plainchant

Converse of object

• sing: We still cherish the ancient skills of singing plainchant.
• use: The Gloria takes the plainchant Ave Maria as a cantus firmus and the Sanctus uses the plainchant Salve Regina.

Adjective modifier

• medieval: CAD: Please explain the concepts behind the Chants record set based on medieval plainchant.
• simple: But I would disagree that " simple plainchant " is " surely the most prayerful form of music " .
• Gregorian: This at times sounds like Gregorian plainchant crossed with West Coast psychadelia.
• ancient: Four male singers are rendering the ordered musical style of ancient plainchant.

Modifies a noun

• melody: The hymns are essentially settings of the original plainchant melodies.
• hymn: Tallis may perhaps have chosen it in order to reproduce the effect of an oral tradition of singing plainchant hymns metrically.
• theme: Shortly afterward we hear a brief plainchant theme from the 'Office for the Dead ' .
• setting: Best start with one of the well known plainchant mass settings, such as Missa de Angelis ( No.
• responsory: A plainchant responsory is a lengthy item following a reading, allowing time for the content of the reading to be digested.