Honestly! Musical aural skills in the pews of the C of E are at a low ebb. Passing notes are regularly inserted into melodies which do not have or need them. The most famous case is in "O come, all ye faithful" at"... born the King of An - - gels".
There is another I know of in "At the name of Jesus" when sung to Camberwell: "Every tongue confess him" usually gets a passing note. There are no examples on YouTube but, in a few, you can just imagine someone gagging to put one in.
Typical - you can never find one when you actually want one! I think there is a a slight one HERE.
What struck me on Sunday was that there was a complete absence of the dreaded passing note. Hoorah!
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