Sing Byzantine chant!
In this compilation episode of the introductory season of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! Sing hymns in all eight modes--one after the next--until you have them memorized and engraved in your mind and heart!
12 Jun 2025
Finale: Time to Chant
In this last episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing the Paschal Troparion! Now that all eight modes have been practiced, it's time for one last glance around the church and then make your way to the chanter's stand!
24 Apr 2025
Plagal Four
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about the last of the eight modes--Plagal Four--and about kontakia. Also, we’ll chant “To Thee the Champion Leader.”
27 Mar 2025
Grave Mode
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this eighth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about Grave Mode, and explore once again the enharmonic scale. Also, we’ll chant “What God Is as Great as Our God!”
20 Feb 2025
Plagal Two
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this seventh episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about the plagal second mode, which is related to the authentic second mode(who knew?!) and we will learn the hard chromatic scale. Also, we’ll chant “Angels in the Heavens,” a hymn from the Paschal service!
16 Jan 2025
Plagal One
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this sixth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about the first plagal mode and the larger melody range of this mode. Also, we’ll sing a common hymn we hear each Sunday together in plagal first mode!
28 Nov 2024
Mode Four
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In this fifth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode four and a bit more about the diatonic scale, then sing the Hymns of Ascent together in the fourth mode!
31 Oct 2024
Mode Three
In this fourth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode three and the enharmonic scale, and sing the apolytikion of the Resurrection together in the third mode!
26 Sept 2024
Mode Two
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this third episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode two and microtones, and sing two common hymns together in the second mode!
22 Aug 2024
Mode One
In this second episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode one, review the parallagi scale, and sing a hymn together in the first mode!
18 Jul 2024
Introduction
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this VERY FIRST EPISODE of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, takes you through an overview of what Byzantine chant is, you will learn about the eight modes, discover the parallagi scale, and sing together in this introductory episode.
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