Pagan chants are often taught at festivals or public rituals, and are
rarely written down. For this reason, they tend to change and mutate as
they are being passed on; there are often multiple variations of a chant
which are passed around in different geographic regions or social
networks.
Below you will find the sheet music and MIDI sound files for a number of
Pagan chants. I have transcribed them myself, trying to keep as faithful
as possible to the "original" chant (often difficult to ascertain!) while
also offering some of the variations I have learned. Some of these
variations harmonize well with the original, while others do not work so
well. I should mention that I like to write down sheet music in classical
notation because this is my training and background; however, I know that
the styles of some Pagan chants don't lend themselves well to this type of
notation. I've tried to note this wherever possible so you can be aware
that not all songs are sung church-choir style!
This website is not intended to replace Pagan music CDs, or to
duplicate the work of songbooks like Julie Forest Middleton's extensive
Songs for
Earthlings. I strongly encourage you to buy Pagan CDs
(you will find my reviews of some CDs here) as
well as songbooks. I have noted on each page the available recordings of a
song, if I know of any, and provided a link where you can buy that
recording.
I am happy to remove any chants from this page, make corrections, or add
copyright notices at the author's request.
Other Chant Pages
Fire Circle Chants -
with sheet music you can download! Also an extensive list of chant
lyrics.
Gaia's Oasis Chant
Page - download mp3 recordings of chants written by the Gaia's Oasis
folks
