~Hymn books~

[TheGiftedOne]

I was talking to someone about reading sheet music and they said (basically) that the sheet music in hymn books have the letters beside it is this true...I wouldn't know at our church we don't use hymn books.

[dingster1]

Not the one we use Ne National Baptist HYmnal

[sybesq]

I was talking to someone about reading sheet music and they said (basically) that the sheet music in hymn books have the letters beside it is this true...I wouldn't know at our church we don't use hymn books.

Hey, TheGiftedOne!  Did the person you were speaking with mention a particular hymnal that this is true about?  If so, could you please post that info, because that would be a Godsend...  TIA!!!

[sjonathan02]

I don't know if 'church' hymn books has the letters listed above the chords, but a book of hymns may. You just have to look for it.


One titile, I believe, is "Then sings my soul".


In addition, if you know your chords, you could just write them in the hymnal, AS LONG AS IT'S YOUR HYMNAL! 

[TheGiftedOne]

Hey, TheGiftedOne!  Did the person you were speaking with mention a particular hymnal that this is true about?  If so, could you please post that info, because that would be a Godsend...  TIA!!!

No, but Lord willing, and if I live to see tomorrow, I might ask them about it.

[sybesq]

I don't know if 'church' hymn books has the letters listed above the chords, but a book of hymns may. You just have to look for it.


One titile, I believe, is "Then sings my soul".


In addition, if you know your chords, you could just write them in the hymnal, AS LONG AS IT'S YOUR HYMNAL! 

Thanks, Jonathan...  I actually have a number of hymn "fake books."  I just wondered if there was, in fact, some kind of a hymn books with the chord symbols already written in.  You're right, though.  I could put them in myself.  But, I'm not terribly quick with that kind of thing.  I'm still very much a beginner.  That said, I can find my way around a fake book.  So, go figure. 

[oldskoolgospel]

Does anybody have "Modern Chord Changes to Favorite Hymns" as sold on showmethat.com?

http://www.showmethat.com/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=18&=SID

I wonder what the 30 hymns are...   I'm puzzled as to why they don't even list a few of the hymns that are included.

[KevinP]

This may not be applicable to everyone, but I always opt for the guitar edition of the book rather than the keyboard one. It has the melody and chords, and that's all I need. The piano edition are already arranged by someone else and often don't include the chord symbols so I have to read ahead and decode the chord, which I can't do if I'm singing. I'm a very improvisatory player anyway.