Hymns For Worship Teams

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H2><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>Hymns For Worship Teams</B></FONT></CENTER></H2> <P>One of the comments I hear a lot about hymns is that they are <I>boring</I>, <I>stodgy</I> or just generally <I>lifeless</I>. Personally, I think that this is an unfair characterization: hymns don't <I>have</I> to be any of these things. I suspect that at least part of the problem is the way hymns are presented musically. Typically, this is as an SATB (soprano-alto-tenor-bass) arrangement. Put in front of the average contemporary church musician, the reaction is either to give up in horror at all the notes (particularly guitarists!) or attempt to play them all. The latter tends to result in a very <I>straight</I>, almost monotonous presentation of a series of chords on every beat. In other words, <B>stylistic</B> presentation and interpretation is important!</P> <P><B>Selection</B> is also important: while there are indeed some truly awful hymns knocking about there are also many great ones. This shouldn't be a surprise since folks have been writing hymns for at least a couple of millenia! In fact, although this is purely my opinion, I'd say that considerably more truly awful choruses have been written in considerably less time, but I digress...</P> <P>This is a collection of song sheets for popular hymns geared for use by worship teams. They each consist of a single lead sheet containing the melody, lyrics, and chords. In some instances, more than one key and an optional choir (SATB) arrangement is included in the file. I've tried to pick hymns that meet the criteria of selection and ease of stylistic variation. In fact, some of the following <B>are</B> contemporary stylizations. Please note that there are numerous variations in words and tunes for hymns, so please check to see if they are the same if you will also be using a hymn book or overhead transparency Also, there are usually a number of alternative tunes that can be used for any given hymn, so please check carefully. Questions or requests? <A HREF="../contact.html"><B>Ask me!</B></A></P> <H3><CENTER><A HREF="hymnlist.html"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">List of available hymns</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="+1" COLOR="#0000FF"> <HR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><</FONT><A HREF="../index.html" TARGET="_top"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Home</FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> <</FONT><A HREF="../personal.html" TARGET="_top"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Personal</FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> <</FONT><A HREF="../worship.html" TARGET="_top"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>Worship</B></FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>></B></FONT></CENTER></H3> </BODY>