Excerpt from "Hymnody, Prosody, and Counterpoint" Lesson 9: Hymn Arrangement and Performance

[CoolNick107]

Thanks for the amazing video! It will help me for when I am playing the organ in church, which I just started to do. If you say to use the Sforzando on the last verse, then I have an excuse to do so. Thanks!

-Nick :-)

[ssngai]

@CoolNick107 I'm glad you have the opportunity to play in church! Remember that as an organist, you have special control over tone color. You don't have to rely solely on the swell pedal for all your dynamics. Some of your softness can come from stops with low harmonic content, such as 8' flutes; conversely, some of your loudness can come from stops providing high harmonics, such as octaves, mutations, mixtures, and judiciously-applied reeds. Above all, use musical common sense!

[falaqdad15]

This rocketing crescendo is especially necessary when dealing with the Great Amen in the Roman Catholic Mass concluding the Eucharistic Prayer.

For the organist, a whole higher dynamic level must be reached. This is in best practice.

If fff is possible, than one should then make use of it.

Very very good presentation!

[friedrichsacher]

What a great presentation. Thank you very much for your interesting ideas :)

Greetings, Friedrich