How do you all deal with tricky lyrics in which there are separate words for two groups? This doesn't happen too often with contemporary praise songs, I don't think, but it's a bit more common in traditional hymns. The one I'm wrestling with this week is All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (the "Diadem" tune). Here's how the lyrics read in the hymnal:
All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown (crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him) him,
and crown him Lord of all.
The part in parenthesis is to be sung by tenors/bass. The primary line (sopranos and altos) actually hold crown for 2 measures.
I suppose some options are:
1. Leave out the part in parenthesis (the tenor/bass part), assuming few people will sing that part.
2. Print that line in a smaller font (a bit hard to do in Proclaim, but not impossible)
3. Print:
crown...him
(crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him)
An additional related question: break slides after the second "let angels prostrate fall", or keep everything together? It's a pretty short, 2 beat transition.
I should note that it's one of our more formal services of the year in some ways, in a congregation that skews traditional anyway, with a mix of those who use the screens and those who use the hymnals.
Thoughts? Thanks!
