I’ve been using resources across the internet, but this video series finally helped me out all the pieces together :) Thank you! Also, for those interested, I believe the book”manual for plainsong” is in the public domain and can be found free online as a pdf (at least old versions of it).
Thank you so much for these videos. I’ve been using the chant tones with the Liturgy of the Hours and they have really helped. For one, I don’t get distracted as much. Also, it’s a more incarnational experience chanting rather than just reading them silently - you’re involving your body and your muscles, not just your mind. Also, it’s more in keeping with the spirit of praying the psalms. Ps. 92 says, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord / to make music to your name, O Most High.” I am a Catholic layman who is learning this on my own by trial and error, as it seems the Church has largely abandoned this glorious part of her heritage. Please continue your wonderful videos, and if possible share any insights into which tones match up well with which psalms. Also, my breviary has the psalms already pointed, but some lines have a cruciform symbol after them which indicates the flex. With these, I’ve just been using the tenor notes for the whole line - is this correct? Also, would you use the same tone for the antiphon as for the psalm itself, or a different tone to differentiate it, or just a monotone? Thank you again for your efforts on this project. And I love your cat!
I love what you said about this practice being incarnational! I am coming to realize more and more that the body plays such an important role in our relationship with Christ - I'm unlearning the unintentional Gnosticism of my youth, I guess. For the antiphons, yes, it's my understanding that you would use the same tone. There might be other ways to do it, of course, but using the same tone seems to be the most seamless and sensible manner. For the flex, yes; just ignore it and keep chanting on the tenor until the mediant. I will do a video on the flex at some point. Thanks for watching, and I hope they continue to be a blessing to you.
I’ve been using resources across the internet, but this video series finally helped me out all the pieces together :) Thank you!
Also, for those interested, I believe the book”manual for plainsong” is in the public domain and can be found free online as a pdf (at least old versions of it).
Thank you for this great work! It's been immensely helpful for me as I look to increase my devotion during the Daily Hours.
Thank you so much for these videos. I’ve been using the chant tones with the Liturgy of the Hours and they have really helped. For one, I don’t get distracted as much. Also, it’s a more incarnational experience chanting rather than just reading them silently - you’re involving your body and your muscles, not just your mind. Also, it’s more in keeping with the spirit of praying the psalms. Ps. 92 says, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord / to make music to your name, O Most High.”
I am a Catholic layman who is learning this on my own by trial and error, as it seems the Church has largely abandoned this glorious part of her heritage.
Please continue your wonderful videos, and if possible share any insights into which tones match up well with which psalms.
Also, my breviary has the psalms already pointed, but some lines have a cruciform symbol after them which indicates the flex. With these, I’ve just been using the tenor notes for the whole line - is this correct?
Also, would you use the same tone for the antiphon as for the psalm itself, or a different tone to differentiate it, or just a monotone?
Thank you again for your efforts on this project. And I love your cat!
I love what you said about this practice being incarnational! I am coming to realize more and more that the body plays such an important role in our relationship with Christ - I'm unlearning the unintentional Gnosticism of my youth, I guess.
For the antiphons, yes, it's my understanding that you would use the same tone. There might be other ways to do it, of course, but using the same tone seems to be the most seamless and sensible manner.
For the flex, yes; just ignore it and keep chanting on the tenor until the mediant. I will do a video on the flex at some point.
Thanks for watching, and I hope they continue to be a blessing to you.
Very good
Me or the cat?
Nice explanation, it would be good if you advance until complete the eight tones
Thanks, and that is the plan. It's slow going, though. Life and kids and whatnot 🙂
You talk way too much