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Plain·song

/ˈplānˌsôNG/

noun
- 1. unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm corresponding to the accentuation of the words, which are taken from the liturgy.
Word Origin late Middle English: translating Latin cantus planus.
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Body of monophonic chants used in the liturgies of the Western Christian Church
Plainsong or plainchant (calque from the French plain-chant;) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. Plainsong was the exclusive form of Christian church music until the ninth century, and the introduction of polyphony. The monophonic chants of plainsong have a non-metric rhyt... Wikipedia
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