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- What is a plainchant melody?
- What is the 8th mode?
- What is the final of Mode 5?
- Is a plainchant monophonic?
What is a plainchant melody?
Definition of Plainchant
Plainchant/plainsong in the strictest sense describes the following: A single line of unaccompanied vocal melody (monophony), Lyrics are in Latin, Sung in free rhythm – not divided into bar-lengths.
What is the 8th mode?
The eight modes
Seven of them were given names identical with those used in the musical theory of ancient Greece: Dorian, Hypodorian, Phrygian, Hypophrygian, Lydian, Hypolydian, and Mixolydian, while the name of the eighth mode, Hypomixolydian, was adapted from the Greek.
What is the final of Mode 5?
Authentic mode
The range of mode 5 (Lydian) does not employ a subfinal, and so always maintains F as its lower limit. ... The tenor, or dominant (corresponding to the "reciting tone" of the psalm tones), is a fifth above the final of the scale, with the exception of mode 3 (Phrygian), where it is a sixth above the final.
Is a plainchant monophonic?
Plainchant. The earliest recorded Christian monophony was plainchant or plainsong (of which one well-known style was called Gregorian chant) a single unaccompanied vocal melody sung by monks. Sung by multiple voices in unison (i.e. the same pitch and rhythm), this music is still considered monophonic.
