Welcome to the Hymn Descants Blog

A descant is a counter melody written above the original melody. Its main purpose is to enhance the original melody without overpowering it. It heightens the effectiveness of the worship experience by adding a sense of climax and joy to a hymn.

Why hymn descants? I felt a need to expand my flute playing in church to more that just playing the various lines in the hymnal. Descants allow me to do this and bring more glory to God through my music. I found a few descant resources scattered here and there about the internet, but no one comprehensive site, so www.hymndescants.com was born.

This blog provides a forum for all to discuss descants as used in hymns. Posts can cover finding descants, writing, playing and/or singing descants.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE HYMNAL: DESCANT: For All the Saints

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE HYMNAL: DESCANT: For All the Saints
Sine Nomine is the hymn tune setting written by Ralph Vaughan Williams. I have always loved this hymn. It is even better with a descant.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Giveaway - Bible.Logos.com

Logos Bible Software is celebrating the launch of their new online Bible by giving away 72 ultra-premium print Bibles at a rate of 12 per month for six months. The Bible giveaway is being held at Bible.Logos.com and you can get up to five different entries each month! After you enter, be sure to check out Logos and see how it can revolutionize your Bible study.
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