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Tuesday 15 July 2008

Hymn Tempi

A commenter below mentioned taking ST THOMAS at 130.
This strikes me as a tad fast, (and I'm often told my tempi are too fast.)
But maybe I've just heard too many dirge-like hymns, and I don't have a good sense of it any more.
I'd be curious, to anyone who reads this, what metronome markings would you put on these hymntunes?

HYFRYDOL
ST THOMAS
ODE TO JOY
ST ANNE
ST DENIO

Do you have any tempi "principles", irrespective of texts? Slower on duple than triple meters? (I tend to sing 3/4 hymn in 1)

Just curious....

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