A Joyful Noise (Video)
A Joyful Noise is a video podcast that explores the eight modes of Orthodox Christian Byzantine chant. Host and chanter Christian Farradj introduces the parallagi scale and explains how it is used in hymnody. Listeners sing along with traditional hymns. The series is produced by Ancient Faith Ministries.
Episodes
Eight Byzantine Chants
Sing Byzantine chant!
In this compilation episode of the introductory season of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! Sing hymns in all eight modes--one after the next--until you have them memorized and engraved in your mind and heart!
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
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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
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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
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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!
Mode Four
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In this fifth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode four and a bit more about the diatonic scale, then sing the Hymns of Ascent together in the fourth mode!
Mode Three
In this fourth episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode three and the enharmonic scale, and sing the apolytikion of the Resurrection together in the third mode!
Mode Two
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In this third episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode two and microtones, and sing two common hymns together in the second mode!
Mode One
In this second episode of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, gets you singing Byzantine chant! You will learn about mode one, review the parallagi scale, and sing a hymn together in the first mode!
Introduction
Explore Byzantine chant!
In this VERY FIRST EPISODE of A Joyful Noise, your host and chanter, Christian Farradj, takes you through an overview of what Byzantine chant is, you will learn about the eight modes, discover the parallagi scale, and sing together in this introductory episode.
