Common Tones for the Divine Office (English Chant)
  • Adoremus
    Posts: 35
    Please give your comments or suggestions on this compilation of English chants for the Liturgy of the Hours. Thanks.
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  • igneusigneus
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    p. 3: where is the idea of "plain" and "solemn" tone for "O Lord, open my lips" taken from?

    p. 4: The solemn tone sounds unnatural to me, especially at the g a b groups, but I'm no native speaker.

    p. 5: I miss an explanation of how to set a verse to the psalmody tone.

    p. 8: The last tone: the initium in Antiphonale 1912, p. 26*, is g a c, not f a c. Is it a typo? Or do you take it from a different source?

    p. 9: A short responsory, with the exception of the "paschal" tone, isn't really a common tone and needs to be notated.

    p. 10: Where is the paschal tone for a versicle taken from? It is further unclear, which neumes belong to which syllables of the alleluia.
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