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What does plainchant mean?

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  1. Synonym of plainsong
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It is so rare that a concert of medieval plainchant is able to provide the audience with the same dramatic intensity as a theatrical performance.
Guido's treatise Micrologus also explains how to sing a second voice accompanying a plainchant melody, creating two-part organum.
Responsory, also called respond, plainchant melody and text originally sung responsorially i.e., by alternating choir and soloist or soloists.
In its earliest recorded form, plainchant, the monophonic music of the Western Church, varies from extreme simplicity to great complexity.
The musical style of these songs varies from simple, syllabic melodies to elaborately flowing compositions modelled on melismatic plainchant.
These rendered plainchant in unison, either as a body or antiphonally across the choir.

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