I grew up in the Greenville SC area and always enjoyed hearing Shelly Hamilton play the piano. She had a positive impact on my hymn playing style. I enjoy using her Hymnproviser Workbook series (three books total) as reference material for my hymn playing teaching.
For the next four Mondays, beginning April 13th at 2pm EST…Shelly Hamilton will teach fill-in ideas for one hymn per live-stream session. (30 minutes per session) She’s also planning on a question/answer time as well! You will enjoy her teaching style as she shares how to make a hymn sound more full.
The live-stream sessions are geared to the intermediate church pianist. Shelly is offering a quarantine special on this four session event! I’m looking forward to tuning in for Shelly’s Virtual Hymn Playing Class starting this Monday at 2pm EST!
For more information, click on the following link:
“More About Jesus” is one of those challenging hymns to “dress-up”!
Wow! There are multiple pattern ideas for this song! I’m trying to settle on which ones to share with you all.
Did you know you can insert rests in place of the right hand melody during repetitive sections? Doing this avoids overworking the hand and produces a smoother tone. More improvising tips and visuals soon!
Most of this hymn consists of the I and V chord with the exception of the ii chord occurring once in the verse and one time in the chorus.
The upcoming video tutorial will cover the verse of “More About Jesus” in the key of G Major.
Finding time to practice vocal specials is a challenge for most church pianists! Listen to Meryt Wilson and Jenifer Cook as they discuss this challenging topic.
Meryt Wilson, one of my dear piano friends and myself, try to get together at least once a year to boost our music creativity.
We decided this year to discuss the topic of Accompanying vocal specials.
This is just a candid conversation that took place between us.
Choosing the song for a singer may not be needed most of the time… but here are some suggestions on how it could benefit some singers.
Next video excerpt will discuss practicing tips with vocal specials! Have you ever heard of audacity? I’ll mention it in the next video.
What is the accompanist’s role? Should the vocal soloist sing a song just because it’s their favorite? What to do if a singer forgets his or her words? Should you play melody throughout?
Come join Jenifer Cook & Meryt Wilson for a time of discussion on the above topics and more…including funny or embarrassing moments as accompanists at the keyboard.
To be aired here on Jenifer’s website this Saturday, August 17, 2019.
I grew up in the Greenville SC area and always enjoyed hearing Shelly Hamilton play the piano. She had a positive impact on my hymn playing style. I enjoy using her Hymnproviser Workbook series (three books total) as reference material for my hymn playing teaching.
Now…to create the video!
