PDF Download • “A Very Sloppy Accompaniment”
What I played from yesterday…
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What I played from yesterday…

This piece works well in the “OF” (Ordinary Form) and also the “EF” (Extraordinary Form).
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After more than a year of Vespers having been forbidden (due to Covid-19) we’re back!
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The following is what I will use to accompany the congregation tomorrow.
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Starting pitches are included!

“Truly Perplexing” • Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio

This fabulous technique is common in Germanic countries…
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Does plainsong work in English? It actually can!
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This is a large file (172 MB), but trust me! You will love it.
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A perfect canon is the hardest thing to compose—and this is one!
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This *might* be the most beautiful 45 seconds in music—Father Guerrero’s compositions are truly awe-inspiring!
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Here’s what I currently have…but several of these draft copies are pretty ugly!
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There is a great need for simple polyphonic pieces arranged for 2 voice and 3 voices.
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“Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change—which is outside the natural course of things—takes place.” (Ladua Sion, v12)
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We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).
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