Ambrosian Chant

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I was wondering if anybody could tell me the following information about the piece "Si quis sermonem" from Ambrosian Chant:
Meter. [duple, triple, indeterminate or variable, nonmetric]
o Rhythm. [regular/predictable, irregular/unpredictable, heavily syncopated]
o Texture. [monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic]

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@giantpiazza31,

Which piazza?

(I'm of no use to you re information on ambrosian chant)

Welcome to a2k.

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@giantpiazza31,

I can't find a copy of this music but I'm going to take a guess based on most of the gregorian chants I've heard. I can't tell what the meter would be - perhaps duple. Most church music is pretty standard, as in predictable. Most chants are monophonic, but if there is a separate harmony, not just following the melody, then it could be homophonic.
Perhaps you could let us listen to a version...

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@Ceili,

thanks so much for your reply!
here's a link to the sample of the music: http://www.amazon.com/Ambrosian-Chant/dp/B000QQQYLM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319415922&sr=8-1

additionally, do you know the same information about Viderunt omnes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgaEFmdFcM, and Nuper Rosarum Flores, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QipoTdSDx8?

Thanks!

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@giantpiazza31,

I think this will help you:

http://lphrc.org/Chant/

Here's an excerpt. You'll have to go to the site to see the graphics for the symbols it refers to.

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Gregorian Chant Notation
This is a description of the traditional Gregorian Chant notation, so that anyone will be able to read the notation and sing it.

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.
Vertical lines separate musical phrases and may sometimes allow a pause for taking a breath, like

Chant is not in a major key or a minor key, but in modes (though there are some modes which can sound like a modern scale).

Chant is written on a 4-line staff, instead of 5 lines as music is written on now.

marks where Do is on the staff. Here it is on the third line from the bottom, so if Do is on C then the lines would go F-A-C-E.

would mean that Do is on the top line, so if Do is on C the notes on the lines would be D-F-A-C.

is a Fah Clef, and indicates where Fah is on the staff. Here, Do would be on the bottom space.

There is a lot more detail in the Wikipedia article. Scroll down to the "Musical Form" section:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant

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@giantpiazza31,

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additionally, do you know the same information about Viderunt omnes

The link to Viderunt omnes you posted is an organum. If you look up the musical features of organums, that should give you most of the information you're looking for.

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and Nuper Rosarum Flores

Do you read music? If so, the question of whether Nuper rosarum flores is metered, and what texture it is, can be answered by looking at the images featured in the YouTube video you posted.

Even if you can't read music, I bet you can use your ears to answer some of these questions. In the Dufay piece, do you hear more than one note being sung at a time? If so, that will help you determine the texture, or at least help you rule out some of the options.

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