Though it's a favorite, "I Know My Father Lives" has some interesting little quirks.

Yet, despite these quirks, Reid Nibley finds a way to smoothly create a memorable beauty of a Primary Song.

The text needed massaging to get it stretched just right over the song-scaffolding.

The melody does a complete 180 from pretty basic to super interesting.

And the harmony does a very cool, very handy sleight of hand at the end of the 3rd phrase. It's a fantastic use of substitute chords across relative keys. I highly recommend you keep this tip in your toolkit. It's a gem of a harmony trick.

To learn all the juicy details of what holds together this seemingly simple (yet masterful) little ditty, take a moment to open up your Latter-Day Musiversity app and join me in the "Analyzing Primary Songs" section.

If you still haven't had a chance to download the app, you can do so by following the directions on this page.

https://douglaspew.ck.page/842cbedb0c

Enjoy!

Doug