Description
“Foundations in Hymn-Playing” includes 11 Video Lessons that teach you the basics of playing chords, understanding theory, and playing in multiple time signatures, styles, and keys. Just using a hymnal of your choice, you’ll learn the essentials for a church pianist in 2.5 hours of comprehensive content. You can watch and re-watch the lessons as often as you like with lifetime access to the course after purchase.
After purchase, you’ll be able to log-in using your email address and a password that will be given to you via email. You may change it to a password of your choice.
There are no hand-outs attached to this course. All you need is your own hymnal. This course is designed for the pianist who primarily plays by ear, and desires to have a more full hymn-playing style. It’s also for the note-reading pianist who desires to learn how to expand on what is written in the hymnal. Happy learning!
Note-reading pianists, check out the course “Basic Congregational Accompaniment,” if you’d like to get video lessons and sheet music arrangements where all of the fill-ins are written out entirely, available here.
Mariani –
Do you have a preview for this? Before I decide to purchase it.
natalieraynesmusic –
Hi Mariani, here’s a sample of the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVIr07cQmY. Thanks so much for your interest!
Kim –
Is this course available on dvd? I live in a rural area with extremely poor internet service. Can’t stream video without it buffering every other word! Would love to have the course but thinking I can’t stream it with my poor internet connection.
natalieraynesmusic –
Hi Kim, currently, we don’t have the course available on DVD. I had another person ask about how to watch the videos with poor internet connection. She had good internet service at her church, so I suggested that she watch the videos and practice there, if at all possible. I don’t know if this would work for you, but it’s an idea! 🙂 There may be a church nearby that would allow you to practice there, if the service is better. Thank you for inquiring about the course!
Christina Lenington –
Once I purchase the course, how long do I have access to the online videos? Would I be able to watch them more than once?
natalieraynesmusic –
You’ll have lifetime access to the course, and you can watch it as often as you’d like. Yes, you can repeat lessons.
Mrs. Lee –
Does this course include all the sheet musics? Do sheet musics on this website include all improvisations?
natalieraynesmusic –
No, the sheet music is included in the Basic Congregational Accompaniment course. This course uses a hymnal to teach hymn-playing skills.
Alex Rivera –
Hello! Miss Natalie. I am interested in purchasing a course but I am somewhat undecided. I don’t consider myself an expert but either a beginner ( I only have a little bit of trouble for reconozing the chords but i reconize the basic chords I-IV-V-V7 etc…) I want to play for accompaniment for my church, but i have trouble for play directly from the hymn. And i want to do my own arragaments too. Do you recommend this course for what im loking or i keep searching?
natalieraynesmusic –
Hi Alex, you can read more specifics about each course here: https://natalieraynesmusic.com/contact/
Really, if you’re a solid note-reader needing to learn more fill-ins for your hymns, I’d go with Basic Congregational Accompaniment. If you’re not a confident note-reader, but you do play by ear, and you’d like to learn fundamentals and fill-ins, I’d go with Foundations in Hymn-Playing. That course can be taken with only a hymnal of your choice. If you’re not a note-reader, but you’d like to learn, and you’d like to learn how to play basic chords in different ways, I’d go with Hymns for Beginners.