Just found your blog...it looks great/what a resource! May I suggest that you add a question answer forum or something. Let me start it out here.
I am in a huge ward with priests that take a LONG time to complete breaking the bread. I usually have to slow the sacrament hymns down quite a bit to avoid having to keep playing them over and over again waiting for the priests to finish.
One particular song: #184 - "Upon the Cross of Calvary" - gets over way to quickly for this ward and I've had to re-play it as many as 3 times.
Is it appropriate and/or do you know of any sheet music or other variations on the hymn that are available, to be able to not have to play the exact hymn over and over?
Just an observation... Our stake music chairman is advising that there is nothing in the handbooks that says the organist has to keep playing until the priests are finished. She thinks that the silence after the hymn is sung can add to the spirit of the meeting. The organist in my ward doesn't feel comfortable with that, however. Don't know it that is any help.
Just found your blog...it looks great/what a resource! May I suggest that you add a question answer forum or something. Let me start it out here.
ReplyDeleteI am in a huge ward with priests that take a LONG time to complete breaking the bread. I usually have to slow the sacrament hymns down quite a bit to avoid having to keep playing them over and over again waiting for the priests to finish.
One particular song: #184 - "Upon the Cross of Calvary" - gets over way to quickly for this ward and I've had to re-play it as many as 3 times.
Is it appropriate and/or do you know of any sheet music or other variations on the hymn that are available, to be able to not have to play the exact hymn over and over?
Just an observation... Our stake music chairman is advising that there is nothing in the handbooks that says the organist has to keep playing until the priests are finished. She thinks that the silence after the hymn is sung can add to the spirit of the meeting. The organist in my ward doesn't feel comfortable with that, however. Don't know it that is any help.
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