Hymn Refresh: Be Thou My Vision

An acoustic rendition of a classic hymn.

This take uses a capo but only covers 5 strings but can be played just fine without it.

I kept the tabs pretty basic.  I vary the ending on the intro everytime but the second bar covers whenever I make a chord change.  If you're looking for a more uptempo version of the song check out Rend Collective's version.

Intro

Jason Houtsma is the co-founder and guitar teacher at Worship Artistry, where he is helping musicians of every level answer the call to worship with passion and confidence. Jason has been leading worship and writing music since he was 15 years old and currently serves as Worship Pastor for Mosaic Church in Bellingham, WA. He is husband to Alli and father to Bjorn and Asher.

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My Irish roots love this!

Submitted by JMorris on March 16, 2015 - 5:08pm.

Plus it's just a beautiful song with great theological content. I've been feeling inspired lately to bring more hymns back into our song pool at our church, and the response has been very good. I'm absolutely going to bring this rendition into rotation. Thanks again, Jason!

That's awesome!

Submitted by Jason Houtsma on March 16, 2015 - 6:50pm.

Glad you like it.

Looking to move up

Submitted by tonyturley on June 10, 2015 - 6:48am.

Jason, would this be a good song to use as a step-up? I've been playing for about 16 years, but started pretty late in life (40). I play on our worship team three times a week, but for many years I was nothing but a basic strummer. It's only been in the past few years that I've broken out of what I call "the 4-fret trap" and began playing up the neck. Paul Baloche is my favorite writer/singer, and I have successfully mastered many of his songs, including more difficult ones like "Glorious" and "Offering", and I'm working on "Your Name" and a few others. I can play chords all over the neck, but I struggle a lot when it comes to trying to add rhythmic fills to my strumming. I know scales, but I just don't know how to apply them in real time. Your thoughts?

Absolutely

Submitted by Jason Houtsma on June 10, 2015 - 8:16am.

It's a good fit because there are riffs that follow the melody. Here's another great post that works well in tandem with this one: https://worshipartistry.com/greenroom/playing-tips/riffing-for-the-weekend

thanks again

Submitted by tonyturley on June 10, 2015 - 9:59am.

Thanks Jason. Appreciate the help.

Tony

Be though my vision

Submitted by Mitch Banks on July 28, 2018 - 12:42pm.

Thank you very much, very cool arrangement and tuning, yet keeping it simple not to ruin the melody. I’m impressed