189 in SDA Hymnal, All That Thrills My Soul
*Backing Track Only*
Soft acoustic ballad
4 bar intro, 4 verses (16 bars + 1 bar lead-in to next verse)
4/4, 85 bpm, key of Bb
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Acoustic Guitar: Brent Mason
Electric Piano: Miles Black
Acoustic Bass: Craig Nelson
Cello: Matt Nelson
Harp: Sharlene Wallace

All That Thrills My Soul (backing track)

626 in SDA Hymnal, In a Little While We're Going Home
*Backing Track Only*
Spritely modern latin style
8 bar intro, then 4 verses (18 bars), with extra 2 bar bridge at the end of each verse.  Note the paused note near the end of each chorus (where the subsonic boom is), which is held for 5 beats.  3rd verse is without drummers.
4/4, 130 bpm, key of Eb.
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.

In A Little While We're Going Home (backing track)

SDA Hymnal, #620.. more info and demo to follow soon.
However  if you’re familiar with it, there’s an 8 bar intro, then 4 verses (no bridge between verses)

On Jordan's Stormy Banks (backing track)

Hymn 422 from the SDA hymnal.
Backing track only.
4 bar intro followed by 4 verses.
3/4 at 140 bpm.
Key of F for first 2 verses, Gb for verse 3, A for verse 4.

Marching To Zion (backing track)

Hymn 272 in the SDA Hymnal.
4 bar intro, then 6 verses (the hymn is only 3 verses, but there's room to do some soloing in here). Fade ending.  If you want fewer verses, download it and simply cut some verses out in an editor like GarageBand.
4/4 at 100 bpm in the key of G throughout.

Give Me The Bible (backing track)

Hymn 570 in the SDA Hymnal.
4/4 at 115 bpm in the key of Eb.
4 bar intro followed by 4 verses.

Not I, But Christ (backing track)

Hymn 126 in the SDA Hymnal, although this is actually modelled on the traditional tune, rather than the hymnal tune.
4/4 at 70 bpm in the key of C.
4 bar intro, followed by 3 verses (16 bars each), followed by 8 bar outdo (do what you like there or leave it to Jeff on the piano).

In The Bleak Midwinter (backing track)

Hymn 137 in the SDA Hymnal.
Mexican-Jazz fusion.
2 bar count in, 8 bar intro, 5 verses (each of 33 bars with 4 bar lead-in to next verse), outro.
3/4 at 140 bpm in key of G.

We Three Kings (backing track w soloists)

Hymn 137 in the SDA Hymnal.
Mexican-Jazz fusion.
2 bar count-in, 8 bar intro, 5 verses (each 33 bars with 4 bar lead-in to next verse), outro.
3/4 at 140 bpm in key of G.

We Three Kings (backing track wo soloists)

Number 86 in the SDA Hymnal.
This version is for singing 3 verses (2 before the guitar solo and 1 after the sax solo).
Come in at the end of the 4 bar intro.
At 60bpm it's quite slow, and it's in 12/8 rather than 4/4, so there are still 4 basic beats in the bar, but each beat is in triplets so the song has a more lilting, swingy, feel that normal.
It's in the key of Eb which is not the original key (Bb).
Parts rendered with Band in a Box, with additional elements and production in GarageBand.

How Great Thou Art (3 verse backing track)

Structure is the same as sung by Sweet Symphony, but in the key of C to make it easier for instrumentalists to play along.
Come in at the end of the 2-bar intro.
Structure is Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Chorus, then goes into the ad-lib solo part (sing over the instrumental soloists) which is essentially 4 more choruses, then finishes with half of Verse 1 again.
Tempo is 90 bpm.
Parts rendered with Band in a Box, with additional elements and production in GarageBand.

Dreaming Of A City (backing track)

Number 341 in the SDA Hymnal.
Come in at the end of the 8 bar intro.  3 verses (with chorus) with a 1 bar turn-around before the next verse.
At 80bpm and in 4/4 rather than the usual 3/4, this is a very slow rendition of what is usually quite a spritely hymn. Good for singing meditatively.
It's in the key of D which is not the original key (G).
Parts rendered with Band in a Box, with additional elements and production in GarageBand.

To God Be The Glory (backing track)

Number 198 in the SDA Hymnal.
4/4, G major, 170 bpm.
8-bar intro, then 4 verses.
Note there's an 8-bar bridge between verses 1 and 2, but only a 4-bar bridge between the other verses.

And Can It Be (backing track)

499 in the SDA Hymnal, What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
*Backing Track Only*
Gentle ballad style
4 bar intro, 3 verses (16 bars + 1 bar lead-in to next verse).
4/4, 80 bpm, key of C, rising to C# for the last verse.
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Electric Piano: Jeff Lorber
Acoustic Guitar: Brent Mason
Acoustic Bass: Byron House
Drums: Bryan Owings

What A Friend We Have In Jesus (backing track)

473 in SDA Hymnal, Nearer My God to Thee
*Backing Track Only*
Gentle ballad style
4 bar intro, 5 verses (16 bars + 1 bar lead-in to next verse).
4/4, 85 bpm, key of F.
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Acoustic Guitar: Quinn Bachand
Piano: Dave Milligan

Nearer My God To Thee (backing track)

472 in SDA Hymnal, A Song of Heaven and Homeland
*Backing Track Only*
Gentle country & western style
4 bar intro, 3 verses (27 bars).
3/4, 85 bpm, key of F.
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Harmonica: Jelly Roll Johnson
Acoustic Guitar Strumming: Jason Roller
Acoustic Guitar Picking: Joe Robinson
Acoustic Bass: Byron House
Drums: Shawn Soucy

A Song Of Heaven And Homeland (backing track)

461 in SDA Hymnal, Be Still My Soul
*Backing Track Only*
Smooth-jazz style
4 bar intro, 4 verses (24 bars).
4/4, 95 bpm, key of F.
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Electric Piano: Jeff Lorber
Electric Guitar: Dwight Sills
Electric Bass: Alex Al
Drums: Franklin (Third) Richardson

Be Still My Soul (backing track)

125 in SDA Hymnal, Joy to The World
*Backing Track Only*
Smooth Jazz style
8 bar intro, 4 verses (10 & 1/2 bars + 1 bar lead-in to next verse).
4/4, 100 bpm, key of C. 
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Electric Piano: Jeff Lorber
Electric Guitar: Dwight Sills
Electric Bass: Vernon Barbary
Drums: Franklin (Third) Richardson
Alto Saxophone: Eric Marienthal

Joy to The World (backing track)

Pathfinder Song
*Backing Track Only*
Smooth jazz style
8 bar intro, 5 verses (20 bars).
4/4, 100 bpm, key of G. 
Generated by Band-in-a-Box, mastered in GarageBand.
Electric Piano: Jeff Lorber
Electric Bass: Freddie Washington
Drums: Land Richards
Vocals (intro): David Wise & Shane McConnell

Pathfinder Song (backing track without guitar)

Free-to-use backing tracks of Christian hymns and songs. If you use a track, please post a link to your performance - I’d love to see/hear it 🙂🙏🏼

Dan Trueman

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