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    • One Old Georgian Musical Term (Mortuleba)
    • The Georgian Modal System
    • Computational Ethnomusicology – Recordings of Artem Erkomaishvili
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Kviria – Svan Ritual Chant

posted in: General, Music Theory, Svaneti style | 1

  One of the most important and historically layered Svan ritual songs is the hymn Kviria. Like many hymns passed down orally over the centuries, Kviria exists in multiple variants. However, some of these variations differ to the point that … Read More

Archival Recordings, ethnomusicology, Feast day chant, Kviria, modal theory, para-liturgical, Processional crosses, Svaneti style, tuning issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_-UqnE1G8&t=7s
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  • Topics
    • History
    • 8 Tone System
    • Gelati monastery style
    • Shemokmedi monastery style
    • Svetitskhoveli (Karbelashvili) style
    • Svaneti style
    • Easter chant
    • Liturgy chant
    • Vespers-Matins chant
  • Articles
    • 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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