fides quarens intellectum Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Oh, and just to be clear, you pick one tone to use for the entire Psalm or Canticle - I only switched the tones in the example for Psalm 36 to give a second example, but you actually wouldn't change a tone during a Psalm or Canticle - you just keep repeating the same tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 [quote name='fides quarens intellectum' timestamp='1294853823' post='2199369'] Oh, and just to be clear, you pick one tone to use for the entire Psalm or Canticle - I only switched the tones in the example for Psalm 36 to give a second example, but you actually wouldn't change a tone during a Psalm or Canticle - you just keep repeating the same tone. [/quote] once again, thank you very much!!!! Your instruction really helps! I'm gonna copy it and the notes as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiquitunga Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 [quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1294759650' post='2198973'] With monotone chanting, you hold one note for most of the line, and then do something different at the end.[/quote] The Carmelites I visited just kept the same note for the whole line though actually .. really simple! So it looks like there are variations even with monotone chant. I love how it's this way in Carmel, not letting the Office become too complicated and everything .. but then with the Gregorian chant on special days. Btw, here's a book I ran into on chanting the psalms, [url="http://www.monasterygreetings.com/product/Chanting_the_Psalms_CD_and_book/Chant_introductions"]http://www.monastery...t_introductions[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides quarens intellectum Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 [quote name='tnavarro61' timestamp='1294872373' post='2199462'] once again, thank you very much!!!! Your instruction really helps! I'm gonna copy it and the notes as well [/quote] No problem; glad I could help. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregorius Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Question! I still don't understand what the E U O U A E goes with. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamomile Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Just so you know... The Benedictines in Norcia, Italy usually post Vespers (and sometimes Compline) on their website, so you can get a real feel for chanting by listening to them. Here's the link: [url="http://osbnorcia.org/?page_id=843"]Vesperae[/url] And to follow along, you can go [url="http://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl"]here[/url] to get the text of the Office. I don't know what type of Breviary they use (probably an older Benedictine one), so I don't know if this always works, but tonight I was able to pray along by chosing "all," then "pre-Tridentine Monastic," then "Seasonal," and "English" in the boxes at the bottom. The English option will give you an unofficial translation on the right. And then you click on the hour you want. I've had nights where I couldn't find the text of what they were praying, but it's still lovely to listen and pray in silence while the monks chant! This site with the Divinum Officium also has the Office for the Dead and the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Latin! You can click on "compare" at the bottom to get those options, or just go [url="http://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/Cofficium.pl"]here[/url]. Parvum BVM is the Little Office... it's a wonderful devotion in addition to or in place of the LOTH that I really recommend. And it will help you learn some Latin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 What is the rule by the way? When will we chant #1 or #3?? When will we use the first "scale" of Magnificat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 I think I will be doing the "Carmelite" way of chant... haha I'm tone deaf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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