0:01 Introduction 0:12 How Gregorian Chant Came to Be 0:38 Plainchant 0:45 Roman and Gallican Style Chant Combine 0:53 Why It's Called Gregorian Chant 1:09 Why Gregorian Chant is Important 1:58 The Oral Tradition vs. Musical Notation 2:25 Basic Characteristics of Gregorian Chant 2:31 Characteristic 1: Latin Language 3:15 Characteristic 2: No Metered Rhythm 3:32 Characteristic 3: Evoke Worship & Religious Contemplation 3:58 Characteristic 4: Moves With Stepwise Motion 4:18 Characteristic 5: Monophonic Texture 4:44 Characteristic 6: Church Modes 5:20 Church Modes in Popular Music 5:52 Example of a Gregorian Chant 7:21 Outro and Credits
Characteristic 1: It is in Latin Characteristic 2: It doesn't have metered rhythm. Characteristic 3: It evokes a religious mood and evokes religious worship Characteristic 4: It moves, usually with stepwise motion. Characteristic 5: It is monophonic. Characteristic 6: Uses eight scales known as "church modes."
I actually came here to review for my exams tomorrow and since I'm very paranoid that this would be included in the exams but I am actually amazed how ppl were able to make such music and evolved over the years. Thank you for the lesson sir, it was very educational and easy to understand especially from someone who had just learned abt this in school.
Marc J yeah let's hear it for JESUS. I don't do Tridentine mass much anymore, I'm an organist so I'm needed elsewhere. But I feel like a lot more people would be inspired to be close to God if they saw the rich Church history, alive and evolving.
I dind know that Get lucky and Uptown Funk are modal music. I dont know if you know Bjork but the majority of her music is write in modes and some are atonal. Her music is very good to learn about musical concepts. (she even make an album to teach music)
The music "dark matter" is atonal. Actually it have a combination of differents musical scales. The music "solstice" is in dorian mode. "an echo, a stain" i think is in diminished scale. "Possibly Maybe" is partially in lydian. Exist a lot of analysis and study of her music.
They are not just about "moods", but states of being. The Greek system was very similar to the one used in Indian music, where a "raga" was intended to evoke a specific state of being which was then given a specific religious significance. Same applies to Gregorian Chant. The major and minor modes we use in modern music narrows the range of the music to a "human" level only, where as the other modes were capable of evoking stakes of being of a more transcendent or esoteric character. And that is why Gregorian Chant will never NOT sound religious, and why music which relies on other modes besides major and minor suddenly acquires a kind of mystical quality.
It's actually surprisingly Gregorianesque. Same with Zelda's Temple of Time. 1) Halo theme is in E-Dorian, which is Gregorian Mode 1, based on the Re. 2) The "A3 G3 F#3 E3" (SOL FA MI RE) at the end of the first figure is a common cadence in psalm tone 1 and in the Old Roman mode 1 antiphons. 3) The "D4 C#4 A3 C#4 B3" (do ti SOL ti la) in the second figure, with the skips from C# to A (from ti to SOL), are characteristic of Gregorian figures. So is the "B2 D3 E3" (LA DO RE) that opens the third figure. 4) If the beginning of the third figure "D3 E3 G3 A3 F#3" (DO RE FA SOL MI) had a passing note between E3 and G3, the figure would match exactly part of a common pre-cadence in the Gregorian Mode 1 introit antiphon chants. 5) The ending "G3 F#3 E3 F#3 D3 E3" (FA MI RE MI DO RE), if it had the last two notes swapped, would be identical to the mediant cadence of the Plagal Mode 1 (Mode 2) Great Responsories. Or it could just be a coincidence ...
Malik Jardine it’s not acrually very surprising, the composer Martin O Donald was part of a Gregorian Choir, and he attributes the sound very directly to Gregorian chants
It is the music of angels. I listen to it every Sunday at High Mass. I am 26 and it actually makes me want to go to Mass. Listen to "Deum Verum" - it rends the soul to the very core.
Nona K Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
Thank you so much! I am studying for my music history exam at uni, and this helped me to understand the immense importance of this seemingly-boring period of music.
