DavidOLGC

Piano to Organ- need tips
Thank you all that have mentioned using a lead sheet and either reading the chords or improvising your own harmonies, as I tend to use this method very often, having much more professional experience as a guitar or bass player, often in jazz situati…

Comment by DavidOLGC May 2023 permalink
Fee recommendation
Francis, I wish our parish had a music budget - but rather than get paid, I'd love to see us be able to hire professional vocalists first.

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Fee recommendation
https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/profile/155/francis "You are a valuable, no, INVALUABLE asset to the worship of the Almighty. If musicians stood up for what they were worth, getting fair due would not be a problem." I certainly under…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Parish Music Meeting A'Coming. Add Your Thoughts.
I'd add that in "Sing to the Lord", 2007 by USCCB , sections 72 -80 also reinforce the "pride of place" of Gregorian chant. " Gregorian chant is uniquely the Church’s own music. Chant is a living connection with our fo…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Processional statues
Yes, we recently had a new Portuguese made statue of Our Lady of Fatima and during the service there was a processional carrying it into the church. I'm not sure what it was made of, probably carved and painted wood, but it was about 4 feet hig…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Hymn Antiphon Idea?
"The whole "chant is too sombre" thing really bothers me, too." The only people that claim that are folks that are not very familiar with the wide range of chant and all the moods it can express. For example, when we sing "…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Whose fault is it that we use bad music and what can we do about it?
"It would be heartening to hear someone in authority begin to clean up the mess, rather than blaming those mean traditionalists for wanting something other than the mess." I'm totally with you on this issue.

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Whose fault is it that we use bad music and what can we do about it?
Mark B "Diocesan celebrations should use the Jubilate Deo Mass ordinary setting or the Missa de Angelis and the ICEL Missal chants. Stop using any setting of the Mass ordinary published by OCP or GIA or anyone else at diocesan liturgies. Set a…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Whose fault is it that we use bad music and what can we do about it?
https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/profile/1402/Chris Garton-Zavesky Chris, I certainly don't want to get into another discussion of Vatican II. It's obvious that many if not most of the members of this forum are traditionalists that,…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Whose fault is it that we use bad music and what can we do about it?
I agree with both of you - the implementation of the NO mass could - and should - have been handled much better. "I suspect that the statements you have listed above were not that important to them." Possibly so. "that’s about 50…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Post your Holy Week and Easter photos!
Yes, Chris, we are in California, not North Carolina...but the towns were named for the same person.

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Post your Holy Week and Easter photos!
Thanks for asking, Chris. Honestly the lady taking the pics had a small digital camera without a flash and was very unobtrusive and respectful during the ceremonies.

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Whose fault is it that we use bad music and what can we do about it?
Why so much bad music at the NO mass? Maybe it's because the chants in "Jubilate Deo" have not been used as intended in the NO mass. https://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/13/08/12/10-44-03_0.pdf https://www.ewtn.com/catholicis…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Post your Holy Week and Easter photos!
The pictures were taken by the office assistant and were posted on the OLGCFB Facebook page. Ours is a small not particularly rich rural parish. https://www.facebook.com/OLGCinFortBragg/photos I can't see how that differs much from having som…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Post your Holy Week and Easter photos!
I was able to find a couple from the Easter vigil:

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
All Glory Laud and Honour: Where do you end?
We had this same discussion last week. In our small church the celebrant only needed a chorus and a verse to process from the back of the church where he blessed the palms and read the first gospel. Our cantor and I would have liked to finish at t…

Comment by DavidOLGC April 2023 permalink
Ethical Concerns of OCP (Respond & Acclaim)
Let's just add that our local parish church has stopped using OCP products and now is using Source and Summit. We also are using organ only at the English language masses, no more guitars.

Comment by DavidOLGC March 2023 permalink
Free Scores & Help Needed: Spanish Lenten (and Eucharistic) Hymns
The Source and Summit missal has a selection of hymns in Spanish, too.

Comment by DavidOLGC March 2023 permalink
Favorite Glorias?
Thanks for all the suggestions so far. BTW, our parish uses the NO mass but we do use a fair amount of Latin. The pastor requested an English Gloria for the congregation to learn to sing...but the Latin suggestion are welcome too.

Comment by DavidOLGC August 2022 permalink
French classic Catholic hymnal?
Check out this link for the first book: http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080044161/1080044161_MA.PDF

Comment by DavidOLGC August 2022 permalink
How can one possibly be a bread-winner in this line of work?
My parish does appreciate the music ministers, but it's a "poor parish" that had just started a Catholic school for working class folks and needs a lot of building repair. At my age and circumstances, I'm happy to consider my se…

Comment by DavidOLGC August 2022 permalink
How can one possibly be a bread-winner in this line of work?
Paid to be the organist? Our small and not-so-rich parish can't afford to do pay musicians, so I have been donating my time by being a volunteer musician. At this stage in my life I can afford to be an unpaid music minister.

Comment by DavidOLGC August 2022 permalink
Alleluia
Hi, is the alto part in measure 6 supposed to be a D, the 9th of the C chord in the other voices? In the first version the chord in the other voices was a G. Thanks, David

Comment by DavidOLGC August 2022 permalink

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