Our hymns and chants at church (Russian Orthodox) tend to be in very tight harmony (SATB), often coming together in an inverted triad with bass and alto singing the bottom note an octave apart, soprano singing the middle note, and tenor singing the top note but in the octave below the sopranos.

But last night at choir practice we got a new one (well, new to us) from Carpatho-Rusyn origins, with a VERY broad harmony. The basses were scraping the bottom of their range, the sopranos the top of theirs, and the tenors were split in two, a fourth apart. Sounded very much like Sacred Harp/shape-note harmony. Everybody really liked it. I told them about the local shape-note monthly singalong and some said they might come.

With a foot in each of two musical worlds,
Alex
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