A hymn customizer that lets you create customized hymns/hymnals from a collection of over 300 traditional, public-domain Christian hymns. Include only the hymns you want in the order you want. Options include: play, transpose, print professional quality scores, create customized MIDI files for playback outside of the program, scale the hymns to any size, reformat and justify, use any scalable Windows' fonts/sizes for titles, chord names, & lyrics, verses only, display some verses under associated notes and others at end of hymn in 1 or 2 column format, traditional 4-part harmony (in 2 staff systems) or melody only, guitar fret diagrams, tablature for any stringed instruments, any page/margin sizes, select some, all or no verses, display music as "shape-note" music. When playing, select any general MIDI instrument, alter tempos, repeat songs any number of times.
Our Review: Presumably used mainly with printing in mind, Virtual Hymnal lets you quickly load hymns (the registered version features over 300!) in any order you want. While you can't edit the music itself, Virtual Hymnal lets you convert to tablature (for strings) and tailor the physical layout of the notation to your own personal listening or hard-copy preferences. Quick, easy and effective - Virtual Hymnal does a great job. If you ever wanted to hear 'Good Christian Men Rejoice' played at triple-speed on Overdrive Guitar - then this is for you.
This software's licence is Shareware - 30 Days Trial, which means that this program allows a free trial period of 30 days from the installation date. This is not free software. Subject to the author's terms, you are licensed by the author to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. If you use this software after the 30-day evaluation period a registration fee is required.
If you wish to register and receive the full version of this Shareware - 30 Days Trial program, it will cost you US$ 49.95