The Music Room

Music has an important place in Christian worship, as it did in the worship at the temple. I Chronicles 15:16-24 describes how David organized the temple choir and orchestra 'to sing and to play joyful music.' In the temple the singing was often in parts--one line of a section being sung by one group,and the next sung in response by another.

Church hymns, songs of praise to God that paraphrase the Bible or invoke ethical concepts, date from the time of the ancient Hebrews. Church singing has evolved from the one-syllable-to-a-note style of hymns to the richly musical, joyful sound of gospel music, and the pop/rock sound of contemporary Christian music.

NOTE: All songs expressly represented* on this website are, to the best of our knowledge, songs in the public domain. If the copyright status of any of these songs is in question and can be proven to be still under the realm of protection, please email us, and upon written proof and request, the lyrics will be promptly removed.

If you have the free RealAudio(R) plug-in, you can listen to some of the hymns here or in our Audio/Visual Center.  RealAudio (R) audio streaming is possible thanks to C. Dale Ficken at SRT Enterprises: dale@thecampus.com.Get the RealAudio player free:

* representation on pages with the www.virtualchurch.org domain. This disclaimer excludes links to pages outside this domain. We are not responsible for the content of  websites to which we link.

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Learn to play the guitar and harmonica online

Guitar lessons:

  • Free lessons online, from Christian Guitar Resources
  • Download an e-book from Learn to Play Guitar V 2.01
  • Lessons from Harmony Central
  • Harmonica lessons:

  • Harmonica Lessons.Com

  • Jack's Christian hymns for harmonica

  • Classic Christian Hymns

    Lyrics to songs in the public domain; MIDI music included.
    Amazing Grace  O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
    Just As I Am A Mighty Fortress is Our God
    Jesus Loves Me 'Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus
    Onward Christian Soldiers  Sweet Hour of Prayer
    Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed  Rock of Ages Cleft for Me
    It is Well With My Soul What a Friend We Have in Jesus
    All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Grace Greater Than All My Sin
    I Know Whom I Have Believed The Old Rugged Cross
    We Gather Together To God be the Glory
    This is My Father's World Crown Him with Many Crowns
    For the Beauty of the Earth Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
    The Church's One Foundation He Looked Beyond My Fault(to the tune of "Danny Boy")
    The Lord's Prayer Peace in the Valley
    This Could Be the Dawning of That Day How Great Thou Art

    Lyrics and Guitar Tabs

  • H ymn Lyrics for virtually every classic hymn in existence.

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  • Praise and Worship lyrics

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  • The Praise Zone. Over 700 songs listed in their search engine.

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  • Christian Guitar Resources
  • Christian guitar tablature archive   for guitar, bass, and horn

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    Featured Musicians

    NOTICE: All music directly available from our web site, listed in this section, is used with permission from the authors/performers.

     RealAudio audio streaming:

  • Glory to His Name
  • I Will Praise Him
  • At the Cross
  • When we All Get to Heaven
  • Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
  • We Shall See the King
  • Sound clips from several hymns

  • Glenn Hall, accompanying himself on the guitar.

    More Hymns and Gospel songs to listen to

    Notice: This section includes links to other web sites that provide music. We are not responsible for the content on these sites.
    • The Cyber Hymnal. This site has over 1,300 Christian hymns and Gospel songs from many denominations. You'll find lyrics, sound, background information, photos, links, MIDI files and scores you can download. This worship and teaching resource is provided as a public service.

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    • Jack's Harmonica Page has many hymns, gospel blues, country hymns, and secular music on harmonica, including the tabulation, free lessons, and the stories behind the hymns.

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    • Mission Praise Midi files
    • Christian Music Corner Free worship and praise music; MIDI files and words.
    • Ou r Song of Victory
    • Songs and Hymns in RealAudio(R) from the Calvary Chapel (Chuck Smith) web site.
    • MP3 music to download--hundreds of titles to choose from.

    Original Christian Music

    Notice: This section includes links to other web sites that provide music. We are not responsible for the content on these sites.

    The T he Chrisitan Songwriters Web Ring is a non-denominational listing of websites that contain original Christian music that can be heard and enjoyed by visitors.

    Music Scores

    Notice: This section includes links to other web sites that provide music. We are not responsible for the content on these sites.

    Some of these sites provide free music scores; others are provided as shareware (a small fee, usually $5-$15.00 per title download). Most songs are original compositions. Some sites also provide sound clips (MIDI) along with the scores.


    More hymns

    Notice: This section includes links to other web sites that provide music. We are not responsible for the content on these sites.
     

    Contemporary Christian Artists

    Notice: This section includes links to other web sites that provide music. We are not responsible for the content on these sites.
     
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