Solfege is a familiar concept to many of us thanks to the famous song “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music; it’s the practice of “sounding out” a melody by singing pitch names, and it’s one of the oldest and most important musical teaching techniques we have. Byzantine chant has its own version of solfege: paralaggi. Amy and Richard talk about what paralaggi is, how it helps you to learn Byzantine music, and why it’s important for the beginner as well as the experienced cantor to do “paralaggi a hundred times” when learning to sing a new piece. Recordings of the Resurrectional Hymns in English: Ages Digital Chant Stand: http://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html Recordings of the Resurrectional Hymns in Greek: Father Panaretos: https://www.imdleo.gr/diaf/2016/Byz_Panaretos.htm For recordings of the Anastasimatarion on melos, go to: 5.2.2. MELOS.zip For recordings of the Anastasimatarion on parallage, go to: 5.2.1. PARALAGH.zip Score of the 1st Mode Resurrection Hymn used as an example: in Byzantine notation: http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Vespers/b2160_Apolytikion.pdf In western notation: http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/Vespers/Finale%202003%20-%20%5B2160_Apolytikion%5D.pdf