adamalexander89 Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 Hello. I'm looking for any Hymns in 3/4 time signature? Something along the lines of Hubert Parry's "Jerusalem." I'm just finishing a composition, for voice and piano, and I have the melody and the structure, but I need to spice up the piano, so I'm looking for ideas. Nothing too loud, as the melody is fairly complex, so I feel I need a simpler piano harmony, in order to achieve good balance. Also, national anthems would work equally as well. A 3/4 example would be, "Jeszcze Polska nie Zginęła." If you want to make my life even easier, your welcome to explain how you would go about writing a piano section in this format.Thanks in advance. Quote
Tokkemon Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 To God Be the Glory is my favorite in 3/4. Great os Thy Faithfulness is also great. There's a whole bunch of other ones. Just crack open any ol' hymnbook. Quote
siwi Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 Study Bach chorales to learn how to harmonise hymns for SATB. Better still, get a job as a church musician and play this music every Sunday. Quote
adamalexander89 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 Thank you Tokkemon and Siwi. I am going to start studying To God Be the Glory, Great os Thy Faithfulness (which were both very good), and try to find some Bach chorale works that I like. Quote
makemusicnet Posted August 3, 2012 Posted August 3, 2012 Be Thou My Vision is in 3/4. I also agree on studying Bach chorales to learn how to harmonise chorales in 4-parts. You'll learn so much about part-writing and chord voicings Quote
Kvothe Posted September 19, 2012 Posted September 19, 2012 If you have a psalter or a hymnal near by you could look them up for sure. Quote
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