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  • Charles in CenCA
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    Could one of our esteemed scholars find the thread in which some genius recorded a "rap" of gregorian neumes and post the link?
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
    Posts: 6,605
    All the esteemed ones took the night off so you are stuck with me.

    http://musicasacra.com/childrens-chant-course/
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,160
    It's from ossian1898: here.
  • Charles in CenCA
    Posts: 2,416
    Frogman, I think you're pretty e-steamed!
    Why would the others take the night off? They're not true Raider fans like moi!
    Thanks, RC.
  • ossian1898ossian1898
    Posts: 142
    I am actually going to be using the "Neume Song" again in a week or two on a new crop of freshmen. And wow, genius? Not quite! It's just a desperate attempt to get the boys having some fun with chant. But thanks anyway!
  • Charles in CenCA
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    Well, I need to have some fun with the K-7 kids as I open the curricular year, mein Freund. So, between reviving the MR3 Glory XV we learned last year for Friday's Sts. Cornelius/Cyprian, we can have fun with your invention!
    I've also crafted a method of "virtual chant" in the music classroom: all questions, statements and verbal exchanges ad libitum must be chanted between me and the kids. Good for interval training, I'm a-thinkin'.
    Can you imagine a kid in the third grade having to improvise a chant, "Mr. C, may I use the rest-room (minor third)?" "Wait for the bell!" (3-2-1-2!)
  • Kathy
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    We should all be praying for one another as we begin a new choir year, don'tcha think?

    Careful! Sal-iiiiii-cus!
  • RobertRobert
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    or Sal-i-cuuus, depending on your method :-)
  • ossian1898ossian1898
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    I know I know...heh...I don't sing the salicuses that way when really chanting but in order to do the rhythm with the class we did. Plus, let's face it there are some directors that treat the vertical episema like an emergency brake...so they probably ought to know.

    Charles, I have toyed with the idea of making them ask questions in different psalm tones. But haven't tried it yet.
  • ossian1898ossian1898
    Posts: 142
    @Kathy,

    Yes! We should. Sts. Cecilia and Dunstan, pray for us!
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