This year I am trying to learn all the hymns in the LDS hymnbook. I am learning seven songs each week. There are 341 hymns to learn and at seven each week it will take me an entire year. This is quite a challenge and one that progresses quickly. Each week I move on to the next set of hymns even if I have not mastered they hymns from the previous week. Doing this forces me to keep moving forward instead of getting stuck on a hymn that is too difficult for me at that time.
What a difference a couple months makes. The first few weeks I could only learn about four of the seven hymns for the week. But these last couple weeks I have learned all seven hymns. Maybe the difference was that I have improved my sight reading or playing skills, but it was probably that the hymns were simpler for those two weeks.
This is my hymn schedule for the year.
Hymns I have learned are bold
Week Hymns
Mar 1-7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mar 8-14 85 86 87 88 89 90 91
Mar 15-21 169 170 171 172 173 174 175
Mar 22-28 253 254 255 256 257 258 259
Mar 29-31 337 review
Apr 1-7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Apr 8-14 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
Apr 9-21 176 177 178 179 180 181 182
Apr 22-28 260 261 262 263 264 265 266
Apr 29-30 review
May 1-7 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
May 8-14 99 100 101 102 103 104 105
May 9-21 183 184 185 186 187 188 189
May 22-28 267 268 269 270 271 272 273
May 29-31 338 review
Jun 1-7 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Jun 8-14 106 107 108 109 110 111 112
Jun 9-21 190 191 192 193 194 195 196
Jun 22-28 274 275 276 277 278 279 280
Jun 29-30 review
Jul 1-7 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Jul 8-14 113 114 115 116 117 118 119
Jul 9-21 197 198 199 200 201 202 203
Jul 22-28 281 282 283 284 285 286 287
Jul 29-31 339 review
Aug 1-7 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Aug 8-14 120 121 122 123 124 125 126
Aug 9-21 204 205 206 207 208 209 210
Aug 22-28 288 289 290 291 292 293 294
Aug 29-31 340 review
Sep 1-7 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
Sep 8-14 127 128 129 130 131 132 133
Sep 9-21 211 212 213 214 215 216 217
Sep 22-28 295 296 297 298 299 300 301
Sep 29-30 review
Oct 1-7 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
Oct 8-14 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
Oct 9-21 218 219 220 221 222 223 224
Oct 22-28 302 303 304 305 306 307 308
Oct 29-31 341 review
Nov 1-7 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
Nov 8-14 141 142 143 144 145 146 147
Nov 9-21 225 226 227 228 229 230 231
Nov 22-28 309 310 311 312 313 314 315
Nov 29-30 review
Dec 1-7 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Dec 8-14 148 149 150 151 152 153 154
Dec 9-21 232 233 234 235 236 237 238
Dec 22-28 316 317 318 319 320 321 322
Dec 29-31 review
Jan 1-7 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
Jan 8-14 155 156 157 158 159 160 161
Jan 15-21 239 240 241 242 243 244 245
Jan 21-28 323 324 325 326 327 328 329
Jan 29-31 review
Feb 1-7 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
Feb 8-14 162 163 164 165 166 167 168
Feb 15-21 246 247 248 249 250 201 252
Feb 22-28 330 301 302 303 304 305 336
Even if I do not learn all the hymns this year, it is still a very worthwhile goal. No matter how many learn, my skills will improve and my confidence will grow. I do expect as the months pass that I will be able to go back and learn the hymns I am struggling with now.
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