MUS 2331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gregorian Chant, Reciting Tone, Phrygian Mode
18 Nov 2013
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The first literate repertory in western music: gregorian chant. Old but not foreign to our modern ear. Phrygian mode is not like church modes. Socrates and plato believed that music had a profound influence on human emotions, it could be dangerous. The epitaph of seikilos is a short composition written on a tombstone. Cithara is an ancient greek instrument, has 7 strings. Dorian diatonic: e f g a b c d e. Chromatic: e f f a b c c e. Enharmonic: e e+ f a b b+ c e m. t m. t m3 m. t m. t m3. S t t s t t m. t m. t m3. Byzantine chant: newly composed songs with praise of god in metrical verse repertoire. Roman emperor constantine converted to christianity in 312 ce. It is believed that pope gregory was inspired by a dove to write gregorian chant. It was charlemagne"s responsibility to take the chants into france. Monks were responsible to know psalms and hymns.
