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Today I'll be teaching one of my piano students
her first hymnprovising lesson.
My motivation may be a little selfish on my part.
I need another pianist to help out at church and
this student (Faber Book Level 3A) is ready for
the challenge!
For those of you who are beginners at improvising....
this may help you.
The hymn I'll improvise with her today will be
"Nothing But the Blood of Jesus" in the key of F.
I'll introduce just the verse today...giving her a small
portion to focus on.
The lines of the verse have the same melody and
chord structure,making it easy to reinforce the
improvised notes.
Special note:
This student has learned the scales,
root chords and inversions in the keys of:
C, G, D, A, and F Major
a, d and e minor
It's important to have a working knowledge
of the above scales and chords/inversions before
improvising from the hymnal.
Todays' lesson for "Nothing But the Blood"
*The hymnal is written for voice parts only
*Identify: saprano, alto, tenor and bass notes
*Add tenor note to right hand for more fullness
*Point out that sometimes it's better to hold a
chord through fast repeated note passages
such as measure # 3, beat one.
Assignment for "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus"
1. Play right hand with added tenor note
2. Fill in the right hand for the second line of music
(why? for added reinforcement and exposure to
seeing and playing correct music grammar).
3. Use the suggested fingering for ease of movement
I'll try to make this beginner series a weekly article.
Feel free to use this for your students or yourself to
learn how to improvise hymns.
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