{"id":807,"date":"2019-04-18T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2022-09-03T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:06:46","slug":"how-to-play-hymns-on-piano-easy-piano-hymns-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/teaching\/keyboard\/how-to-play-hymns-on-piano-easy-piano-hymns-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play Hymns on Piano (Unlock Your Keyboard Potential)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"display: none;\">Learn to Play Hymns and Chorales on Piano<\/h1>\n<h2 hidden>A Graded Collection of Four-Part Chorales for Organ, Piano, or Electric Keyboard<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qsRL2l\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-809 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/514fmL9HzSL._SX384_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg?resize=300%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Click this button to learn how to play chorales\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hymn-Style Piano Playing is a book that teaches how to play hymns and chorales at the piano.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"display: none;\">Chorale Studies and Teaching Pieces that Develop Your Hymn-Playing Ability<\/h3>\n<p>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&#8217;s chorales come from six continents of the world: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"display: none;\">The Organization of Hymn-Style Piano Playing<\/h3>\n<p>The book&#8217;s first section provides etudes and graded chorales along with helpful advice for the student. Then, the book&#8217;s second part includes many hymns and chorales from which the teacher and student may select for further study.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"display: none;\">Download this PDF Piano Tutorial to learn how to play worship songs!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XuiLxV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-809 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/amazon-button-300x113.png?resize=300%2C113\" alt=\"Learn to play hymns by clicking this button\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/amazon-button.png?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/amazon-button.png?w=381&amp;ssl=1 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn to play hymns using easy chorales from many cultures.<\/p>\n<h5>Selections Include<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Johannes Brahms, Chorale from Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, Mvt. 4<\/li>\n<li>Christian Friedrich Witt, &#8220;Stuttgart&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig van Beethoven, Ukrainian Folk Song &#8220;Minka&#8221;, Op. 107\/7<\/li>\n<li>Claude Debussy, Excerpt from R\u00eaverie, L. 68<\/li>\n<li>Hiromori Hayashi, &#8220;Kimigayo&#8221; (&#8220;The Peaceful Reign&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Enoch Sontonga, &#8220;Nkosi Sikelel&#8217; iAfrica&#8221; (&#8220;Lord Bless Africa&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>African-American Spiritual &#8220;Go Down, Moses&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Carl G. Gl\u00e4ser and Lowell Mason, &#8220;Azmon&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Pavel Chesnokov, &#8220;Spaseniye&#8221; (&#8220;Salvation Is Created&#8221;), Op. 25\/5<\/li>\n<li>Argentine Folk Melody, &#8220;Canto de Alegr\u00eda&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Clara Schumann, &#8220;Prelude&#8221; from <i>Einfache Praeludien f\u00fcr Sch\u00fcler<\/i>, No. 1<\/li>\n<li>Hebrew Melody &#8220;Leoni&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/teaching\/keyboard\/\">See my other keyboard resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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