These hymns have been simplified for use by anyone with at least three years training in piano. In addition, guitar chords accessible to amateur players have been included for many of the selections, and there are suggestions for using familiar tunes found here with other hymns texts. These accompaniments are also a useful resource for teaching beginning piano students who are not ready for the full accompaniments in The Hymnal 1982.

Music provides a unique and powerful means of promoting communication and social interaction in students with learning difficulties. In this collection, Pat Lloyd brings together 46 songs composed or adapted for use with children with communication problems. Each of the songs features a vocal line and piano accompaniment and can be listened to on the accompanying online audio files included with the book. Simplified guitar versions are also provided for a selection of the songs. Pat Lloyd provides suggestions for how each song can be used and developed to encourage communication and social interaction, and lists a range of possible objectives for each one. Advocating a flexible approach, she demonstrates how musical activity can be adapted easily and successfully to the specific needs of individual students. Enjoyable and easy to use, this is an ideal resource for specialist and non-specialist music instructors working to improve the communication and social skills of students with learning difficulties, including those with additional autism.

You must not think of yourself as a soloist but rather as an assistant and guide for the singer. Your sole duty is to help the singer to sound as good as possible. Therefore, the accompanist has an obligation to be of maximum assistance to the singer at all times - to lead, to wait, to listen carefully, to help in difficult spots and, above all, to understand psychologically who is the soloist and who is the accompanist. This book will provide examples and ideas for the pianist to use for accompanying. Contents include: The Intro. Intros for the Inexperienced Singer, Intros for Experienced Singers, Sections of the Piece (Patterns and Registers), Turn-Arounds, Modulations, The Last Section, Things to know about Singers, Changes under Held Notes, Turn-Arounds without Singer Holding Notes, More Things to know about Singers, Simplified Accompaniments -Mini Piece A & B, Singers and Performers whom the Author has Accompanied, Waltz for Alex, Brief Ballad.