[Worship] Praise and Worship Music for Level 1 and 2 Beginners

[Cchurchmusic@aol.com]

Hi All,

Do you know of any praise and worship books that beginning pianists can use that are for levels 1 and 2 (preferably with at least one verse and chorus)?

I'm a piano class teacher, church musician and a music buyer for a Christian bookstore.  We do a lot of Black gospel at the churches that I play for and I use the same style in my piano classes and for the bookstore music.  My specialty is Black Gospel but not Praise and Worship.

Yet, Praise and Worship music is perfect for crossover.  It can be used from Catholic churches to Baptist to Church of God in Christ etc.  

Since it's so hard to find black gospel for beginners, do any of you know of any method books and performance books that I could use to teach praise and worship songs?

I checked http://www.worshipmusic.com and found some Carol T. books.  She's great.  She used to have a method series that is out of print called "Young Gospel Pianist".  Does anyone know of another method series that uses praise and worship music? 

I also used to use "Keys to the Kingdom: Songs of the Spirit" by Glory Sound.

The thing is...so many method books are filled with hymns and more hymns.  Most of them the same hymns:  Amazing Grace, etc.  I'm trying to keep my students challenged.  But I also don't want to ask them to spend time learning songs that they will have no need to use in church.

So, if you have any suggestions I would be very appreciative.

Sincerely,
Carolyn Walker
Music Buyer
It's God's Choice Christian Bookstore
301-499-5799
gcchristianbooks@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/gcchristianbooks

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