Misc. Hymnnography Resources:

• Yoto guides with links, including some hymn study playlists

• Orthodox two part music resource “is based primarily on Znamenny Chant and is given as an offering to the Church in America with the hope that it will transcend jurisdictional boundaries. Nevertheless, there are many different kinds of chants from different Orthodox traditions which are to be found on the pages of this website, all of which share a common life and vision in Christ. All the music on this site is free and includes sheet music in PDF format, audio files (in mp3) and Midi files”

Slavic Resources:

• • Orthodox “Tone Tutor 101" music course (Slavic)

  • A Complete Tutorial for learning the Eight Tones: resources and recordings (saintromanos.org) (Slavic)

  • Eight Tones in Church Slavonic (MP3s) 

  • Audio files of the Modern Russian Eight Tones

Byzantine Resources:

• • GOARCH's Digital Chant Stand- A wonderful resources for Byzantine hymns; go to the different dates and services to obtain music sheets and audio recordings (which can be downloaded)

  • The Divine Music Project: “more than 6000 pages of Byzantine music in Western and Byzantine notation in the style of chanting used on the Holy Mountain. The scope of this project covers the liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. James, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, as well as various doxologies, and hymns for Vespers, Orthros the Mysteries, and the Menaion. The words of the hymns are provided in Elizabethan English, Modern English, and Greek." (stanthonysmonastery.org)

  • St. Philip Orthodox Church Music Recordings & Resources (Antiochian)

  • Metropolitan Cantor Institute (Byzantine): Sheet music, audio, courses, and lots more!

  • A Joyful Noise: Exploring Byzantine Chant- Learn about the eight modes used in Orthodox Christian Byzantine chant, discover the parallagi scale, and sing hymns

Carpatho-Rusyn Resources:

• Kantorka: A collection of Orthodox choir rehearsal videos (presented as single parts and full choir) and Carpatho-Rusyn plainchant (as sung in the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese). 

• Plain Chant Hymns - Listen and Learn: The beautiful hymns of the Church as sung according to the Carpatho-Rusyn  Plain Chant (Prostopinje) Audio included; Using these recorded hymns as a guide, the listener will be able to learn the often complex, but none-the-less beautiful hymns as sung in the Carpatho-Rusyn Plain Chant tradition.