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Reciting tone

In the church modes of Gregorian chant the reciting tone (also dominant, tenor, tubae) is the melodic formula used for reciting psalm tones. Each mode had its own associated psalm tone, the tenor of which is the reciting tone. (Hoppin 1978, p.67)

See also: final (music).

Source

  • Hoppin, Richard H. (1978). Medieval Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0393090906.


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