it all began with "lets listen to some byzantine choir in banya just for giggles" now i can't imagine banya without it, its a 100% religous experience everytime
The oligon is the regular +1 symbol, whereas the kentematon is an unstressed +1, and will not have a syllable underneath it, in general (the major exception is for Kratema, or other "nonsense syllable" hymns). The kentematon is almost always connected to the previous note's syllable. Sometimes they are interchangeable (like in long melismatic patterns), but in brief, heirmologic hymns they aren't.
anyway i'm very glad to see the byzantine music caught the hearts of american people! forgive my poor english or if i brought you any upset.God bless you!
@iolantham Sorry for never responding! The olίγου is your "generic" up-one symbol, whereas the κεντημάτων is an unstressed up-one symbol. Since it is unstressed, it should never get a new syllable (unless used in Kratema), and it will normally be on the off-beat (which is why it always gets the gorgon in a combination symbol). Since it will be on the same syllable as the previous symbol, the notes will be "slurred" together.
@constantinos13valy There are videos online in Romanian (I'm not sure about youtube), but I haven't gone searching for them myself. A good place to start is analogionDOTcom and psaltologionDOTcom. The first at least has a theory book in Romanian, and a section on Byzantine Chant in the Romanian language.
you sang "pa" a little bit lower than it is.is true that in the 4th plagal ixos "pa" is a "soft" and mobile but never goes down more than it is on the piano.usualy it moves few microintervals towards "vu" depending on the musical context.also "vu" tends to be attracted by "pa" in most of the cases.the correct interpretation of "vu" would be between mi and mi bemol/re diez on the piano. please remember to tell everytime in your tutorials that Byzantine Music doesn't use equal intervals Like piano
@maskof I never even thought of that!! :o) I should have written "Mary birthed a paschal lamb!" (Instead of the more traditional, "Mary had a little lamb.") Thanks!
it all began with "lets listen to some byzantine choir in banya just for giggles"
now i can't imagine banya without it, its a 100% religous experience everytime
Thank you so much for doing these. They are a great blessing.
The oligon is the regular +1 symbol, whereas the kentematon is an unstressed +1, and will not have a syllable underneath it, in general (the major exception is for Kratema, or other "nonsense syllable" hymns). The kentematon is almost always connected to the previous note's syllable. Sometimes they are interchangeable (like in long melismatic patterns), but in brief, heirmologic hymns they aren't.
God bless you
Verry funny the last melody! :D Thank you for what are you doing! I
anyway i'm very glad to see the byzantine music caught the hearts of american people! forgive my poor english or if i brought you any upset.God bless you!
Really nice presentation, with a little humor in it :-) Thank you.
@iolantham Sorry for never responding! The olίγου is your "generic" up-one symbol, whereas the κεντημάτων is an unstressed up-one symbol. Since it is unstressed, it should never get a new syllable (unless used in Kratema), and it will normally be on the off-beat (which is why it always gets the gorgon in a combination symbol). Since it will be on the same syllable as the previous symbol, the notes will be "slurred" together.
@constantinos13valy There are videos online in Romanian (I'm not sure about youtube), but I haven't gone searching for them myself. A good place to start is analogionDOTcom and psaltologionDOTcom. The first at least has a theory book in Romanian, and a section on Byzantine Chant in the Romanian language.
you sang "pa" a little bit lower than it is.is true that in the 4th plagal ixos "pa" is a "soft" and mobile but never goes down more than it is on the piano.usualy it moves few microintervals towards "vu" depending on the musical context.also "vu" tends to be attracted by "pa" in most of the cases.the correct interpretation of "vu" would be between mi and mi bemol/re diez on the piano. please remember to tell everytime in your tutorials that Byzantine Music doesn't use equal intervals Like piano
@maskof I never even thought of that!! :o) I should have written "Mary birthed a paschal lamb!" (Instead of the more traditional, "Mary had a little lamb.") Thanks!
Why do I feel like I'm never going to be able to learn these without a tutor
Let me know if I can help in any way. I'd be glad to tailor things as best as I can. (The tutorials can be a bit dense).
Theotokos had a little lamb!
Is there any difference between the ολίγου and the κεντημάτων?
where are you from?
I’m originally from Pennsylvania (in the USA).
@metamanks Thank you and merry Christmas! Christ is born!
I think it must be very difficult to find the right pitch😂