Chant:

Question 1

Benedict of Nursia

Answer 1

DIed 540; founded a monastery with a variety of rules that are known as ‘benedictian monsastaries’ with Offices/canonical hours.

Question 2

Ligature

Answer 2

Clump of notes on one syllable

Question 3

Syllabic

Answer 3

One note per syllable

Question 4

Neumatic

Answer 4

A few notes per syllable

Question 5

Melismatic

Answer 5

Many notes per syllable

Question 6

Direct

Answer 6

A way to perform chant, in which everyone sings the whole thing except the opening

Question 7

Antiphonal

Answer 7

A way to perform chant in which two groups alternate (usually used for Psalms)

Question 8

Responsorial

Answer 8

A way to perform chant in which a soloist is alternating with the full group

Question 9

Gregory the Great

Answer 9

Died 604; Chant was named after him because he promoted singing. Was a good leader and helped establish the centrality of the church in society after the fall of the Roman empire and during war, plague, and famine.

Question 10

Mass

Answer 10

A feast centered around the Eucharist; the ordinaries of the Mass are Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

Question 11

Proper

Answer 11

Item in the mass service with a text that changes depending on the day

Question 12

Ordinary

Answer 12

Item in the mass service with a text that is the same every day

Question 13

Offices

Answer 13

8 daily worship services in the Benedictian Monastaries.
Vespers - Sundown
Compline - Before bed
Matins - Middle of the night
Lauds - Daybreak
Prime, Terce, Sext, Nones (1,3,6,9)

Question 14

Psalm TOne

Answer 14

A reciting formula for Psalms; there is a repeated note for every word and then a flourish at the ends of phrases and verses.

Question 15

Doxology

Answer 15

A type of Psalm tone

Question 16

Trope

Answer 16

An addition to an existing piece of chant through new music, text, or both

Question 17

Sequence

Answer 17

Part of the proper mass with rhyming text and clear meter for the text

Question 18

Guido of Arezza

Answer 18

(D. 1033) Came up with staff notations, the hexachord system, and solfedge.

Question 19

Guidonian hand:

Answer 19

Would allow you to teach someone else a chant quickly without parchment - associate each note on the hexachord system with some part of the hand.

Question 20

Gloss:

Answer 20

Commentary on a previous work of literature

Question 21

Hexachord?

Answer 21

A 6-note series that starts on ?? and was designed by Guido of Arezzo