The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added several new features to the Gospel Library app in regards to music.
The new updates are designed to help Latter-day Saints everywhere increase worship of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, in conjunction with the ongoing release of new hymns in “Hymnns—For Home and Church,” explained a May 29 news release on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The features come as the Church prepares to retire the Sacred Music app by the end of 2025.
Ed Krenicky, a music product manager for the Church, said: “The Lord has promised blessings as we participate in the song of the heart. We’re releasing new features in the Gospel Library app that aim to make it easier to listen to, sing and accompany sacred music.”
The new music features include:
- Play and shuffle options for nonstop listening of an entire song list, including curated music albums and collections.
- Additional hymn verses below the music staff in sheet music views.
- A second sheet music view—“Fixed” PDF layout—in addition to the existing “Responsive” view that adjusts to your font size and screen width.
- Accompanist mode for pianists and organists to “turn” pages on multipage sheet music rather than scroll between pages by hand. This new view is also compatible with Bluetooth pedal page-turning devices, familiar to many accompanists.
Read more about the Church’s sacred music at the Church News.
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