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THE KLIROS – The Chanter’s Stand
Guidance for Orthodox Church Singers

In the Byzantine (Greek) Chant Tradition:
Autómela and Prosómoia

In the Russian (Slavonic) Chant Traditions:
Samopodóbny and Podóbny

Features:

Metered text (and music), where the textual metre of the Automelon (original model melody) carries through for all Prosomoia hymns composed after the model Automelon

Features:

Because translations of the Greek hymns into the Church Slavonic language by nature cannot conform to the textual metre of the orginal Greek texts, the Slavic "Podobny" are composed on the principle of having flexible melodic patterns for each line, rather than trying to preserve the original textual metre. Slavic Podobny may have the same number of lines or phrases, but the phrases are able to accommodate a flexible number of syllables.

• Automela of the Eight Tones - by Aleksandr Andreev (a catalog of Slavonic "Podobny", based on the following three catalogs)
• Catalog of Prosomoia for Stichera
• Catalog of Prosomoia for Troparia, Kontakia and Sessional Hymns
• Catalog of Prosomoia for Exaposteilaria

Resouces for Prosómoia

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