The reciting note is held
for a nominal eight beats in the playback. The playback here is just
once through the score. For a given text [A-B-C] are repeated until
the last phrase of the text is sung as Z.
X-[A]-z-Z
Kontakion same as the Troparion
X is basically A with two
introductory notes. There are variations on what is given
above as the basic pattern. The ending, Z, is traditional but
differs from the Prostopinije
ending.