A little over a month ago, several of us men at St. Mark’s formed the Schola Cantorum, a group dedicated to studying Gregorian plainchant in order to one day be able to properly chant the Divine Liturgy in its Western form.
Each week we get a little bit better; each week we try to add something a bit more complex to our repertory. It’s a fair slog, but worth it.
Plainchant is a very simple way of singing which anyone—given time—can learn. Our website has numerous bits of sheet-music which illustrate the square-note system. It’s much easier to follow than the modern scheme, and quite adequately expresses what needs to be expressed for singing.
The whole process is actually quite a lot of fun. Our Attende Domine has gotten to the point that I don’t mind singing it on my own.
