Prayer drone as an introduction and finale" Idea: the Valaam "support" sets the atmosphere, and then goes to a more familiar folk. Isone/droning in the bass. Take one low note (D, E) and hold it on a synthesizer, cello or even on an electric guitar with a diel and reverb. This immediately gives a recognizable Valaam effect. Singing on 1-2 lines of text. Let the choir (or 3-4 voices) sing the first phrase in the style of the Balaam chant: without a metronome, with stretched syllables, and with chain breathing. Then come the folk. After these lines, add an acoustic guitar, a violin, a flute, and percussion (tambourine, kakhon) in a regular meter. The mode is Dorian or Aeolian.