Just Hymns for Easter: A Collection of Ten Hymns for the Late Beginner Piano Student - Softcover

Snow, Mrs. Kimberly Rene; Snow, Mr. Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154536754X ISBN 13: 9781545367544

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Just Hymns for Easter is a collection of easy, two-hand piano arrangements of ten popular hymns. Volume One includes these hymns arranged for the late beginner:

• “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name”
• “Crown Him With Many Crowns”
• “Low in the Grave He Lay”
• “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”
• “Jesus Christ is Risen Today”
• “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”
• “Jesus Lives and So Shall I”
• “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
• “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken”
• “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands”

"As a teacher, hymn writer, and one who has played the hymns for my church for nearly 30 years, I have learned what works — what kind of arrangements beginner students can read, understand and actually learn to play. I have tested these hymns with my own students and they love them!"

Each Just Hymns book includes:

Piano Arrangements

• Enlarged music score—two pages per hymn
• Verse one of hymn, additional marks including introduction, refrain, playing both hands up one octave and final “Amen” ending
• Measure numbers (circled) at the beginning of each music scoreline
• Finger number recommendations above or below notes for both hands. Arrows above or below finger numbers alert students of changing finger positions

Other Features

• Piano arrangement marks reference sheet – an example of how to use piano arrangement marks
• Rhythm worksheet reference sheet – rhythm examples of how to count and write rhythms
• Glossary – over 40 hymn, music terms and symbols including the following:
  • Time Signatures
  • Hymn Terms
  • Music Terms and Symbols
  • Rhythm and Note Values
  • Measures
  • Key Signatures and Scales



Also available at Amazon: Just Hymns (Volume 1 and 2), Just Hymns for Christmas (Volume 1 and 2).

If you are looking for additional help to learn how to play hymns, consider our series, Favorite Easter Hymns for Kids which also includes hymn worksheets, rhythm worksheets, and hymn and rhythm worksheet answer keys.

For more information about how to read and understand hymns, including their history and purpose, refer to our book Hymns for Kids: Learn How to Read and Enjoy Christian Hymns (Psalms and Praise Choruses, Too!).

Each hymn arrangement in this series is available as an individual download at www.PraiseNotes.com. Also available at PraiseNotes.com are additional early and late beginner, intermediate and advanced hymn arrangements.

An MP3 audio file for each hymn arrangement in this collection is available on our website at PraiseNotes.com. The audio files, as well as page samples of the Just Hymn books, are found under the menu “Store/Books/Just Hymns.”

About this title

About the Author

Kim Snow
Kim Snow has been teaching piano students for over 20 years. As a piano teacher, she discovered that music curriculum using hymns was limited and difficult for beginner music students to play. To address this need she began studying hymnology, music theory, and composition and began writing her own arrangements of hundreds of the most popular hymns of the Christian faith. She integrates many concepts--including the circle of fifths, improvisation and chord stylization--to help the student understand music and how to play the hymns.

Kim has also been a church musician for over 25 years. She loves teaching online piano lessons across the country via Skype. Her advanced hymn arrangements have been published in the national publication "The Church Pianist" and Lorenz's piano solos for Holy Week, "With Jesus Through the Shadows."

Kurt Snow
Along with his wife, Kim Snow, Kurt Snow has written praise songs, hymns, and songs for children's choirs. Together they operate the website PraiseNotes.com, which is dedicated to teaching kids music by teaching Christian hymns. On their website, you can find individual hymn arrangements available for download, descriptions of their other books, and the sheet music and audio files for their compositions.

He wrote, directed, produced and was the lead actor in the video "Mr. Humdinger Goes Fishing," which aired on PBS. He also wrote "Patrick Biddle's Great Adventure," a book for children 8-12 years old. He is the production manager and layout designer for Leben, a church history magazine. He currently serves on the board of a local seminary and as an elder in his church.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154536754X
• ISBN 13: 9781545367544
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 36