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Byzantine Psalmist

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Behind the scenes

Why Byzantine Psalmist?

Features
  • Recources

    The student will be provided with all the material he needs to complete the course. This includes the musical scores and the text of the hymns, as well as the theory.

  • Interractive

    Guided with recordings of both the paralagi and melos and interactive videos highlighting every note that is sung so that the student can easily follow along.

  • Community

    By enrolling to our courses, you gain access not only to courses but also to an online private community that can support and inspire your learning.

  • Certificate

    After each course completion you will have the opportunity to take in front of an official board of byzantine music teachers.

  • Lifetime Access

    Pay once and gain access to hundreds of lessons forever. You can cover the ground towards becoming a qualified chanter much more quickly.

  • Inexpensive

    What you pay to have access to a complete course is what you would normally pay monthly at a music school. Become a chanter at your own pace at a fraction of the cost.

A word from the creator

Our Byzantine Psalmist Teacher

Hello! My name is Father Joseph Paliouras and I have been the headmaster of the Byzantine Music School of Thyateira & Great Britain for a little over forty years. It has been my wish for many years to make this sacred art accessible to all people who would like to learn but, due to reasons of locality, time, or other commitments, are not able to do so. Our online learning courses of Byzantine Music are being developed in response to the growing need for flexible access to learning, with the hope that it will provide many future chanters to strengthen the choirs of local Christian Orthodox Communities.
Furthermore, as a teacher, I'm using this method of learning to teach my students in the class in an interractive way while also giving me the possibility to spare my voice, saving time for myself and also for the students as I know that they have all the material they need to understand what is happening with each piece. 

Protopresbyter Joseph Paliouras

The Twelve Apostles Church, London, UK

Simple pricing for all students or teachers

Pricing

Either you want to help your parish as a chanter or to learn as a hobby, or you want to use it as a teaching resource to teach your students, choose one of our courses and start learning or teaching straight away.

Try Free Lessons
  • Melodic Exercises

    Popular

    $179

    once

    For those new to Byzantine Music

    Included in this course

    • 107 lessons

    • Course material in PDF (107 files)

    • Unlimited access forever

  • Anastasimatarion (A')

    Popular

    $199

    once

    For those who know the basics

    Included in this course

    • 136 lessons

    • Course material in PDF (136 files)

    • Unlimited access forever

  • Bundle

    Popular

    $299

    once

    Access both courses

    Best value

    • 243 lessons

    • Course material in PDF (243 files)

    • Unlimited access forever

Kind Words

What our Students say

The Very Reverend Protopresbyter Joseph Paliouras is a man of exceptionally fine voice, a distinguished lead chanter, a bearer and bestower of the Tradition of our Church. We have benefited from his lessons for many years, and we thank him warmly.
Through the organised lessons of the website ‘Byzantine Psalmist,’ he offers a comprehensive study program that conveys with great reverence the technical, theoretical and practical aspects of Byzantine Chant.
We hope that ‘Byzantine Psalmist’ will contribute to the education of many chanters by passing down the artistic inheritance of the Church. From the depth of our heart, we wish our beloved Father Joseph divine guidance in his work for the benefit of the Holy Church and the glory of the Holy Name of God, and we wish all the participants in this educational program a good and inspired apprenticeship.

Archimandrite Peter

Abbot of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

Thank you for the test materials. The pdf materials contains good instructions in English which are very helpful to get to understand what the notation is about…it is indeed a very helpful bilingual material.

Thank you so very much for the byzantine music courses. These are incredible, very helpful, exactly what I needed and am sure many people love these too.

Gaby Pavel

Melodic Exercises & Anastasimatarion Student

Thank you so much, Father Joseph, for this wonderful opportunity to learn Byzantine music. I am grateful to have access to this beautifully constructed course which can be done at one’s own pace ! It is indeed a blessing.

«I am much enjoying the course, which is like entering a different world!»

Stamatia Comninos

Melodic Exercises Student

Father Joseph, thank you for doing these courses. It is an amazing way to learn! I like both the Greek and English explanation. It’s perfect.

Angelo S.

Melodic Exercises & Anastasimatarion Student

Thank you so much – what a blessing!!

Nicholas Bamford

Melodic Exercises Student

Good job pater! Congratulation to you and to your colleagues! Very nice interface!

Nándor Grosch

Melodic Exercises Student

Very helpful format!! I could listen to instructions, listen to the chant, mute it and pause it to solidify it, and thus master the lessons! Thank you!!

Patricia Panagiota Klaras

Melodic Exercises & Anastasimatarion Student

I am very happy to have found this course. It is so helpful….Very nice demonstration of all the signs learned so far together!

Maria Pickbrenner

Melodic Exercises & Anastasimatarion Student

Frequently Asked Questions

A better understanding of usage can aid in prioritizing future efforts onward and upward, productize the deliverables and focus on the bottom line.

These courses can be used either for learning or teaching byzantine music. Those who are students can learn faster and those who are teachers, can spend less time teaching the basics to the new students so they can have more time teaching more advanced students.

Currently all our lessons require an internet connection and cannot be downloaded for offline learning. The pdf document with the music score and theory that comes with  lesson can be downloaded and printed.

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