Ratchets instead of Bells for your Electric Angelus
Remember to change any electronic bells this Friday and Saturday! Links to some good ratchet sounds included.
Build your Music Theory Skills
How to Finally Acquire a Musical Education While Still in College or Anywhere Else (with apologies to James V Schall)
Towards a Standard Protocol for Frayed Ribbons
Adding ribbons sounds like a fine idea, until they fray and come adrift. Serious bookmakers take precautions to stop ribbons fraying, but even amateurs can learn from these tips.
Can You Sing Along to Monks?
A video to supplement our local choir practices – a quick run through Missa Orbis Factor (also known as Mass XI) – the Gregorian Mass setting for Sundays during the year.
Tweaking Linebreaks Online with Gregorio
You CAN add linebreaks with Illuminare Score Editor. All in the browser.
GABC Propers Tool Revisited
A major shortcut to preparing Gregorian chant propers and ordinaries.
Epiphany Proclamation 2018
Fifteen years typing up the Proclamation of Moveable Feasts!
Not That Gaudete
A simple misunderstanding that arises with new choir members who are aware of the Christmas Carol called Gaudete and that the Third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday.
Online Advent Calendars 2017
What do you use to countdown to Christmas?
Tantum Ergo Comically Misunderstood in Italian
Tantum Ergo or Canta Merlo? A bit of fun with Italian and Latin.
Sing Salve Regina in Your Rosary
A good chant to begin with. Print a copy with interlinear translation and join with one of the best known chants from the Church Universal.
Christus Vincit – Christ Conquers
A little more on the triumphal chant inspired from Roman victory celebrations.
Corda Pia – A Franciscan Hymn
A really old hymn commemorating the Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi.
How Much Latin Do You Need?
How to learn to read 20% of the Missale Romanum – forget “Amo, Amas, Amat” – dive into the most frequently used words.
Catena Legionis in Gregorian Chant
Our Lady sings Magnificat with tones surpassing sweet – and you can too with this simple Gregorian chant setting.
The Place of Pews in the Church
Are chairs or pews a hindrance or a help?
Sing everyday! Regina Caeli!
Singing isn’t just a Sunday thing – if you want to sing well, then it’s good to sing everyday! Bring this ancient antiphon into your life and see how it goes.
Patterns in the Easter Sequence
I had a go at finding the structure of the melody…
33 Days to Marian Consecration
There are 33 days to prepare for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima this centenary year, starting Monday April 10.
Liturgical Language Barriers
Learning enough to use Latin liturgically is important and easy if you have the information. Including a short video giving tips to cover most Church Latin pronunciation.