UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgFT_IxwJJY&t=6357s

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:45

Think I'm going to download this and put it on my phone and listen to them when I'm out and about. been listening to the book of John and the book of james and revelation also.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:39

I've been looking at orthodoxy since 2021 and everything outside it is just falling away and loosing all meaning for me. I'm seriously thinking about devoting my life to God, but its still early for me and I have much to learn and do yet and no idea what form that God's Will will take for me. I will continue to pray for guidance and I don't want to rush anything or act in haste.

Amazing things are happening and I'm experiencing things that are hard to put into words. its like my mind and heart have become a battleground all the time. my prayer has increased in type and length and I'm fasting more, and feeling the benefits.

Glory to God.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:37

And you'll notice they follow a pattern generally

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:36

That's my humble opinion of how you could do it

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:35

Kinda off topic but this is my favourite way The Beatitudes is sung

https://youtu.be/5Vs8fMpk3xc?si=qTBy5Fk3Qx5XUSui

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:30

I used to play guitar and read tabs but that's the breadth of my musical education, unfortunately.

I see all these things about tones in my prayer book and I'd like to get a better understanding of and be able to engage with prayer and liturgical material more deeply and reverently.

I want to sing God's praise when I pray at home or on my walk to work but I'm winging it and that's probably not how He wants it to be done.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:26

Here are more https://www.oca.org/liturgics/learning-the-tones

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:24

It's not too hard to get a basic understanding of it

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:20

The standard Russian system of the 8 tones

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:20

Oh so this is your parish. So, your parish uses Obikhod

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:19

also our priest celebrated 50 years since his ordination into the diaconate last month and was presented with an icon or st.Cyril and we had a visit form Archbishop Nikitas.
https://www.thyateira.org.uk/news/events/archbishop-nikitas-visits-the-church-nativity-of-the-mother-of-god-in-bristol/

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:19

It is really beautiful

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:17

I have a good ear for mimicry if that means anything.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:16

I can it dosent help learning tones much

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:47

the alexander scourby reading of the KJV is a great listen, he has a wonderful voice and i love the prose.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:40

I already recognize them from Divine Liturgy! thank you

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:38

https://youtu.be/MpNQHI2N0Z8?si=7LO9me2iSSyLyihU

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:36

Just listen to loads of troparions on YouTube

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:35

How I learned sheet music was: I was hearing church chants and it helped me get into a repetitive circle. After a while I started to connect the sounds I had memorised to notation

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:33

I'm going to have to sit down and seriously look at this tbh. I want to learn and I'm in this for the long haul.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:29

Once you can really familiarise yourself with certain tones it'll begin to make sense

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:25

Memorising how it sounds definitely helps firstly

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:21

It's quite easy if you can memorize melodies and apply them to texts

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:20

So better prioritise learning that tonal system

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:19

I will try, thank you for the encouragement!

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:19

And musically very competent

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:18

It does. My advice would be in the long run for you to learn Byzantine Chant

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:17

I shall enquire with the choir.

UK & Ireland Orthodox

25 Oct 2023 21:15

Perhaps you could learn as you go if you speak to your choir.