Praise Him! Praise Him! is a joyful tune with beautiful words of praise to our Lord.

I’ve been working on this home-spun arrangement for about three weeks.

The three tempo changes will help the pianist pace his or her self…during this “on the go” hymn arrangement.

Warning: Obey the three tempo changes or this piece will get away from you! 😉

The first tempo mark is on the first page. The melody  begins with a dotted quarter equaling one one tick per three beats.

Verse two slows down just a hair with a dotted quarter note = 80.

On the last page there’s a final slight, slow down with a  quarter note =76.

I would rate this arrangement at an advanced level due to many right hand four note chords in addition an overall fast tempo needed to bring this hymn to life.

Sorry I couldn’t get it ready sooner for Thanksgiving but this hymn can be used year round.

I plan on posting this arrangement no later than November 17, 2021

Click on following image for a closer look…

I’ve published three of my Christmas piano arrangements since yesterday and today.

The following arrangements were written with specific piano students of mine for this year’s recital.

Most  of my students are playing two specials this year.

Hear “O Come All Ye Faithful”

Hear “Come Thou Long…”

Hear “Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

O Come All Ye Faithful (easy piano)

Easy piano Christmas arrangement arranged by Jenifer Cook 2 pgs. Contains: Trumpet-like fanfare introduction followed by one verse and chorus ending with a big sound! Nice piece for a piano student! I wrote this for one of my grandsons. See video below.

Price: $2.50

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Late intermediate Christmas piano solo, three pages. See video below.

Price: $3.25

Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee (Two Pianos)

Two Piano Christmas special arranged by Jenifer Cook Price includes Piano One Part and Piano Two Part (one person per piano) This piece consists of an introduction, verse & chorus. A great piece for short offertory or recital special. See video below.

Price: $3.50

It’s that time of year when I’m assigning Christmas recital pieces to my piano students.

I wrote three arrangements yesterday and hope to transform them into typed music format asap!

I’m also writing a piano duet of Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee this morning for my daughter-in-law and her son to play together.

I’ll do my best to publish all four by this Monday.

Here are the titles and levels for each of the four Christmas piano arrangements:

All are piano solos except Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

1. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus    (late intermediate)
2.  Let it Snow                                  (Late elementary) *Available only on Sheet Music Plus
3.  O Come All Ye Faithful                   (late elementary)
4.  Joyful We Adore Thee (duet)         (Late elementary: Primo part and  Early intermediate: Secondo part)

Reposting some of my flute and violin arrangements that I had taken off awhile back to update their links.

They are good to go now!  One of the arrangements is a Christmas piece too…flute solo w/ piano accompaniment,

Here’s the link for the reposted arrangements:  INSTRUMENTAL

Ever had a person in your church pass an encouraging note to you… after you returned to your seat from playing for whatever?

I have two notes I’ve saved from many years ago during my early teen years. (see pic below)

Both of the encouraging notes seemed to come at the right time!  I guess there’s never a bad time for an encouraging note 😉

Which reminds me….maybe all of us could send encouragement via text, hand-written note, etc. to someone who played or sang in a recent service to encourage those involved in the music ministry.

Before I forget…I’m going to text one of my piano students who filled in at the last minute this morning for the offertory and a note to the gentleman who sang the special this morning before he went over to preach for children’s church.  We have such a great group of people who are faithful to sing or play for God’s glory.

Have any notes of encouragement you want to share from times past or recent?

Jenifer’s recent “Comforting Hymns” on youtube

(Aired on July 25, 2021)

There seems to be a shortage of patriotic theme songs.

My Dad, Reece Yandle, wrote both of these soul-stirring patriotic solos that are easy-to-learn in a short time.

Both tunes are very singable.

This is America &  In God We Trust

Have you ever wondered what to play for a funeral or how loud or soft to play?  Watch this video for tips on playing for a funeral at your own church.

Funeral Hymn Suggestions (List of hymns)

Funeral Hymn Collection (sheet music)

Look who covered for me last night during prelude!
It’s so nice to have my students help out in our music ministry.
We had a few kinks (due to my oversight).

I had Allissa (the more advanced student) play the intros for the couple hymns they played together. They all played a review piece by themselves too. The prelude lasted about six minutes.

I tried to capture “note for note” how I play this particular hymn “God Will Take Care of You.”

What a fitting hymn in our day and age!

This has been the hardest arrangement for me to write but worth feeling my way through as I sing the words to this beautiful hymn!

It took me at least four days to learn page 4!  I say this so church pianists will realize this hymn arrangement is very advanced.

Watching the video will help you with the interpretation of this sacred piano arrangement.

The interesting story behind this hymn is also included in the video below.

God Will Take Care of You

Very advanced sacred piano solo, 4 pgs. This is one of the most difficult arrangements Jenifer has written. Page four is a challenge but worth learning! Hear Jenifer play this arrangement on the video below as well as the story behind this comforting hymn.

Price: $4.95