reCatholic Chant

Learning

Learn Gregorian Chant

Short, illustrated tutorials from first orientation through reading notation, singing Latin, rhythm, and phrasing — plus guides to gabc and the editor. Live pages have engraved examples you can hear.

Correct Latin terminology Engraved square notation Audio on live tutorials

Foundations

  1. 1 Foundations Introduction to Gregorian Chant What chant is, where you hear it in the liturgy, and how the Learn path is organized. No notation yet. In progress Beginner · start here
  2. 2 Foundations Reading Square Notation The four-line staff, clefs, every common neume, rhythm signs, divisions, and the eight modes — with audio for each shape. Live 17 sections
  3. 3 Foundations Singing the Text Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation, accent, elision, and matching syllables to neumes before you add rhythm. In progress Latin for singers

Singing

  1. 4 Rhythm Arsis & Thesis: Chant Rhythm From your first listen to director-level theory: lift and landing, note lengths, Latin accent, phrase shape, ictus — and the rules the player sings by. Live Intermediate
  2. 5 Singing Phrasing & Breathing Period, member, and incise; where to breathe; ensemble morae — without chopping the musical line. In progress For scholas

Context

  1. 6 Context A History of Gregorian Chant Origins, Carolingian synthesis, notation, Solesmes restoration, and chant today. Coming soon

Tools

  1. 7 Tools Writing GABC File structure, clefs, neume groups, lyrics alignment, bars, and common syntax errors. In progress For transcribers
  2. 8 Tools Using the Editor Import, edit, preview, and export chant — document fields, insert palette, diagnostics. In progress Editor tool is live
  3. 9 Tools Advanced Play The Speed, Pitch, Tone, and interpretive Style controls on every chant page — in plain terms and technically. Live Playback guide