SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHOIR

Introductory-Level Gregorian Chant Tutorial:

• Free Gregorian chant workshop

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Basic chant tutorial series consisting of short videos:

1. Staffs, Clefs and Scale

2. Single Note Forms

3. The Flat Sign and Other Symbols

4. Simple Neumes of Two and Three Notes

5. Examples and Demonstrations

6. Exercises

7. How to Sing the Kyrie from the Missa Orbis Factor

8. What's the Basic Pulse of Gregorian Chant Rhythm?

9. Breaking Down the Adoro Te Devote Chant

10. Solesmes Method Versus Semiology (advanced)

    • Note: we use the Solesmes method when we sing chant​

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Instructional Book with Tutorial Recordings:

• Laus in Ecclesia (Praise in the Church) is a 300-page instructional book that teaches the foundations of Gregorian chant. Currently $50 plus shipping.

• This is an excellent book for self-directed study to learn the basics of Gregorian chant; it's the best of all the chant instruction books that I have read.

• Order from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma

• Website with the tutorial recordings that accompany the book

 

Short guides:

• Guide to Pronouncing Ecclesiastical Latin

• Guide to Singing Chant

• Reading and Singing the Church's Chant: The Basics

• An Idiot's Guide to Square Notes

• Neumes Cheat Sheet

• A Guide to Gregorian Notation

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Longer guides and self-directed tutorials:

• A Crash Course in Chant

• A Beginner's Guide to Singing Gregorian Chant

• If You Can Sing "Joy to the World," You Can Read and Sing Chant

  • Video that accompanies the above tutorial

• How to Read and Sing Gregorian Chant

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Articles from the International Chant Academy:

• Five Short Lessons on Reading Chant Notation

• Structural and Ornamental Pitches in Gregorian Chant

• A Layman's Lexicon for Gregorian Chant and Sacred Music

• Seven Things That Sung Vespers Can Teach Us About Life

• Top Five Mistakes People Make When Reading Chant Notation

• Pray​ing with Gregorian Chant Part 1: The Latin Texts

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Recordings:

• Website with many of the better-known Gregorian chants in the Church

  • You can play a recording of each chant and follow the sheet music displayed on the screen, and that way gain skill at reading neumes/chant notation

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• Recordings from the Abbey of Solesmes

  • The Abbey of Solesmes revitalized chant in the Church over 100 years ago by meticulously researching the manuscript history of thousands of chants to produce standardized musical scores for chant hymnals

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Online Ecclesiastical Latin Course:

• Video series that covers Latin pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar

• Over forty hours of instructional videos