PLAY IT NOW! 20 Hymns for the Bowed Psaltery

Even if you don’t read music or have never played an instrument before, you can play the bowed psaltery. And this book will show you how!

PLAY IT NOW! has been laid out so that every song includes not just the music, but both the name of the note and a number corresponding to a string on the bowed psaltery. This should allow anyone to pick up the instrument and, after a couple minutes becoming familiar with the bow, play a tune. Most of the songs are ones that you may already know. They were selected because, once a tune is in your head, it’s not hard to play it on an instrument. Many of the songs have been transposed into the key of C which means there are no sharps or flats for you to worry about. If you want to know what this means and you do not read music, you can refer to the chapter “How to Read Music 101” on page 23. Learning just the simple concepts described in that section of the book will allow you to play many other songs.

The book was designed to be easy but not simple, and you can use it to learn as much or as little as you want. The bowed psaltery is a beautiful and unique instrument, and easy for anyone to play. PLAY IT NOW! allows you to do just that! 

Hymns include: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Abide With Me, Angel Band, As I Went Down to the River to Pray, Blessed Assurance, Come You Sinners, Poor And Needy, Come Thou Almighty King, Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Eternal Father, Strong To Save, Faith Of Our Fathers, Farther Along, For The Beauty Of The Earth, In The Garden, I’ve Got Peace Like A River, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee, Old Rugged Cross, On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand, Rock Of Ages, We Gather Together.