Discover new ways to think about playing hymns with this performance guidebook for organists! A great tool to help imporve hymn playing and invigorate congregational singing.
PART 1: Leading Congregational Song
PART 2: Creative Hymn Playing Using the Hymnal
PART 3: Beginning Hymn-Based Improvisation
PART 4: Hymn-Based Improvisation: Repertoire
SEASONAL INDEX
GLOSSARY
Features include:
- An overall view of hymn playing in the context of worship
- Dual use- tips for improving as well as literature for service playing
- An introduction to core improvisation techniquest and skills
- Sequentially structured core improvisation preparation exercises
- 30 written improvisation on hymn tunes further illustrating core improvisation techniques and forms, and usuful as hymn introductions and voluntaries in worship
Tunes included:
ANTIOCH
BESANÇON
BRYN CALFARIA
CAROL
CORONATION
ERHALT UNS, HERR (Two Settings)
GLORIA
HERZLIEBSTER JESU
HOLY MANNA
HYMN TO JOY
IL EST NÉ
IN BABILONE
ITALIAN HYMN (MOSCOW)
LANCASHIRE
LIEBSTER JESU, WIR SIND HIER
LOBE DEN HERREN
MADRID (SPANISH HYMN)
MIT FREUDEN ZART (BOHEMIAN BRETHREN)
NEW BRITAIN (AMAZING GRACE)
PICARDY
REVIVE US
ST. ANNE (Two Settings)
ST. DENIO
STEPHANOS
STRAF MICH NICHT
SUFFERER
SUSSEX CAROL
VENI EMMANUEL
WONDROUS LOVE
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