Paul Cardall

LDS instrumental is a devotional, primarily acoustic stream of Latter-day Saint (Mormon) music in which familiar hymns and spiritual themes are rendered without vocals. Most releases center on lyrical piano, expressive solo strings (violin or cello), guitar, harp, and small chamber or orchestra settings. The sound favors radiant, reverent tone colors, slow-to-moderate tempos, clear hymn melodies, and warm, consonant harmonies with tasteful reharmonization. Production tends toward natural space and subtle dynamics so the music can function as prelude/postlude in worship, quiet personal devotion, study, or reflection. Stylistically it intersects contemporary classical and New Age piano, but it remains melody-forward and hymn-focused, retaining the pastoral, hopeful character of Latter-day Saint congregational song while translating it into contemplative instrumental texture.