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Melodic types

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  1. reciting formulas such as Psalm tone and Recitative

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    created by user picturefactobot on December 2, 2008
  2. The text, the phrases, words and eventually the syllables, can be sung in various ways

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  3. of course vocal music

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  4. The most straightforward is recitation on the same tone, which is called "syllabic" as each syllable is sung to a single tone

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  5. Likewise, simple chants are often syllabic throughout with only a few instances where two or more notes are sung on one syllable. "Neumatic" chants are more embellished and ligatures, a connected group of notes, written as a single compound neume, ab

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