Text: A short musical composition to which the Canticles and the prose version of the Psalms are sung, either in unison or in four-part harmony. There are two kinds of chants in common use ‹ the Anglican and the Gregorian. 1) A Gregorian chant consists of five parts: the intonation; the first reciting note or dominat; the mediation; the second reciting note or dominant; theending. 2) An Anglican chant is of two sorts, single and double. A single chant is in two trains,the first of three, and the second of four bars in length.

See Also: VOWEL SOUNDS; SONG; VOCAL; SPEECH

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