Grave Mode

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!

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.”

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!”

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!

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!