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The ICEL Mass chant:
Forth in Praise easy organ accompaniments

Many organists accustomed to modern staff notation are finding the stemless black notes of the official version of the ICEL chant imprecise and difficult to interpret.

Forth in Praise is therefore providing for each chant the MELODY IN NORMAL STAFF NOTATION. In addition, four different and easy types of accompaniment are given, to help beginner organists. These are MELODY AND CHORDS, and THREE ORGAN VERSIONS ranging in difficulty from very, very easy to easy.

In two of these, stemless black notes are used for the left hand, as some people might find this easier to read than the many tied notes needed in staff notation.

Because the chant is not rhythmically precise, our staff notation version will almost certainly differ slightly from some other interpretations. However, with suitable melodic adjustments, the accompaniments should still work. We'd welcome feedback on this. Email us at: massmusic@forthinpraise.co.uk

You can hear some of the ICEL chant at Roman Missal Scotland

KYRIE

You can listen to the Kyrie at Roman Missal Scotland

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ICEL notation	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A	Easy organ version B	Easy organ version C
Click image to enlarge, then right-click to save for printing later. In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

GLORIA

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ICEL notation - Page 1	ICEL notation - Page 2	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A - Page 1	Easy organ version A - Page 2	Easy organ version B - Page 1	Easy organ version B - Page 2
Click image to enlarge, then right-click to save for printing later. In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

Easy organ C - Page 1	Easy organ C - Page 2

SANCTUS (English)

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ICEL notation	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A	Easy organ version B	Easy organ version C
In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

SANCTUS (Latin)

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ICEL notation	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A	Easy organ version B	Easy organ version C
Click image to enlarge, then right-click to save for printing later. In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATIONS

You can listen to these acclamations at Roman Missal Scotland

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ICEL notation	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy Organ Accompaniments A, B and C In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.
Easy organ version A
Acclamation 1	Acclamation 2	Acclamation 3
Easy organ version B
Acclamation 1	Acclamation 2	Acclamation 3
Easy organ version C
Acclamation 1	Acclamation 2	Acclamation 3

AGNUS DEI (English)

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Lamb of God as notated by ICEL	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A	Easy organ version B	Easy organ version C
In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

AGNUS DEI (Latin)

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Agnus Dei as notated by ICEL	Staff notation, melody only	Staff notation, melody and chords
Easy organ version A	Easy organ version B	Easy organ version C
In organ versions A and B the left-hand notes are of indeterminate rhythm. In practice, just hold each one until the next one comes along.

END OF ICEL CHANT ACCOMPANIMENTS

The Scottish Federation of Organists

The Scottish Federation of Organists (SFO) This is the national parent body of all the local organists' societies. The SFO gives information and advice on many aspects of organ-playing including: Advice on purchase and maintenance of organs, from the SFO Organ Advice Committee (scroll down) Advice on recommended salaries and fees, from the SFO Salaries Committee Advice on organist training, with the Scottish Churches Organist Training Scheme (SCOTS) Details of local organists' societies

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