Father Fessio is encouraging all Catholic families, especially homeschoolers, to learn chant. He suggests starting with the two chant settings of the Mass included on the tape, learning them as a family, then using them when families get together for Mass. The tape, aimed at parents or older kids (highschoolers), is an excellent intro to chant, giving some historical background on the use of chant in the liturgy, especially in light of the documents of Vatican II. Father then walks you through, step by step, reading and singing the two chant settings. He explains the chant notation and sings it himself a line at a time to show how it's done. At the end of the tape is a recording of a monastery choir singing these selections. This tape assumes no prior knowledge of chant or of reading music. It comes with a folded card with two different chant settings of the Mass. Father gives permission at the end of the tape to duplicate both the tape and the card that accompanies it. I use this tape to learn chants to sing to my kids around the house. Our local Catholic homeschooling group will be using this tape and card as the basis for our monthly First Friday Mass, so all our kids will be exposed to chant on a regular basis.
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