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with a resonant line, also publishing a book, "Asian Lyre", currently taught as an instruction book in many Greek conservatories. In this work, he analyzes the maqams, modes and scales of eastern music. The book also contains songs of external rhythmic music, published in the minutes of the former
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Psachos exposed many of his students to chanters during his career. He taught the
Constantinople patriarchal style of chanting, which was unknown compared to Bavarian four-vocal chanting. A large number of his works published in the Athens music magazine "Phorminx". Psachos was the first who
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Central Seminary of Constantinople as a supernumerary. In the Central Seminary, Psachos completed the circular education and was also taught chanting by the responsible teacher and housekeeper of the School, Archimandrite Theodore Matzouranis.
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