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Dear Friends, The Byzantine solfege for each mode (tone) has been add it to the website. http://www.kelfar.net/orthodoxiaradio/Modes.htmlAny comments are most welcomed. In Christ, SBDK |
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2007, 01:39:25 AM » |
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This is great!
Would you ever consider adding short samples of the eight modes (troparia or something) to your page, so we could hear them in action?
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 01:42:16 AM » |
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It is not a bad idea. Give me sometime and I will chant few Troparia and add them to the website.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 01:45:48 AM » |
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love the idea! Need a breakdown of everything though.
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2007, 09:10:18 AM » |
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It's a good resource. How easy is it to get a keyboard that is able to be de-tuned as you indicate?
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2007, 12:56:19 PM » |
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Hello,
Does Neo-Byzantine denote that these are different than the traditional Byzantine Tones? A new modern system?
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2007, 01:57:22 PM » |
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THE NEO-BYZANTINE does not denote the traditional modes. --------- The Reform of the Music Notations Chrysanthos of Madytos (ca. 1770-1846), Gregory the Protopsaltis, and Chourmouzios the Archivist were responsible for a much needed reform of the notation of Greek ecclesiastical music. Their work consisted of simplifying the complex musical symbols. Their work is a landmark in the history of the Greek church music, since it introduced the system of neo-Byzantine music notation, upon which are based the present-day chants of the Greek Orthodox Church. The simplification attracted many believers to study the new Byzantine notation. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 02:45:01 PM » |
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Hello,
Does Neo-Byzantine denote that these are different than the traditional Byzantine Tones? A new modern system? As Sdcn Kelfar noted, there was a simplification in "Byzantine" music in the 18th-19th centuries. It allowed individuals to master the entire musical system in a few years of intense study, versus the decades-long process before the revision. Well.... The 3 teachers reformed the notation; but no one has reformed the scale distances, which have been debated for centuries before the reforms, and still to this day. The scales could be considered traditional "Byzantine," while the notes should not be (since the orthographic system is infinitely more simple than it was for centuries). Depending on one's teacher or school of thought, the distances will be quoted differently. What Sdcn Kelfar's link points to is the predominant theory on the distances of the notes in each Mode, and is fairly standard in this country. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 07:08:29 PM » |
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Hello,
So this IS THE current Byzantine Modal Notation style? All the Orthodox agree with that?
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2007, 07:20:17 PM » |
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Hello,
So this IS THE current Byzantine Modal Notation style? All the Orthodox agree with that?
It is the notation style, and the general guidelines for the scales. All that is needed when attempting to learn the tones is an understanding of the characteristic changes that are unique to each tone - occasional flats or sharps that are used depending on the style within the mode. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 07:23:03 PM » |
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Hello, It is the notation style, and the general guidelines for the scales. All that is needed when attempting to learn the tones is an understanding of the characteristic changes that are unique to each tone - occasional flats or sharps that are used depending on the style within the mode.
So the actual scales and modes have remained the same? It's just the method of written notation that has changed? If so, is it the standard notation in use for all Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics today? |
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2007, 07:39:49 PM » |
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As far as I know, the following churces are still using the Byzantine notation in their liturgical services: 1. Antioch (Orthodox and Melkites) - Arabic and Greek 2. Jerusalem - Arabic and Greek 4. Alexandria - Arabic and Greek 5. Bulgaria 6. Romania 7. Greece and Constantinople - Greek 8. Russia (some churches are still using BZ) The scales and modes have remained the same for the most part.  +SBDK |
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2007, 10:54:57 PM » |
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Hello, As far as I know, the following churces are still using the Byzantine notation in their liturgical services: 1. Antioch (Orthodox and Melkites) - Arabic and Greek 2. Jerusalem - Arabic and Greek 4. Alexandria - Arabic and Greek 5. Bulgaria 6. Romania 7. Greece and Constantinople - Greek 8. Russia (some churches are still using BZ) The scales and modes have remained the same for the most part. +SBDK Thanks. Do these Churches have actual books with the chants in notation? Someone had told me once that the cantors had the music pretty much memorized. Also, does anyone know about the Byzantine Catholic Churches? |
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2007, 01:35:14 AM » |
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Yes, each church has its own book in the native language of the land. The churches of Jerusalem and Alexandria both are using books from the church of Antioch.
The Melkites are using the Byzantine notation in their liturgical services.
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2008, 11:29:43 PM » |
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I don't see the Enharmonic having a clickable link...is there one? |
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« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2008, 11:32:01 PM » |
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I am working on it... I will post it very soon...
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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2008, 11:56:24 PM » |
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I am working on it... I will post it very soon...
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« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2008, 01:33:03 AM » |
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Thank you for everything you do.
He's busy engineering the next album by the St. John (of SF) Men's Chorale album which will be commemorating the 1600th anniversary of the repose of St. John Chrysostom (actually, the ROCOR conference we sang at last summer near StL, MO). THEN, he can fix your link for you.  |
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2008, 02:45:10 PM » |
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Fr. Dn, Christ is Risen! I just completed the Enharmonic scale... http://www.kelfar.net/orthodoxiaradio/Enharmonic.htmlDo you think the information is a good start for someone who wants to learn Byzantine chant? I don't see the Enharmonic having a clickable link...is there one?
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« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2008, 03:00:01 PM » |
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Will you in the future be including some of the other relevant scales (e.g. Grave mode Diatonic), or is it your intent to keep the site on the simpler side for those just starting? I think I will be referring the folks that I'm teaching here to your site, especially for their summertime work (while we're not meeting regularly). |
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« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2008, 12:12:18 AM » |
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« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2008, 12:37:25 AM » |
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...and shame on your for not finishing our project first....and I called you back 15 min ago and you haven't returned my call!
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2008, 12:48:53 AM » |
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I will include the Grave Mode Diatonic and ther sub-scales...just give me some time... Thanks.. Will you in the future be including some of the other relevant scales (e.g. Grave mode Diatonic), or is it your intent to keep the site on the simpler side for those just starting?
I think I will be referring the folks that I'm teaching here to your site, especially for their summertime work (while we're not meeting regularly).
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2008, 09:18:01 AM » |
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Thank you very much, I think this is great!
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