Gregorian+Chant

Gregorian chant, monophonic, or unison, liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church, was used to accompany the text of the mass and the canonical hours, or divine office.

Chant is written in ** neumes **, which are notes sung on a single syllable. Gregorian Chant has no meter at all, though it does have a rhythm of groups of 2 or 3 notes.

Chant is written on a 4-line staff, instead of 5 lines as music is written on now.
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Gregorian chant. (2014). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245481/Gregorian-chant

Kephart, R. (n.d.). The Neumes. Gregorian Chant Notation. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.lphrc.org/Chant/