Learn to Play Hymns and Chorales on Piano
A Graded Collection of Four-Part Chorales for Organ, Piano, or Electric Keyboard
Hymn-Style Piano Playing is a book that teaches how to play hymns and chorales at the piano.
Chorale Studies and Teaching Pieces that Develop Your Hymn-Playing Ability
This collection contains studies and teaching pieces from a great diversity of chorale traditions. These traditions include orchestral music, sacred and secular choir music, congregational hymns, national anthems, string quartets, and piano music in chorale style. The book’s chorales come from six continents of the world: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
The Organization of Hymn-Style Piano Playing
The book’s first section provides etudes and graded chorales along with helpful advice for the student. Then, the book’s second part includes many hymns and chorales from which the teacher and student may select for further study.
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Learn to play hymns using easy chorales from many cultures.
Selections Include
- Johannes Brahms, Chorale from Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, Mvt. 4
- Christian Friedrich Witt, “Stuttgart”
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Ukrainian Folk Song “Minka”, Op. 107/7
- Claude Debussy, Excerpt from Rêverie, L. 68
- Hiromori Hayashi, “Kimigayo” (“The Peaceful Reign”)
- Enoch Sontonga, “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrica” (“Lord Bless Africa”)
- African-American Spiritual “Go Down, Moses”
- Carl G. Gläser and Lowell Mason, “Azmon”
- Pavel Chesnokov, “Spaseniye” (“Salvation Is Created”), Op. 25/5
- Argentine Folk Melody, “Canto de Alegría”
- Clara Schumann, “Prelude” from Einfache Praeludien für Schüler, No. 1
- Hebrew Melody “Leoni”