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The Church Pianist: Adding Runs to Hymns (example #2 explanation)

Example #2 for Adding Runs in Hymns 

Explanation of example #2 in adding runs to hymns:

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This run created a nice fill-in where normally a dotted half note occured on the word: “Thee”.  In the original version, the G chord lasted for the entire last measure of the verse for the words: “Thee….Draw me”  I added a D (7) chord on the 3rd beat of that measure for chord variety.

 Audio Sample of Example #2

*Upcoming article: Longer example with run in middle of a sentence with user friendly fingering!  I call them cluster runs :)

 

Twitt

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  1. The Church Pianist » Blog Archive » The Church Pianist: Adding Runs to Hymns (Example #1) says:
    February 21, 2011 at 4:56 pm

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