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gospel or sacred music #2455126 08/30/15 01:46 PM
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OP seniormoment Full Member S Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 32	Anyone here play this type music? I am trying to arrange a few old "church" songs but am finding it difficult to incorporate descending runs. I've run out of ideas. I hear things I like on some recordings but don't hear well & am finding it impossible to mimic the sound. Do you know of any books on 2 finger descending runs that would be helpful? Thanks.

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2455487 08/31/15 04:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,272 Reseda, California J JohnSprung 6000 Post Club Member
JohnSprung 6000 Post Club Member J Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 6,272 Reseda, California	I don't play that genre, but I did run into a web site called "Hear and Play" that's strongly into it. You could also google "Jermaine Griggs". -- J.S. Knabe Grand # 10927 Yamaha CP33 Kawai FS690

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2455499 08/31/15 05:33 PM
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Nahum 5000 Post Club Member N Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,334 Israel	Originally Posted by seniormoment Anyone here play this type music? I am trying to arrange a few old "church" songs but am finding it difficult to incorporate descending runs. I've run out of ideas. I hear things I like on some recordings but don't hear well & am finding it impossible to mimic the sound. Do you know of any books on 2 finger descending runs that would be helpful? Thanks. I love this genre and try to play and arrange it. https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/fd10b82238d8e4108a596c7b2558d984095622c4 I recommend the Pop Piano Book of Mark Harrison ; there are 90 pages dedicated just to gospel. http://www.amazon.com/The-Piano-Book-Mark-Harrison/dp/0793598788

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2455516 08/31/15 06:12 PM
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Doritos Flavoured 500 Post Club Member D Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 608 Brazil	I play Bach unlocked by keys wordless poetry sings free - piano music -

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2455665 09/01/15 08:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,174 Louisiana R Rerun 1000 Post Club Member
Rerun 1000 Post Club Member R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,174 Louisiana	She may have some printed matter to help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXMg6iPmSw8 https://www.homespun.com/instructors/ethel-caffie-austin/ Rerun "Seat of the pants piano player" DMD

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2455687 09/01/15 09:48 AM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 18 D doranws Junior Member
doranws Junior Member D Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 18	Well, there are lots of gospel videos on Youtube, I'm sure you could find some that might detail those runs. I believe many of those runs are based on pentatonic scales. Are you familiar with those? For example, if you have an Eb major chord, the Eb major pentatonic scale will fit over it well. So, do a little turn at the top and then descend: F-G-F-Eb-C-Bb-G-F-Eb-C... The book, the RH according to Art Tatum, while aimed at jazz, has lots of explanations of fast pentatonic based runs that I'm sure could be adapted to gospel pretty easily. http://www.amazon.com/The-Right-Hand-According-Tatum/dp/0943748852

Re: gospel or sacred music doranws #2456111 09/02/15 03:35 PM
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OP seniormoment Full Member S Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 32	Thanks everyone! This is just the info I need. Rerun, Ethel Caffie Austin is fantastic.

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2456184 09/02/15 08:21 PM
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Rerun 1000 Post Club Member R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,174 Louisiana	Yep, wish I had 1/1000th of her talent. Rerun "Seat of the pants piano player" DMD

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2458294 09/09/15 05:44 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 97 C cmajornine Full Member
cmajornine Full Member C Joined: May 2012 Posts: 97	Originally Posted by seniormoment Anyone here play this type music? I am trying to arrange a few old "church" songs but am finding it difficult to incorporate descending runs. I've run out of ideas. I hear things I like on some recordings but don't hear well & am finding it impossible to mimic the sound. Do you know of any books on 2 finger descending runs that would be helpful? Thanks. There are a few books you may be interested in seeking out; Rules For Evangelistic Improvisation, The Piano Hymnal, Adding Runs To Music all by David Smither, & Trinity House Publishing. I have the Piano Hymnal which contains arrangements of 200 hymns with runs & fills. I don't have the other books as they are very hard to obtain. but they are on my wishlist. if you come across a source for these books let me know. I am learning to play the piano. My main influences are Gospel, R&B and Jazz piano Visit http://cmajorninekeyz.info/index.html

Re: gospel or sacred music seniormoment #2458304 09/09/15 06:20 PM
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iamanders Full Member I Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 265	sacred music on a keyboard? would that be Gregorian chant with organ?

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