Chant

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Pange Lingua sung in Latin
The
Pange Lingua sung to its traditional melody, mode iii Gregorian chant
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A chant (from

notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).[3]

Chant as a spiritual practice

Chanting (e.g.,

sacred text, the name of God/Spirit, etc.) is a commonly used spiritual practice. Like prayer, chanting may be a component of either personal or group practice. Diverse spiritual traditions consider chant a route to spiritual development
.

Monks chanting, Drepung monastery, Tibet, 2013

Some examples include chant in

Anglican Chant
).

Historical or mythological examples include chant in Germanic paganism.

Chant practices vary. In the

Eastern traditions.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Chant". In McCormack, Dan (ed.). Online Etymology Dictionary. MaoningTech. Archived from the original on 26 October 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chant" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 846.
  3. ISBN 9780697293794
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  4. ^ ReShel, Azriel (23 February 2018). "Neuroscience and the 'Sanskrit Effect'". Uplift. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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