Characteristics of gregorian chant

What are the six basic characteristics of Gregorian chant?

• Harmony. Monophonic in texture, so have no harmony.
• Rhythm. No precise rhythm, notes may be held for a duration of short or long, but no complex rhythms are used.
• Form. Some Gregorian chants tend to be in ternary form.
• Texture. ...
• Medium.

1. What are the five characteristics of Gregorian chant?
2. What is the characteristics of Gregorian?
3. What are the characteristics of Gregorian chant quizlet?
4. What are the characteristics of plainsong or Gregorian chant?

What are the five characteristics of Gregorian chant?

Gregorian ChantEdit

• Melody - The melody of a Gregorian chant is very free-flowing. ...
• Harmony - Gregorian chants are monophonic in texture, so have no harmony. ...
• Rhythm - There is no precise rhythm for a Gregorian chant. ...
• Form - Some Gregorian chants tend to be in ternary (ABA) form. ...
• Timbre - Sung by all male choirs.

What is the characteristics of Gregorian?

Gregorian chants fall into two broad categories of melody: recitatives and free melodies. The simplest kind of melody is the liturgical recitative. Recitative melodies are dominated by a single pitch, called the reciting tone. Other pitches appear in melodic formulae for incipits, partial cadences, and full cadences.

What are the characteristics of Gregorian chant quizlet?

Terms in this set (6)

• Monophonic texture.
• Modal.
• Unmeasured rhythm (music sung freely, based on the natural flow of text)
• Based on sacred, Latin texts.
• Moves/progresses in steps/narrow leaps.

What are the characteristics of plainsong or Gregorian chant?

Characteristics of Plainchant

The three most often heard settings: syllabic (each syllable of text set to a single note of music) neumatic (from two to a dozen notes assigned to a single syllable) melismatic (one syllable sung to many notes)