GKM psaltis Kalophonikon Aineite Mode 01 byzantine music gregorian chant psaltiki

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You are listening to a sample of Psaltiki
(ecclesiastical chant, erroneously known as Byzantine Music), using a biblical verse, in FRENCH (Louez le Seigneur du haut des cieux. Alléluia.) PSALM CXLVIII = 148, as interpreted by Georgios K. MICHALAKIS, psaltis, assisted by Fabien Donneger and Fr. Laurent.
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The hymn is chanted in First mode, in manner called « chronos kalophonikos ». This is a bit sensual, for it uses smooth attacks and many equal temporal divisions, and it is for this reason that it is utilised only AFTER the end of some religious ceremony.

My interpretation was limited to 5 minutes, and I was therefore obliged to "cut off" some concluding beats from various measures (in other words, there is a concession made in terms of rhythm), to abbreviate musical lines by removing entire beats, or to even accelerate tempo a bit in others. All this is well known to be done in "Eleutheros Chronos" but also in many other occasions, as is related by Angelos Boudouris concerning Patriarchal chanting during his time.

Note: Interval stability is quite difficult when chanting in a language (in this case French) other than that of one's psaltic instruction (Greek).
I chant according to what I have learned from many masters, the main one being Stylianos Tsolakidis (+1987), student of Iakovos Nafpliotis (1864-1942), the Greatest ever psaltis to have been recorded.

I DESPISE contemporary church and even folklore music as it has evolved in the Orthodox world, given that many people with talented voices perform WITHOUT appropriate knowledge/training of Traditional psaltiki, and with a unique concern of becoming superstars, which most have achieved at the expense of this Holy tradition.

In this chant I try using vocalizations that also appear in paleographic Gregorian chant (please view other videos with Gregorian chant).
A sample of traditional psaltiki
GKM GDK Hymnoi Mnemosynou 2011
(http://www.mediafire.com/?ta561ct05jd7rfc)

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[logotherapeytis]

δεν είναι τόσο καλή η ποιότητα του ήχου :(

παρ' όλα αυτά διακρίνω μεγάλες φωνητικές δυνατότητες (όσο μπορώ τουλάχιστον)

Μπράβο , θα ήθελα όμως καλύτερη την ηχογράφηση !

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

@logotherapeytis Ena anagnoseis to keimenon eis ta dexia, parechei kapoia LINKS. Dystichos, i echographisis egine me echolipti pollis chamilis poiotitos (dia synedriaseis kai ouchi dia psaltikin).

Antithetos, hyparchei link eis to TELOS tis anakoinoseos to opoion odigei eis video me polli katharin echographisin (teleionei me ta561ct05jd7r­fc)

[105VaLentino]

δεν ξερω ποιο κομματι ειναι αλλα ειναι ωραιο κ τα κρατηματα!!μπραβο

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

@105VaLentino to kommati = IMPROVISATION = Autoschidiasmos == eiche ENAN skopon == na eisagei kapoious dytikous thiasotes eis to ISOKRATEMA == den ito pantote statheroi, kai outos, ego o idios kamno kapoia lathakia diastematon.

To melos auto, pantos, tous "arese" kai endiapherthikan dia na mathoun perissotera...

[mzs1453]

ΚΑΛΟΝ ΘΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΙ ΕΞ ΕΣΠΕΡΙΑΣ ΙΕΡΟΨΑΛΤΑΙ ΝΑ ΠΡΟΣΕΧΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΤΕΛΕΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΟΥΝ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥ ΤΩΝ,ΠΡΟΤΟΥ ΚΡΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΑΝΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ,ΩΣ ΕΝΑΡΓΕΣΤΑΤΑ ΔΙΑΦΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΑΚΗΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΟΥ

[mzs1453]

ΞΗΡΟΦΟΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΤΕΧΝΟΣ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ,ΜΕΤΑ ΠΛΗΘΟΥΣ ΤΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΑΣΤΑΘΕΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΕΙΣ ΔΥΤΙΚΟΤΡΟΠΑ ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ!

[ByzOldSchool]

can you send me an example of proto-varis and a varis interpretation?

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

3:40 YES, you are CORRECT... it was a bit high, and I did not prepare it correctly... that interval should have been a lot higher.

Let's treat the ison = Re... in this passage, La has become Re (system of fifths) and the Mi is a La == the PSALTIC fifth is GREATER than just (eg at least 710 vs 702 cents). I messed it up.

The tones should alwo be large (210 vs 204 c). Compensations = smaller fourths = Re Sol = small.

[voxhunden]

If you really want my uneducated opinion: 3:335-3:40 sounds flatter that I would expect from Eastern music. Otherwise it's in small parts like turns and cadence notes, e.g. 4:25.

I think. I'd have to listen to more psaltiki on order to reach any conclusion. But my ears are particularly sensitive to ET, in fact they hate it (and with it most romantic and pop music), that's why I love medieval music, and how I got to this page in the first place;).

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

Well, you can STILL help (because I consider that those criticisizing chant NEITHER traditional psaltic NOR Occidental "just intonation". It's very simple. Is there a PART in this melody where you hear INTERVALS that sound occidental (200 cent tones, 100 cent semitones and, why not 50 cent quarter tones)? If so, please indicate WHERE. If not, just write it out... I'd appreciate your help.

[voxhunden]

I meant "religious politics" of course (and you can add "religious fanaticism" on my behalf:). I can't judge the intervals unfortunately, I do have an ear for just intonation, but I'd have to listen to more Byzantine music in order to make any judgment. You and your critics are in a VERY specialist field..

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

Well.. I can't really keep my chanting "away" from religion, since it is a form of prayer. The above piece (contrary to OTHER hymns I have uploaded) is an IMPROVISATION... I simply combined "Gregorian" and "psaltiki" chant lines together . It is for this reason that some comments from Greek listeners are quite negative, in that they consider it to be "too occidental" with occidental intervals! (see comments below where I ask others to judge intervals, since Greeks are really "messed up"!)