The Theology of "The Chord"

Each Christmas season church musicians encounter a most unusual chord in an arrangement of the Christmas hymn “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” This chord is so important that church musicians comment on it in their social media posts, create memes, t-shirts, and even coffee mugs with “the chord” notated on them. Even The New York Times posted an article about it. Learn about this chord and its theology in this video.
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Find the arrangement of “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in these two collections:

Carols for Choirs 1, Oxford University Press
https://amzn.to/3WzJZRW

100 Carols for Choirs, Oxford University Press
https://amzn.to/3I2fhNp

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CHAPTERS
0:00 – Introduction
0:34 – The Source of “The Chord”
1:29 – What is “The Chord?”
3:06 – It’s a Borrowed iiiø7!
4:43 – Harmony’s Greater Master
6:35 – Connecting The Chord and Christ
7:42 – Why “The Chord” matters
10:32 – Sing!
10:53 – Closing

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