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Originally, this page was devoted to Old Time Gospel music, those I remember from my youth in the thirties and forties. But as I found them, I've added others outside the gospel genre, ranging from the formal hymns sang in many churches to inspirational sangs from many sources, including Bluegrass and Broadway. I hope you enjoy the Selections I've listed. They are some of my favourites. More will be added as I find them.
Simply click on your selection.
I have been able to find the lyrics for many of the listings and I've also added background stories when I thought they might be of interest. Some of the backgrounds are quite tragic, some simply uplifting and heroic, and others dripping with nostalgia or pathos. While reading the backgrounds, I was struck by how often the originators seemed to sit down and dash off the words and/or music without hardly a second thought. I hope you find them as fascinating as I have.
This is a work in progress; as I gather more lyrics and/or backgrounds, they will be added to this page, so please drop by often.
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4 Steps to Learning How to Play Any Song on the Piano 1. Determining the melody - Melodies determine what chords will be played. If you can use your ear to figure out what notes are being played in the melody, you are 1/4 on your way to learning a song! More resources on learning how to determine melodies 2.Harmonizing the melody - Once you have figured out the melody (using some of my techniques on the resource page), it is time to harmonize it. This is simply choosing various chords to accompany the melody. There are several techniques and tricks to doing this. More resources on learning how to harmonize melodies 3. Altering Chords - This is the best part! Now that you have strategically figured out the melody to a song and have harmonized it, altering your chords to produce certain sounds is the next step. If you were playing gospel music, you would alter your chords differently than if you were playing classical or country music. More resources on altering chords 1. Listening - After you have determined the melody, harmonized the melody, and altered some of your chords, there are various techniques you can use to make sure that your song sounds right. More resources on listening techniques "The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" 300-pg Course comes highly recommended by music professionals. Jermaine (the author of this course),has thrown in a few bonus items (3 additional piano software programs). He has taught literally thousands of musicians how to play the piano by ear. If you understood just half of what he discussed above, you'll definitely benefit from his 300-pg course. Click here to learn the secrets to playing absolutely any song on the piano in virtually minutes |
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"How Great Thou Art" |
All of the music presented on this pages is for your own personal listening pleasure. You may download the music for later private listening, but be forewarned: DO NOT attempt to sell the music without prior written agreement with the copyright owners, whoever they may be.
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