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a vast body of monophonic religious music setting latin texts and intended for use in the Roman Catholic Church;
the music sung daily at the eight canonical hours of prayer and at mass. |
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| eight simple repeating patterns to which psalms were chanted. the tenor tone? |
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| the canticle of Mary, from the gospel of Luke, sung at Vespers, sung like a psalm but more ornate |
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| Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei; the mass sung almost every day of the year |
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| one note for each syllable of the chant |
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| three, four, or five notes for each syllable of the chant |
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| many notes for each syllable of the chant; Matins, Vespers and the Mass have the most Melismatic Chants |
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| the eight melodic patterns into which the medieval theorists categorized the chants of the church; the principal modes are Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian. |
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| Guido of Arezzo's way of teaching the Guidonian scale by using the left hand. |
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