{"title":"Hymn Playing","description":"These courses feature training in 4 part hymn playing.","products":[{"product_id":"hymn-playing-workshop","title":"Hymn Playing Workshop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the basic course which will teach you how to play hymns in four parts with pedals. If you want to learn the basic techniques when you put the soprano and the alto in the right hand, the tenor - in the left hand and the bass part - in the pedals, then this course is for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere you will not use advanced 24 different techniques to play hymns (biciniums, trios, quartets, five-part texture with double pedals, six part hymn playing, putting any part in the pedals etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, I will teach you the basic techniques which will empower you to play the hymns in the usual manner with pedals. For those of you who don't have access to pedals - you can play the hymns on manuals only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore importantly, once you will learn these hymn playing techniques, you can apply the learning procedures that we use in this course to practice your real organ compositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI've chosen some of the most beautiful Easter hymns for this course:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Alleluia! Jesus Lives!\u003cbr\u003e2. He Is Arisen! Glorious Word!\u003cbr\u003e3. Christ the Lord is Risen Again\u003cbr\u003e4. Christ the Lord is Risen Today; Alleluia!\u003cbr\u003e5. Awake, My Heart With Gladness\u003cbr\u003e6. Christ the Lord is Risen Today\u003cbr\u003e7. Abide With Us, the Day is Waning\u003cbr\u003e8. Where Willt Thou Go Since Night Draws Near\u003cbr\u003e9. He's Risen, He's Risen, Christ Jesus the Lord\u003cbr\u003e10. Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Alleluia!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.organduo.lt\/total-organist.html\"\u003eThis training is free for Total Organist students\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secrets of Organ Playing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31138703500,"sku":"null","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/3503\/products\/hymn-playing-workshop_orig.jpg?v=1479921524"},{"product_id":"enthusiastic-hymn-singing","title":"Enthusiastic Hymn Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Vidas Pinkevicius \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(get free updates of new posts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hz_z2\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hz_z2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ausra and I were church musicians at St. John's before going to the US to study, we had to deal with the congregation that didn't sing hymns very actively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI mean they joined in when the organ led them but were barely audible. The sound was halfhearted. By the way, that's how Lithuanians sing in churches in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough we have traditional song festivals which have been running from the early 1920's (and now they are part of the UNESCO cultural heritage) but singing in Catholic churches is not our forte.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow about your congregation?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDo people enthusiastically join in hymn singing? Or do they just go through the motions without adding any energy?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn from Australia also has this challenge. He just moved from another town and found a congregation which he likes. They even let him play their organ and were amazing at his abilities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo they offered him to play for their church services a couple of times per month. 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Length - 1 hour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.organduo.lt\/total-organist.html\"\u003eFree for Total Organist students\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secrets of Organ Playing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38632173644,"sku":"null","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/3503\/products\/Enthusiastic_Hymn_Singing.jpg?v=1493924298"},{"product_id":"creative-small-organ-hymn-playing-registration","title":"Creative Small Organ Hymn Playing Registration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Vidas Pinkevicius \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(get free updates of new posts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hz_z2\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hz_z2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Ausra and I had traveled across Lithuania with numerous organ demonstrations, we found many village churches which housed beautiful yet small organs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes local organists asked us to play some hymns during the service which preceded our demonstration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore doing that we would listen to the local organist register the hymns and were often amazed at how boring and one-sided their choices were.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn from Australia also has this challenge. The organ at his new church has 2 manuals and pedals - only 13 stops total - multiple 8' stops, a few 4' stops, 2-rank Mixture and Bourdon 16' in the pedals (plus the usual couplers, of course).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wants to add variety in his hymn playing registration but fears that his playing would be too soft to lead congregational singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt doesn't have to be this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had an experience in the US playing 3 stop one manual organ (Gedackt 8', Flute 4' and Principal 2' in the facade) on Saturday night services at our Grace Lutheran church chapel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou wanna know what I did?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI counted how many color combinations can I have in this instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd I used them all in my hymn playing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8, 4, 2, 8\/4, 8\/2, 4\/2, 8\/4\/2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 combinations! 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If so, this challenge is for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will receive a PDF score with 10 hymns for the liturgical period of Lent with complete fingering and pedaling written in. 5 hymns will be in the early articulate legato style (composed until 1800's) and 5 - in the Romantic legato style (composed after 1800's).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaster 1 hymn per day for the next 10 days. Feel free to spend more days with each hymn if you want, you don't have to rush it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoprano and alto parts will have to be played with the right hand, tenor part - with the left hand and bass - with the pedals. 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