Be A Star! Hymns, Book 3: Piano Book

These hymn arrangements have a grounded, warm quality that comes from honoring their origins while keeping the writing clean and accessible. There's an ease to moving through these pages because the melodic material is already embedded in many students' ears, freeing mental energy for the technical work of reading intervals and managing hand position.

Pianists in the early intermediate to intermediate range who are actively building sight-reading fluency and need engaging, familiar material to reinforce intervallic thinking. This book works especially well for students working through the Intervallic Reading Series who want hymn repertoire that doubles as both practice and spiritual music-making.

• Block chords before playing hands together to cement finger placement and anchor your sense of each harmony.
• Trace the melodic contour with your eyes before playing, identifying where the line moves up, down, or stays level to strengthen directional awareness.
• Separate the melody from the accompaniment in your practice, learning each voice independently to clarify the intervallic relationships within each hand.

Use selections from this book in church music programs, chapel services, or community gatherings where familiar hymn melodies are expected and appreciated. You might also feature a medley in a solo recital or student concert to showcase both classical discipline and the spiritual depth these arrangements carry.

• Intervallic reading and recognition within familiar melodic contexts
• Consistent finger placement and hand positioning across moderate ranges
• Directional reading (tracking ascending, descending, and repeated-note patterns)
• Voice independence between melody and accompaniment
• Harmonic awareness through blocked chord practice and analysis