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Subject: Re: OT: Good Friday choir in my church
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:10:17 +0100
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:40:25 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Some of you may vaguely remember that I'm an Indian and may visualise 
>> Indians as wearing Nehru jackets, saris and nose rings. Well, my people 
>> are one of the numerous minority races in India and have little in 
>> common with mainstream Indians. We make up less than 0.1% of the 
>> population, with our own state in a remote region in North-East India. 
>> We are all Christians - at least in name.
>> 
>> The link below is to a video of the youth choir in my local church 
>> performing this Good Friday. They sang a more upbeat song on Easter 
>> Sunday but it seems they haven't uploaded the video yet. Our youngest 
>> son plays lead guitar and sits right behind the conductor. His guitar 
>> solo starts a little after 2:50.
>> 
>> The sound is badly distorted as the whole thing was shot with a DSLR 
>> camera with its built-in microphone, about a dozen feet from the PA speaker.
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mep47VIurnI
>> 
>
>Nice—not at all what I expected when you mantioned the lead guitar.  In
>these parts we have many variations on the First Church of the Rock Band,
>which is unfortunate. You folks emphasize the congregational singing rather
>than the performance. 
>
>In my shop, the Antiochian Orthodox Church, we have a lot of services
>during Lent and Holy Week. We’re mostly first- and second-generation
>immigrants from Jordan and Syria, so parts of the services are in Arabic,
>which I don’t understand, but I can follow along in the English service
>book with few problems. 
>
>One difference is that the Orthodox don’t use musical instruments in
>worship-it’s all _a capella_, led by the choir and the protopsaltis
>(cantor).  (_A capella_ refers to a similar tradition in the West.)
>
>Byzantine music takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s very affecting
>when you’re comfortable with it. 
>
>But the main thing is, 
>
>Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
>
>Cheers 
>
>Phil Hobbs