The Church Pianist: Piano Interpretation (Runs and Fill-ins)

 
(View of run from the video of “Father’s World” excerpt)

It’s so easy to rush through a busy fill-in passage during a hymn arrangement.

If you’re like me, you think…”That’s alot of notes! I’d better play fast to make them fit in!”  So….you rip through the pretty stuff as though it were thrown in all of a sudden and listeners think…”Woah!  What was that?”

 Fill-ins and runs either enhance the melody (hopefully)…or are used to add movement during a held word.

Runs that intertwine with the melody are meant to move along at a fair pace so as not to break the flow of thought.

Slowing down for a run during a held word is appropriate. Such is the case in today’s excerpt from my arrangement entitled: “This is My Father’s World” published by Soundforth Publications (now under Lorenz Publishing)

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Editor notes for video:

Wrong way: I play one speed with little emotion.

Better way:  Taking more time to feel the music in a more conversational style.

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2 Responses to “The Church Pianist: Piano Interpretation (Runs and Fill-ins)”

  1. Patti Bennett says:

    Why is the BLessed Assurance book not available for purchase? I would love to have it for my students. We do a Sacred Piano Festival each year, and these arrangements looks perfect for that. I would love to purchase the book. Is there any way to purchase it?

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