In the midst of moving so almost everything I own — except a handful of clothes, the coffee maker, and my laptop — is in boxes! I’m having insomnia so in the wee hours I’m returning to make videos of scores playing along with their tracks as a way to stay somewhat sane.
Author: Hilton Kean Jones
Composer and performer, retired college music professor, lyricist.
Tango in D Major – Isaac Albéniz
In You We Live
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” with multiple descants
A basic skill for any organist/church musician is composing hymn descants. Descants are countermelodies that make the singing of the hymn tune more enjoyable for the congregation…they allow the singers to enjoy the tension of counterpoint at a visceral level.
Lakewood United Church of Christ 