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First Mode

 Second Mode
   God is the Lord
   Apolytikion & Theotokion
   Kathismata
   Hymns of Ascent (Anabathmoi)
   More honourable (Timiotera)

   Let Every Breath

   Verses of Psalms 148 & 149

   Slow Praises (sticheraric)

   Brief Praises (heirmologic)

 
 
Third Mode
 
 
Fourth Mode
 
 
Plagal First Mode
 
 
Plagal Second Mode
 
 
Grave Mode
 
 
Plagal Fourth Mode
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The translation used for these Orthros hymns is copyrighted by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline and is used with their permission. We chose their translation because many people throughout the world hold their liturgical translations in high regard due to their precision, meter, and elegance. While the music is copyright St. Anthony’s Monastery, the texts are copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, and may not be further distributed or used in sound or print publications or otherwise without the prior written permission of Holy Transfiguration Monastery.


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Introduction



Prologue by Gregorios Stathis

Concerning Adaptation

Concerning Notation

About the Translation

The History of Byzantine Chant


Byzantine vs. Western Notation


Writing Byzantine Music


Epilogue by
  Photios Kontoglou


The Intervals of the Soft Chromatic Modal Genre

The Intonations of the Eight Modes

Sources

Acknowledgements

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