Comments on: Hymn Playing for Organists http://lutherankantor.com/2008/05/25/hymn-playing-for-organists/ Receiving the gifts God gives through Word and Sacrament Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Plenary http://lutherankantor.com/2008/05/25/hymn-playing-for-organists/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Plenary Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:28:35 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-40 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Plenary. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Plenary.

]]> By: Chris http://lutherankantor.com/2008/05/25/hymn-playing-for-organists/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Chris Mon, 26 May 2008 19:52:06 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-39 Thanks Susan -- the "pulse" is a very important part of hymn playing. If we don't get it, how can we expect the congregation to sing? And truly, getting the pulse is much more important than being a creative hymn player. Thanks for the reminder. Thanks Susan — the “pulse” is a very important part of hymn playing. If we don’t get it, how can we expect the congregation to sing? And truly, getting the pulse is much more important than being a creative hymn player. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Susan R http://lutherankantor.com/2008/05/25/hymn-playing-for-organists/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Susan R Mon, 26 May 2008 04:25:27 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-38 I can't practice a hymn anymore, without remembering Kantor Resch's admonition about 'the pulse'. Sometimes, just playing--while singing!--the hymn, in practice, means simply finding its pulse, above and beyond (or at least, before) finding alternative ways of performing it. It's being played, after all, for the purpose of people singing it. I can’t practice a hymn anymore, without remembering Kantor Resch’s admonition about ‘the pulse’.
Sometimes, just playing–while singing!–the hymn, in practice, means simply finding its pulse, above and beyond (or at least, before) finding alternative ways of performing it.
It’s being played, after all, for the purpose of people singing it.

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