plainchant
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpleɪnˌʧænt/
- Specialized
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canto llano
- Review performance practice of plainchant (continuous tempo, smooth motion, no chopped notes).
- plainchant performance
- practice of plainchant
Examples
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Ask students to compare plainchant harmonies as practiced in the Middle Ages and classical period with this twentieth-century work.
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During the Catholic Mass, the congregation often listens to plainchant, which features a beautiful, unaccompanied melody.
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Write the words "composition" and "performance" on the board underneath the word "plainchant."
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These strategies explore the performance of plainchant in compositions through various historical periods.
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Introduce the Liber Usualis as a source for plainchant.
Academic text (2003) -
Plainchant from the Graduale Romanum will continue to be used within an otherwise vernacular mass.
Blog text (19) -
Characteristically, the cantus firmus is the plainchant tune with an elongated rhythm.
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The choir practiced traditional plainchant for their performance at the church service last Sunday.
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Many composers have drawn inspiration from plainchant when creating their liturgical music.
Synonyms
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9.5
A sacred song of one melody that people sing with voices and no instruments in the Catholic Church
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8.9
A simple church song sung without instruments, like Gregorian chant
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Morphology
Etymology
Plainchant comes from two simple parts: plain meaning 'clear' or 'simple' and chant meaning 'song'. So plainchant is a 'simple song', a single clear melody sung without instruments in church services.