darth_linux

Is the TLM movement backfiring?
this may be the case. I think what may be encouraging, if the numbers are correct, is that younger people (like me, who wasn't even alive before Vatican II) are growing more interested in the extraordinary form after experiencing 10, 20, 30 ye…

Comment by darth_linux September 2009 permalink
Children's vocal range?
@Jam I've lived and taught in some areas where parents complained if there wasn't _enough_ religious music, and now I'm in an area where, due to the particular demographic of my schools boundries, religious music is frowned upon. …

Comment by darth_linux September 2009 permalink
Children's vocal range?
@Rogue thanks for the info on the PDF files. Believe it or not, I don't have money in the budget to print out a bunch of PDF files for use in class . . . sad but true, and I certainly cannot teach classes walking around with a laptop in my ha…

Comment by darth_linux September 2009 permalink
Children's vocal range?
ps., I've read about the Ward method, but the books seem to be out of print, and nobody I've talked to who is "in the biz", that is, certificated elementary music teachers, have ever heard of her (I've talked to many in my …

Comment by darth_linux September 2009 permalink
Children's vocal range?
from the perspective of an elementary music specialist: most of the material is pitched between d below the staff to d in the staff (treble clef). Older kids (10 -12) have tunes that might go up to F at the highest . . . but, one thing to rememb…

Comment by darth_linux September 2009 permalink
My good friend David Haas
I think Frogman's latest comments really sum it up nicely - the Mass is the Mass. Litrugical music is not Devotional music. Save the devotional music, in all of it's genres, for prayer services and other get togethers, and keep it out of…

Comment by darth_linux June 2009 permalink
My good friend David Haas
I'm sure there is some common ground here to be found, but anytime you are dealing with an attempt at measuring the value of worshiping the one true God in comparison to one's "experience" at church, you have a long road to hoe t…

Comment by darth_linux June 2009 permalink
My good friend David Haas
I find this statement "African American culturally based worship models are forward looking, progressive, creative and universal in nature and will never fit into a pre Vatican II mold" absolutely shocking. The musical culture of African …

Comment by darth_linux June 2009 permalink
Gift for a New Priest
how about a very nice stole?

Comment by darth_linux May 2009 permalink
Responsorial Psalm from the Loft or Ambo?
from Sing To The Lord, #38 "At times, it may be appropriate to use a modest gesture that invites participation and clearly indicates when the congregation is to begin, but gestures should be used sparingly and only when genuinely needed."…

Comment by darth_linux May 2009 permalink
Music for presbyteral ordination
I'm going to go ahead and attempt an answer and err on the side of very conservative, mainly because I don't have a solid definitive answer. I would say that you may be able to sing the Magnificat as a second Offertory piece (after the …

Comment by darth_linux May 2009 permalink
Pandemic and communion
@ Gavin "but what harm would a couple weeks of abstaining do? I don't get this." I would respectfully point out that when one receives Communion one is receiving Grace from God Almighty, and I'd personally not be willing to go…

Comment by darth_linux May 2009 permalink
B-flat instruments????
@ tommy_q Tom, for a challenge, grab your euphonium (you play baritone BC parts right?), grab a score for a baritone saxophone and go. All you have to do is pretend you are looking at a bass clef symbol instead of a treble clef symbol and the no…

Comment by darth_linux April 2009 permalink
B-flat instruments????
@Gavin possibly . . . sometimes the horn will do what it wants. It's best practice to buzz your lips at the pitch you want to play, but you can certainly buzz one frequency and get another out of the horn, because it's not only about lip…

Comment by darth_linux April 2009 permalink
B-flat instruments????
"All it would take is one generation starting in the sixth grade, right?" no, it would take all the instrument manufacturers retooling their instruments to sound a concert C rather than concert Bb, Eb or F. The tuning of the instrume…

Comment by darth_linux April 2009 permalink
Easter 2--Vespers service
I'd suggest using the Mundelein Psalter for the Psalms, Canticle, Responsory and Intercessions - they are in English and already pointed. You'd have to do some of the typing, but the Psalms themselves are here - http://www.athanasius.com/…

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
Morning Prayer help? (long)
G, the Athanasius Psalter in the link above seems to be the 1963 Grail Psalter, with random things slightly different. One Psalm I did for Vespers within the last few weeks said "young bullocks" but in the Mundelein Psalter the same phras…

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
Morning Prayer help? (long)
1) Use this link for the Psalms - http://www.athanasius.com/psalms/psalms5.html it is 99% identical to the Mudelien Psalter, so all you have to do is apply the formatting (italics) to the correct syllable and remove the verse numbers. I use this …

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
Alleluia at the Opening of Vespers/Evening Prayer
thank you!

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
Alleluia at the Opening of Vespers/Evening Prayer
ok thanks, I'll look for a setting of Ave Regina Coelorum. @ chonak - I'd love a latin planchant version!

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
Alleluia at the Opening of Vespers/Evening Prayer
My little group been singing Vespers I for the last 3 Saturdays of Lent, and for the final hymn (after the dismissal) we sing a version of Regina Coeli which includes an "alleluia." I know a formal alleluia is prohibited during Lent (at M…

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
need a good Gospel Acclamation or SHORT tract
bump

Comment by darth_linux March 2009 permalink
facebook stuff
I have found finding old friends on Facebook to be a lot of fun. it is also to keep in touch with family members who live farther away, etc. Add me as a friend if desired, darth_linux AT msn DOT com

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
dagger symbol
alt-0134 worked like a charm - thanks!

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
dagger symbol
darn, i've got Basic Latin, Latin-1, Latin-Extended A and Latin-Extended B, none of which has the dagger. no Latin Extended Additional on my install. perhaps it's on the Office cd or something. thanks for your help, I'll keep look…

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
dagger symbol
hmm, in the Font drop-down menu, I only get the listing of installed Fonts . . . no "normal text" and I don't have anything called Latin-1. I'll keep looking though . . . thanks

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
roll-out/implementation plan for STTL
thank you Aristotle!

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
roll-out/implementation plan for STTL
no one remembers whose parish I'm talking about :(

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
Arizona/Southwest Chapter of CMAA
is there a Pacific northwest chapter?

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink
Funeral Masses
looking forward to the article . . .

Comment by darth_linux February 2009 permalink

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