Creative Hymn Playing

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.

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**Click Here to Listen
  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)**Click Here to Listen
  NEW BRITAIN (AMAZING GRACE)
  PICARDY
  REVIVE US
  ST. ANNE (Two Settings)
  ST. DENIO
  STEPHANOS
  STRAF MICH NICHT
  SUFFERER
  SUSSEX CAROL**Click Here to Listen
  VENI EMMANUEL**Click Here to Listen
  WONDROUS LOVE**Click Here to Listen