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Gregorian Chant
The Origins of Written Music
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The History of Gregorian Chant
• Named for Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604).
• It is believed that Gregory did not write any chants, but instead organized the many different schools of chant into one coherent form by developing the Antiphonary (written music).
• The Antiphonary is the oldest surviving form of written music.
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What does Gregorian Chant look like?
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Gregorian Chant uses a four line staff - instead of the modern day five line
staff
A Benedictine Monk Named Guido D’Arezzo is believed to
have created this staff, although there is some
debate over whether or not he actually did it.
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The beautiful artwork and decorations found throughout most chants gives them the
name: Illuminated Manuscripts.
Monks often spent months creating one chant. After all, what else was there to do?
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What are all those squiggly bits?
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Those squiggly bits are called NEUMES.
• Neumes are like musical notes without stems. The shape of each neume determines the rhythm and pitch of each note.
• Neumes eventually became modern day notes.
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Where is the key signature, the clef, and
the time signature?
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The Clef is there, but the time signature and key
signature aren’t.• Gregorian Chant uses a clef that looks
like the letter C. The clef actually curls around the line that is middle C.
• Gregorian chant does not use a time signature. It is sung as the words dictate.
• All Gregorian chant is sung in a certain mode, not a key signature.
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What language are they singing in?
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Latin
• All of the text is in Latin. The reason for this is that Gregorian Chant is completely based in religion (Christianity).
• The text is directly from the Bible and sung during religious services. Each chant has a specific function, much like Hymns do.
• Today, chant is still used in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
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Why are there only men singing?
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Women were not allowed to participate in any part of a religious ceremony in
10th Century Europe.
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Let’s look a bit closer atNEUMES…