I tend to use Hymns without Words, or Small Church Music. Occasionally that leads me to paying <£1 for a track where music is still in copyright. I sometimes use Audacity to adjust tempo, pitch and/or verse numbers. More rarely I use MuseScore because I don’t have enough time for that sort of thing.
I tend to use Hymns without Words, or Small Church Music. Occasionally that leads me to paying <£1 for a track where music is still in copyright. I sometimes use Audacity to adjust tempo, pitch and/or verse numbers. More rarely I use MuseScore because I don’t have enough time for that sort of thing.
I tend to use Hymns without Words, or Small Church Music. Occasionally that leads me to paying <£1 for a track where music is still in copyright. I sometimes use Audacity to adjust tempo, pitch and/or verse numbers. More rarely I use MuseScore because I don’t have enough time for that sort of thing.
Hymnary.org is my go-to.
Hymnary.org quite often links through to Small Church Music.
I tend to use Hymns without Words, or Small Church Music. Occasionally that leads me to paying <£1 for a track where music is still in copyright. I sometimes use Audacity to adjust tempo, pitch and/or verse numbers. More rarely I use MuseScore because I don’t have enough time for that sort of thing.
Hymnary.org is my go-to.
Hymnary.org quite often links through to Small Church Music.
For recordings, yes, but it quite often has midis that SCM doesn't. It also has the words for many hymns in versions matched to different hymn books, which is helpful when CH4 has bespoke versions of some hymns.
I am not aware of a time when individual instrumental instruction was anything but paid for. I think there's much wider societal issues at play underlying the decline that what schools may or may not offer.
Our son had trumpet lessons in school. We didn't pay a penny. And when I was a school music teacher in a High School pupils didn't pay.
It must have varied from place to place.
I'm lucky. I have two substitute people who can play well enough to accurately accompany hymns. So I am taking the Sunday after Easter off to recover from Holy Week and Easter.
We have a more-or-less regular organist/pianist, and one of her friends takes her place if necessary. If neither is available, our cantor has taken over the PC and recorded CDs.
We did sing a whole Mass a capella one Sunday, when I was working the laptop. Shortly before the service, it refused to stay on, so I led the singing - three hymns (IIRC we omitted the short post-Communion hymn), along with Murray's setting of the Kyries, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. I also sang the Gospel Acclamation, but we said the responsorial Psalm.
All went well, and a couple of visitors were quite impressed, though I say it as shouldn't. As I was packing up the non-working laptop, and bemoaning the fact that I'd have to take it to the expensive mendologist, one of the congregation suggested I check the mains cable. Sure enough, it wasn't properly connected, but once I'd corrected this, all was well. He then told me that his consultation fee was 150 guineas...though he settled for a mug of Tea, and some Cheese-on-Toast, at the nearby community centre later in the week...
We seem to have got off the subject of coffee, but I was glad of some liquid refreshment after that particular Mass!
As I was packing up the non-working laptop, and bemoaning the fact that I'd have to take it to the expensive mendologist, one of the congregation suggested I check the mains cable. Sure enough, it wasn't properly connected, but once I'd corrected this, all was well.
I had that problem one Sunday in my last church. The laptop was plugged in to the mains via a 2-socket extension cable. What we didn't know is that the socket was faulty, so the computer died in the middle of the service. Of course the other socket was fine!
A short while ago we were singing to musical CDs and something went wrong. I always make it a point not to turn round and look at the operators in these situations. To my surprise he started singing the hymn (he does have a decent voice) and we all joined in. In my view that hymn was more spiritual than many where the music/musicians are working.
Without making value judgements here, and perhaps I need to get out more, but I must admit I'm surprised to find how many Shippies here worshipping in contexts where recorded backing tracks are the 'norm'.
We embarked on it post covid shutdown, when live singing was forbidden entirely but I could record in advance, and it enabled first DVD recordings and then a livestream of services including hymns. I may have been heard to refer to the resulting in-church singing as Holy Karaoke.
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Even better than that - it's the sort of thing someone *else* paid for, back in the mists of time. It's quite over-complicated but it does the job.
Hymnary.org is my go-to.
Hymnary.org quite often links through to Small Church Music.
For recordings, yes, but it quite often has midis that SCM doesn't. It also has the words for many hymns in versions matched to different hymn books, which is helpful when CH4 has bespoke versions of some hymns.
Our son had trumpet lessons in school. We didn't pay a penny. And when I was a school music teacher in a High School pupils didn't pay.
It must have varied from place to place.
We did sing a whole Mass a capella one Sunday, when I was working the laptop. Shortly before the service, it refused to stay on, so I led the singing - three hymns (IIRC we omitted the short post-Communion hymn), along with Murray's setting of the Kyries, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. I also sang the Gospel Acclamation, but we said the responsorial Psalm.
All went well, and a couple of visitors were quite impressed, though I say it as shouldn't. As I was packing up the non-working laptop, and bemoaning the fact that I'd have to take it to the expensive mendologist, one of the congregation suggested I check the mains cable. Sure enough, it wasn't properly connected, but once I'd corrected this, all was well. He then told me that his consultation fee was 150 guineas...though he settled for a mug of Tea, and some Cheese-on-Toast, at the nearby community centre later in the week...
We seem to have got off the subject of coffee, but I was glad of some liquid refreshment after that particular Mass!
How prevalent is this as a practice?
I've only encountered it twice I think.
Looks like the other thread on recorded music is dealing with this issue now.
Given the lock down conditions then needs must ...
I presume the practice has continued post-lockdown because of a dearth of organists or musicians.