Reciting tone, the Glossary
In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) can refer to either a repeated musical pitch or to the entire melodic formula for which that pitch is a structural note.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: Accentus, Antiphon, Benedictus (canticle), Cadence, Canon of the Mass, Canonical hours, Chant, Collect, Communion (chant), Doxology, Easter, Epistle, Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria Patri, Gospel, Gregorian chant, Gregorian mode, Hebrew cantillation, Introit, Islam, Lauds, Lord's Prayer, Magnificat, Melody type, Mode (music), Morocco, Pitch (music), Postcommunion, Preface, Psalms, Qira'at, Roman Rite, Secret (liturgy), Te Deum, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Torah, Vespers, Yemen.
Accentus
Accentus (or Accentus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclesiastical accent) is a style of church music that emphasizes spoken word.
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Antiphon
An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain.
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Benedictus (canticle)
The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Gospel of, is one of the three canticles in the first two chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the "Magnificat" and the "Nunc dimittis".
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Cadence
In Western musical theory, a cadence is the end of a phrase in which the melody or harmony creates a sense of full or partial resolution, especially in music of the 16th century onwards.Don Michael Randel (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians, pp. 105-106.. A harmonic cadence is a progression of two or more chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music.
Canon of the Mass
The Canon of the Mass (Canon Missæ), also known as the Canon of the Roman Mass and in the Mass of Paul VI as the Roman Canon or Eucharistic Prayer I, is the oldest anaphora used in the Roman Rite of Mass.
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Canonical hours
In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark the divisions of the day in terms of fixed times of prayer at regular intervals.
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Chant
A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.
Collect
The collect is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy.
Communion (chant)
The Communion (communio; κοινωνικόν, koinonikon) is a refrain sung with psalm recitation during the distribution of the Eucharist in the Divine Liturgy or Mass.
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Doxology
A doxology (Ancient Greek: δοξολογία doxologia, from δόξα, doxa 'glory' and -λογία, -logia 'saying') is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns.
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Easter
Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.
Epistle
An epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter.
Gloria in excelsis Deo
"italic" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic HymnOxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford University Press 2005), article Gloria in Excelsis/Hymn of the Angels.
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Gloria Patri
The Gloria Patri, also known as the Glory Be to the Father or, colloquially, the Glory Be, is a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies.
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Gospel
Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Gregorian mode
A Gregorian mode (or church mode) is one of the eight systems of pitch organization used in Gregorian chant. Reciting tone and Gregorian mode are modes (music).
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Hebrew cantillation
Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services.
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Introit
The Introit is part of the opening of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Lauds
Lauds is a canonical hour of the Divine office.
Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer that Jesus taught as the way to pray.
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Magnificat
The Magnificat (Latin for " magnifies ") is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos.
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Melody type
Melody type or type-melody is a set of melodic formulas, figures, and patterns.
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Mode (music)
In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Reciting tone and mode (music) are modes (music).
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Pitch (music)
Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.
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Postcommunion
Postcommunion (Latin: Postcommunio) is the text said or sung on a reciting tone following the Communion of the Mass.
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Preface
A preface or proem is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author.
Psalms
The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים|Tehillīm|praises; Psalmós; Liber Psalmorum; Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ("Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.
Qira'at
In Islam, qirāah (pl. qirāāt; lit) refers to the ways or fashions that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is recited.
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite (Ritus Romanus) is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the sui iuris particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church.
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Secret (liturgy)
The Secret (lit) is a prayer said in a low voice by the priest or bishop during religious services.
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Te Deum
The italic (or,; from its incipit, Thee, God, we praise) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.
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Torah
The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Vespers
Vespers is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic (both Latin and Eastern Catholic liturgical rites), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies.
Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciting_tone
Also known as Dominant (Gregorian chant), Psalm Tone, Recitation tone, Reciting note.