23rd November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
The use of instrumental music in church goes back to the earliest days of Old Testament writing. There are quite a number of psalms which refer to the playing of musical instruments in acts of worship Psalm 150 is a...
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23rd November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
If you wish to know how to write worship songs there are three issues which it seems to me are at the heart of all good worship music. These are:
1) The actual quality of both the music and the poetry, - regardle...
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22nd November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
Dance actually gets a very good press in the scriptures. The inclusion of dance in worship today is nothing new, indeed it is a throw back to times over 2000 or 3000 years ago. In Psalm 149 we read:
Praise him wi...
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19th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
In the words of the final Psalm, No.150 we read:
"Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres. Praise him with drums and dancing. Praise him with harps and flutes. Praise him with cymbals. Praise hi...
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17th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
Times of spiritual revival have always coincided with outpourings of new church music. It was true at the time of the Protestant Reformation and with the burst of religious fervour which surrounded the founding of t...
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17th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
Within the vast repertoire of church music the hymns of Charles Wesley (1707-1788) are widely considered as some of the greatest ever written. Many of the hymns which congregations most love to sing came from his pe...
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16th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
The history of music in Christian worship is a substantial one which can trace its origins all the way back to pre-Christian times in the Old Testament. In those very early days we read of the Jewish people singing,...
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12th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
I always tell my pupils that oboe vibrato is a musical issue rather than a technical one. Ideally, it should develop naturally. Assuming your basic playing technique is correct it should arrive almost subconsciously...
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10th November 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe
In one sense playing the oboe can be thought of as a partnership. The three components of that partnership are the oboe, the player and the reed. The three components have to be compatible or the end result is unlik...
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