How to Play Hymns, Part Four - Right Hand Octaves

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Excellence in Church Music

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I teach how to move from the “Raised Three” pattern to the full Octaves pattern in the right hand when playing hymns.

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@martasilva9955 Жыл бұрын

Obrigado Professor. Aulas EXCELENTES. PARABÉNS

@gustavoabreu3097 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Hymn playing for me was a insurmountable mountain 😂

@julieevans6895 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to post this series. Appreciate the way you break it down so it is easily understood.

@storytime9928 Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this lesson '

@martasilva9955 Жыл бұрын

AULAS EXCELENTE

@ChristinaCantrell101 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a ton for these!

@purposed-heart Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@alexrivera.churchpianist 3 жыл бұрын

That empty octave was an eureka in my brain! Thanks! (: I always wonder how i play more than one note if the note are too fast, and yes, it can be tired. P.S Im looking on that 6/8 video (:

@jimmyponds5504 3 жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed these lessons. How may I organize these four parts in such a way that I may listen to them "in order" so I can "refresh" my memory ?

@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 3 жыл бұрын

They should all be on my channel under the videos tab, relatively close together and in order. However, I will probably make a playlist with just that course in order also. Thanks!

@clarkrandee 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making these videos! I’ve been trying to play this style in my right hand for almost a year and the way you broke down the steps really helps! What should I do when my fingers are too short to fill in the octave on the main beats? Should I just play an open octave or put three notes in that hand for that main beat? There are plenty of chords and inversions I can play with the filled octave but within the same key there will be quite a few I can’t reach with my middle fingers. It gets confusing trying to remember which filled octaves I can play and can’t! Lol

@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 3 жыл бұрын

If your hands are too small to do the Octaves consistently, you can just do the three-note method in the RH an octave higher - what I call in the previous video the “Raised Three” method. I have had students who had very small hands do this. Some recommend some stretching exercises that can improve your RH span; I haven’t looked into those enough to know whether or not they’re safe to recommend. I would caution you to be very careful with such exercises - if done improperly, you could cause more damage than good. Hope that helps!

@clarkrandee 3 жыл бұрын

@@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 thank you for your reply! Yes, this helps clear things up for me. Personally, I don’t want to try any stretching exercises. I’ve seen where my hand span has extended but I truly don’t believe it will get to the point where I can reach those inner notes consistently. Thank you for the advice and the videos!

@jamieredden554 Жыл бұрын

What if your hands are too small to do this? I can play an octave or I can play the middle voices, however trying to do both, I am incapable to reach it all

@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 Жыл бұрын

I thought I addressed this in the video but it’s been awhile since I made it, so I don’t remember. My usual approach in that case with students is to have them drop the bottom note and just play the top three notes-melody on top (an octave higher than written) and alto and tenor filled in underneath. Hope that helps!