My little book about reading notation was pretty easy to write and I have gotten word that people are finding it useful. Last year I began to write about using Solfeggio to learn chant from the beginner's viewpoint and that went through four attempts, starting and restarting over and over again. Then I decided that what I found most confusing and most beautiful were the rhythms of chant, especially as interpreted and explained very thoroughly by all the conductors at the Colloquium, so it seemed time to take what I had learned and put it on paper. That should explain the dedication of the book.

So I've released the new book at www.basicchant.com. It will be up on www.amazon.com as well before long.

However, caution, please. This is only a beginner's book. Dr. Susan Treacy's A Plain and Easy Introduction to Gregorian Chant which I received after finishing this latest book did not discourage me from marketing my book because her book made it clear that my little book is barebones basic and is in no way a scholarly work of the highest quality as hers is, and he's is written so a beginner can not only learn about chant but also learn about it in depth, referring back to it over and over again as they mature as chant singers. Her books and other great stuff may be found at www.canticaNOVA.com

My little book is the kind of book you grab and open to remind yourself what that little squiggly note means. I have a writer friend who, when she heard I was publishing articles about horse training said, "Yes, it's easy to write about something you know."

So I have always taken that to heart. Of course in this case this book proves how little I know about chant!