BAJAN PIED PIPER * O Come Emmanuel! - Original 5.09

O Come, Emmanuel ~ Veni, Emmanuel ~ is one of the oldest Latin Advent hymns in the style of Gregorian chant. I love Gregorian chant! ... Do you?

I played this hymn at a Concert in St. Mathias Church and afterwards a lady came running up and exclaimed: Ohhhhh! your pan pipe gave me goose bumps.... ! ! !

I did this Pan Flute solo to demonstrate certain playing techinques for my students who work with my 'How To Play Pan Flute' videos here on YouTube.

To my students... notice the legato attack, syncopated phrasing, silences, bent notes and a bit of improvisation.

But I also played it because It's an important song in the Christian tradition... The original is based on the ninth-century "O" Antiphons used at daily prayer in the evenings of the last days of Advent in various liturgical Christian traditions.

An antiphon is a response, usually sung in Gregorian chant, to a psalm or some other part of a religious service, such as at Vespers or at a Mass. This meaning gave rise to the antiphony style of singing called "call and response" which, by the way, is a standard prescription in Blues.

A piece of music which is performed by two semi-independent choirs interacting with one another, often singing alternate musical phrases, is known as antiphonal. In particular, antiphonal psalmody is the singing or musical playing of psalms by alternating groups of performers. The peculiar mirror structure of the Hebrew psalms renders it probable that the antiphonal method originated in the services of the ancient Israelites.

According to the historian Socrates, its introduction into Christian worship was due to Ignatius of Antioch (died 107), who in a vision had seen the angels singing in alternate choirs. In the Latin Church it was not practiced until more than two centuries later, when it was introduced by Ambrose, bishop of Milan, who compiled an antiphonary, or collection of works suitable for antiphonal singing (also known as an antiphonal). The antiphonary still in use in the Roman Catholic Church was compiled by Gregory the Great (590).

Antiphony is particularly common in the Anglican musical tradition, where the choir divides into two equal halves on opposite sides of the quire as Decani and Cantoris.

Antiphons are also used as an integral part of the worship in the Greek Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic churches.

I hope you enjoy it :)

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[Furrymoonboots1]

ok?

[jerrbear85]

excellent. just bought a panpipe, today. Watched all your lessons today. I will start to practice. When I get good, I will send you a video. Thank you, brother.

[Tsutsomu]

beautiful

STeph.