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Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing.

STAIRCASE 4.

Mode 4 has an introverted and intimate character, it is at first underwhelming, but the more time one spends with mode 4, the more it lends itself to the text & feast. It is home to many beautify striking chants: the Gloria Cunctipotens of Mass IV, a gem of the Kyriale that contains an inner musical doxology from the 10th century; the Resurrexi Introit of Easter Sunday morning, relaying the intimate conversation between Father & Son; and the Conditor Alme Siderum, Vespers hymn throughout Advent ‘Bright builder of the heavenly poles, eternal light of faithful souls…’

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Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing.

STAIRCASE 2.

Mode 2 is a beautiful soundscape that is home to a number of famous pieces of the Gregorian repertoire: the Dominus Dixit Introit of Midnight Mass, simple & profound - the Father speaking to the Son on Christmas night; the Ut Queant Laxis, Vesperal Hymn of St John the Baptist from the 900s; and the Gloria Orbis Factor, sung by the faithful on most Sundays of the year.

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Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing introduces children to the wonderful pedagogic tool of the John Curwen Solfege Hand Signs. These hand signs allow children to connect with the diatonic scale on a kinaesthetic level, helping to develop their general motor skills which is so important as research shows from .

The Curwen hand signs also allow children to have an “inner hearing” of the notes, they can see & use the hand signs to mentally go up and down the scale, helping to internalise the music, creating a deeper connection with the repertoire.

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Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing.

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STAIRCASE 1.

Mode 1 is a beautiful soundscape that is home to some of the most famous pieces of the Gregorian repertoire: the solemn Salve Regina, chanted for almost a millennia; the Kyrie Orbis Factor, dating back to the 900s; and the stirring Introit “Gaudeamus”, which heralds in the Mass of so many great feasts each year.

A crucial part of a child’s ‘Gregorian Journey’ is to understand, even in the most simple of ways, the eight Gregorian Modes. In CFC - Learning to Sing, we have presented these modes/scales as little staircases, each step representing either a tone (normal sized step), or a semitone (a half sized step). Children thus learn to visualise what they hear and see as bigger and smaller steps in each mode.

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We are very excited to announce that we have over 300 pre-orders for our new volume “Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing”!

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‘Children's First Chants - Learning to Sing is a practical, self-teaching resource that enables children (4+) to learn the soundscape of Gregorian Chant through the eight 'Staircases', three simple prayers for use at the beginning, middle, and end of the day, as well as the origins of Solfege.’

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A blessed feast of Our Lady of the Rosary!

‘The daughters of Sion saw her in her spring time, amidst the flowers of the roses, and called her most blessed.’ (Vespers Antiphon)

We are very excited to showcase our brand new prototype copy of Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing. “Start at the very beginning”, this new volume of CFC will introduce children to the soundscape of Gregorian modality, allowing each child to master the sounds of the eight Gregorian scales.

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Our prototype of Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing has been printed and is en route for review. We are very excited to see copies of this book in the hands of many young children!

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Guido the monk is almost ready to roll out “Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing”. Lots of instructions on how to read & sing Gregorian Chant, and to learn the scales/staircases of the 8 Gregorian modes. Watch this space!

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Children’s First Chants - Learning to Sing will introduce children from as young as 4 to the beautiful & ancient soundscape of the Gregorian Modes. These 8 scales underpin almost the entire Gregorian repertoire and are distinct from the modern western major/minor paradigm.

In this image we can see a simple “staircase” that showcases the essential ambitus of Mode 2: RE, MI, FA, MI, RE. This little scale is then followed by a trifold alleluia Antiphon from the Divine Office in the same mode; teaching children to appreciate the essential scale of each mode as well as contextualising these scales in a simple piece from the Gregorian repertoire will allow children to tune their ear to the modes from the earliest age.