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    • Pilimon Koridze
    • Sandro Kavsadze Choir
    • Shen khar venakhi
    • Svanetian Chant: Introduction
    • Kviria – Svan Ritual Chant
    • Ts’utisopeli Project: A Soundscape of Eastern Georgia
    • One Old Georgian Musical Term (Mortuleba)
    • The Georgian Modal System
    • Computational Ethnomusicology – Recordings of Artem Erkomaishvili
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The Georgian Modal System

posted in: 8 Tone System, Gelati monastery style, General, Music Theory, Shemokmedi monastery style, Svetitskhoveli (Karbelashvili) style | 0

1. INTRODUCTION The present paper discusses selected results from my dissertation work on “The History of Georgian Chant Notation and the Georgian Musical System” (Erkvanidze, 2014). One of the main challenges in the context of trying to understand the Georgian … Read More

Archival Recordings, Byzantine, chonguri, Daghatsatu nebsit, dorian mode, ethnomusicology, Evgeny Gertsman, Ganatldi, Gelati monastery style, Ioane Batonishvili Kalmasoba, Kakhi Rosebashvili, Kriste aghdga, Kvertkhi ieses dzirisagan, Malkhaz Erkvanidze, Maqruli, modal theory, modulation, modzakhili, Mtasa zeda peristsvale, mtkmeli, notation, performance practice, Rachuli, Saidumlo utskho, salamuri, scale, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, tetrachord, tetrachords, transcription issues, tritone, Tsmindano motsameno, tuning issues, Yuri Kholopov
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    • Maksime Sharadze
    • Karbelashvili brothers history
    • Ekvtime Kereselidze
    • Georgian Easter chant – Christ is Risen!
    • Jvarsa shensa – rare variant
    • Lord’s Prayer (Mamao Chveno)
    • Pilimon Koridze
    • Sandro Kavsadze Choir
    • Shen khar venakhi
    • Svanetian Chant: Introduction
    • Kviria – Svan Ritual Chant
    • Ts’utisopeli Project: A Soundscape of Eastern Georgia
    • One Old Georgian Musical Term (Mortuleba)
    • The Georgian Modal System
    • Computational Ethnomusicology – Recordings of Artem Erkomaishvili
    • Trisagion Hymn – Theological and Ritual Perspectives
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