, joining this publishing house as an
editor, and later Manager. During the ensuing 37 years,
he wrote and published nearly a score of gospel songs,
convinced this was his true calling. In the Garden is
perhaps his best-remembered composition.
The lyrics for this music are based upon a New
Testament passage in the Bible (John 20:15), describing
the experience of Mary Magdalene at the tomb of the
newly risen Christ, in a garden setting.
Thinking He was the
gardener, she said:
“Sir, if you
have carried Him away,
tell me
where you have put Him,
and I will get
Him.”
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The melody of this song is diatonic, with the
exception of one note appearing in measure 24, an
F-natural. Ruth has used two additional chromatic notes
here for chord support. These may be found in measure 14
(an E chord using the note G#), and in measure 28 (an
F#7 chord requiring an A#).
An additional benefit provided by the 1-3-5
tuning in this arrangement is the vertical alignment of
notes as barre chords. Notice that the entire
arrangement can thus be chorded with a minimum stretch
of the fingers, while retaining the full-richness of
sound of the triad chords.
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Download
links to files:
In the Garden.pdf
In the
Garden.MID
In the
Garden text.pdf
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