Awesome Praise (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback] Review

This is a wonderful book!I purchased this book because I needed some of the newer praise songs for solo piano to use in church services.The songs are fun to play and fairly easy to work up for the experienced piano player.I would recommend this book.

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Awesome Praise is the culmination of Jerry Ray's decades of experience in the church, as well as in the educational and commercial music arenas. These 12 arrangements are exciting and driven, prayerful and meditative, majestic and jubilant. Each arrangement is appropriate for teaching, individual enjoyment, offertories, postludes, recitals, weddings or that spontaneous personal moment of praise. The arrangements are fresh and unique while maintaining a complimentary nod to the original intent of the composer. Late Intermediate to Early Advanced.

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Hymns with a Velvet Touch (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback] Review

I can't believe I'm the first person on Amazon to review this gem!As a church organist for decades, I purchase piano arrangements infrequently and mainly for my own pleasure at home.This is probably the most delightful volume I've found in years.The lilting, flowing, velvety arrangements of long-loved hymn tunes are wonderful for private worshipful moments.In a number of significant ways, this book is unusual.The difficulty level is great enough to produce glorious sound, but not so hard as to cause frustration for someone without extensive hours available for practice.As an added bonus, I have been able to adapt this music quite easily for organ at church and have received numerous good comments on the result.Adapting "velvety" piano music for organ use is not always easy, especially when there are extensive runs, but this music is truly unique and anyone with good pedal technique could manage it easily.I just love these arrangements and am sure other church pianists or organists will too.

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Tom Fettke finally brings to the keyboard his vast experience as an arranger. The lush arrangements included in this collection are refreshing settings of beautiful, timeless hymns.Late Intermediate to Early Advanced.

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Hymns Re-Harmonized - Keepsake Edition: Piano Solo (Sacred Folio) [Spiral-bound] Review

This book includes 110 traditional hymns. It is a combination of her three other volumes, plus a few extra hymns. On the left-hand page she gives the traditional score for each hymn, and on the right-hand page she gives her own "re-harmonization." Generally she uses minor and dissident chords to make each hymn sound unique. Some arrangements are better than others, but overall, I mostly use it to get ideas. I would never use her "rendition" for congregational singing, but it is fine for a prelude, postlude, offertory, or maybe for a special number.

I gave it three stars, but mostly that is because it isn't exactly my style. The re-harmonizations are more along the lines of modern music, while I prefer the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic Eras. I personally think money is better spent with one of Classical Hymns or Hymns with a Classical Touch for postludes and preludes.

A Nice addition to the book is the different resources in the back including modulations for most common keys.

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Following the popular format of the previous Hymns Re-Harmonized and More Hymns Re-Harmonized folios, Carol Tornquist delivers yet another treasure with this keepsake edition. Dressing traditional hymns with fresh new harmonies, the unique format is convenient for accompanists: the traditional hymn-style harmonization appears on the left hand pages, with optional instrumental transitions and last verse harmonization on the right. This incredible user-friendly resource is packed with 244 pages, including arrangements from both original folios plus 12 brand new bonus arrangements for a total of 110 well-known hymns! Chord symbols are used throughout to encourage improvisation - plus the optional addition of guitar/bass to the keyboard accompaniments. Also included is information on standard chord symbols used in contemporary instrumental music.

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