How to play hymns in church part 1 

You are so welcome (sorry for the slow reply - for some reason I didn't see it earlier). Every blessing with the playing! Tim

You're so welcome! Tim

Thank you. Episode 2 is just out: I hope that too will be useful. Tim

Thank you for the encouragement. Episode 2 coming in a couple of days. Tim

Glad it was helpful! Best wishes with the playing. Tim

I'm really glad. Good luck with your playing! Tim

I'm so pleased it's helpful - and I hope it all goes well for you! Tim

I'm so glad. Thank you. Tim

Thank you. I'll try to keep it up! Tim

Oh sure, but I find that many of the people who do play - good people who work very hard to provide a service for their churches - feel inadequate and have a low opinion of the great work they're doing. That's really what I was driving at: we can afford to forgive ourselves for what we can't do on the strength of the good things that we are doing. Tim

That's a very useful tradition and has a lot going for it. Perhaps most denominations are less patient than yours; whatever the reason, it's more usual to have a shorter playover, except in European Lutheran traditions (like mine), where all hymns are introduced by a chorale prelude. But the principle remains the same: keeping the beat going is the important thing. Great that you've worked for such a long time for your church! Every blessing, Tim

The latest edition (2015) of The Salvation Army Tunebook has introductions marked by brackets under the score.

Our Anglican hymn book has the suggested introduction marked with brackets.

@@dianeallen3732 Which Anglican hymn book is that? I have to suggest an intro to my organist every time.

@@nicks40 Common Praise (Canadian: