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- 3. tones A melodic formula for singing Psalms in the office. There is one _____ for each mode.
- 6. Item in the mass proper, sung after the epistle reading, compromising a respond and verse
- 8. A category of Latin chant that follows the Alleluia in some masses. Restatement of a pattern, either nelodic or harmonic, on successive or different pitch levels
- 11. ca. 530 De institutione musica
- 13. Addition to an existing chant, consisting of words and melody; a melisma; or word only, set to an existing melusma or other melody
- 17. A liturgical chant that precedes and follows a psalm or canticle in the office; specifically, the communion and the first and final portion of the Introit
- 18. a rising motive used only for the first verse; recitation on the reciting tone
- 20. achieved great success as prioress and abbess of her own convent and as a writer and composer
- 21. The most important service in the Roman church
- 23. A method of assigning syllables to steps in a scale, used to make it easier to identify and sing the whole tones and semi-tones in a melody
- 24. ca. 530 Rule of _____, guide for monasteries in the west
- 25. The prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in a religious service
- 26. The most important office services, litugical and musically
- 27. The most important office services, litugical and musically
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- 1. the excerpt below describes the sunday morning Vigil which became the service called ____.
- 2. a series of eight prayer services of the Roman church; celebrated daily at specified times, especially in monasteries and convents; also any one of those services
- 4. Texts of the mass that remains the same on most or all days of the church calendar, although the tunes may change
- 5. Hand a mnemonic device used for locating the pitches of the system of hexachords by pointing to the joints of the left hand
- 7. drama Dialogue on a sacred subject, set to music an usually performed with action, and linked to the liturgy
- 9. 1025 -28 Guido of Arezzo
- 10. Formula In chant, a simple outline melody used for a variety of texts
- 12. In Solmization, the process of changing from one hexachord to another
- 14. Matins include nine Great _____, and several other office service include a short responsory
- 15. Of a melody, having many melismas
- 16. Adjective describing a manner of performance in which two or more groups alternate
- 19. In chant, having about one to seven notes sung to each syllable of text
- 22. Hymn-like or Psalm-like passage from a part of the bible other than the Book of Psalms
- 28. Texts of the mass that are assigned to a particular day in the church calendar