Music Assignments

We are so blessed to have so many musically talented Young Women in our ward! We want to give everyone a chance to develop and share those talents. (Think Personal Progress!!) As some of you may know, we have decided to assign the opening hymns ahead of time so there is ample time for our lovely pianists to prepare.

The list (through May) is finished and will be provided on Sunday.

I am here to help you learn your hymns! Even if you can only play one hand at a time or a simplified version, PLEASE share your talents with us! If you need any help, please call me!

I also wanted to let you know of a wonderful resource if you are not familiar with it already. If you go to music.lds.org (there's also a link over in the sidebar) you can find many of the hymns online.

1. Go to music.lds.org
2. Click on Music
3. Click on Hymns (or Children's Songbook in the left hand column)

It should look like this: (sorry it's blurry)


4. Find your hymn by title or number. (It may take a minute to load)
It should open a window that looks like this:

• In the left hand column there are several options of how to play the song: music with parts, words and music or music only. Auto scroll will show a line scrolling across the music as it plays so you can see how it lines up.

• You can also control the tempo (how fast or slow the song plays) and volume.

• Towards the bottom you will see a box labeled "Key".Here you can change the key of the song if the original key is not your cup of tea. (Ha! That rhymed!)The Key of C has no sharps or flats and you may find it to be the most comfortable to play in.When you do this, the song will reload in the new key. ***Caution: changing the key may cause the melody to be too high to comfortably sing. Anything above a D or an E above the C above middle C is a no-no.
  

• Once you have changed the key, you can print it with the handy "Print" button in the left hand column

This is AWESOME because a hymn that was previously in a key with 3 flats now has none!


I recognize that this is a confusing post, so if you have any questions, please ask me!