How do I learn to chant/read byzantine music?

[Mavros]

Hello, I have recently taken interest in Greek ecclesiastic music and want to learn to chant/read music.
Unfortunately, my Greek skills are not that good. Is there a way for me?

 

[Shota]

You can try the exercise book by Ioannis Margaziotis. There are brief comments in English, and more importantly, recordings by Konstantinos Katsoulis embedded in the pdf file.

http://www.byzantinechant.org/notation/Byzantine Chant - manual.pdf

The same exercises sung by Athanasios Paivanas are available here:

http://paivanas.gr/download/paivanas-lessons-margaziotis-exercises/

 

[Dimitri]

If you are looking for an online course you may find options in English like https://trisagionschool.org/

 

[Dimitri]

I see you are in Australia. You can contact the Byzantine Music School of Australia for support here: https://www.facebook.com/byzantinemusicschoolaustralia/

 

[MarkosC]

I know a few people who took classes at the Trisagion school; they have learned well and are very satisified. They meet in the evenings US eastern time, apparently in several 6-8 week terms per year.

The US Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music has also started to offer classes as well, in 12 week semesters.

https://asbm.goarch.org