Glad the video helped! Music will always be subjective, so what we find boring will always change. Learning more about a type of music really helps to at least appreciate it more regardless of how much one likes it. I often find myself liking some music better the more I learn about it as well!
Melissa Cartwright Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
Archibald Simms Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
I went to a latin mass with my family in the Philippines and it was very interesting i felt the angels and the saints and god i believe and trust and love them all always may god bless you all brothers and sisters
lukaskiedaischofficial Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
I've been on a spiritual journey for about a year now..A bunch of strange things, prayers answered at times almost instantly, being taught by Father about the world, everything in it, us, and now learning how to survive in it (though the means of studying man can be assisted by learning about plants and whatnot without using so many words) Anywhozles.... Recently all of a sudden gregorian chants started FILLING my youtube feed and I was wondering where the heck they came from...I guess Dad is trying to give me music I might enjoy, lol. Thank you sir for explaining this to me, and..well...us. It is so very beautiful to listen to and interesting to know our music comes from such a thing!
Funny how things come our way at peculiar times! Glad this video could help you understand more about Gregorian Chants, and do check out more recordings of them. No matter your spiritual beliefs, they definitely evoke a reverent atmosphere of worship and beauty.
OK, you win, subscribed. When I was young, before the Internet started really getting good, I went to one of the best printed music stores on the east-coast asking if they had a book that answered these sort of questions, and they couldn't help me (other than that one huge encyclopedia of music which I obviously couldn't afford). I was raised by classical music loving parents, I was a voice-of-an-angel boy-soprano, being driven 4 hours per week to participate in an internationally renowned boychoir and I was being taught college-level music theory in the 6th grade. I would've _killed_ to watch videos like what you've been making. I've since learned most of the stuff you talk about, but that doesn't make it any less incredible and worthy of high praise.
I'd really love to see more videos in this theme. In particular, "what is a concerto?" "WIA Symphony?", "WIA Sonata? Sonatina??", "What is the difference between an opera, an operetta and a musical?" "WIA cantata?" Requiem, Rhapsody, Scherzo, Bagatelle, Minuet...even among the small list of classical music listeners, many people don't know this stuff. "The composer called it a sonata, so, I guess it's a sonata!" And you know you could do multiple videos focused on the concept of modality touched upon here. And if that theory-heave stuff is your thing, it's an easy transition to making videos about things like quarter-tonic music or temperament, the fundamentals of musical acoustics, the theory of perfect orchestration, if you're really brave, talking about harmonics...Seriously, this channel has a ton of potential. I bet you've considered some of this stuff, and I know that making these sort of videos that require research and scripting are seriously hard, but if you keep at it, you could find yourself hitting 100k subscribers before you know it, and maybe even blasting past that. Keep up the great work. About the time you hit 10k subs, I'd urge you to consider getting a Patreon account.
Or how about a classic rock piece a couple years earlier ? Still Im Sad 65 Yardbirds Producer Mickie Most. Music style blends. Gregorian chant with spaghetti western Ennio Morricone with Jeff Beck Electrico Guitarra. 🏜⛲🔔⛓🥁⚡👻👀
A very concise and interesting history. I had no idea modes and notation came from Gregorian Chant. Now I realize that most of what is listed as Gregorian Chant on UA-cam isn't Gregorian Chant at all. That aside, some people have made some beautiful music by combining some of these elements with harmony and contemporary instruments. And I would not have found it if it didn't have Gregorian Chant in the title. I've subscribed to learn more. Thanks.
Chip Gibbons Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling God was present.
My son is 16 years old and a sophomore at a Catholic high school here in Virginia. If you go to his UA-cam channel 'Mr. Roy Wulf', you can see a video of a presentation he did a week ago about his love for Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony. He does a very soft sell of traditional music, however, as there are still many who resist traditional music in favor of the modern liturgical music that started in the 1970s or those who applaud, for example, the techno music played at World Youth Day.
Very powerfull and beautifull music ❤❤❤ In a time where not much else existed it must´ ve made a deep impression on people hearing it for the first time. Thank you for the video. ❤❤
Saveurital Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
Excellent introduction to Gregorian chant! A little simplistic but very catchy! A few points of correction... 1) Gregorian chant WAS metrical. We know this from paleography and from contemporary testimony. Half the repertory has a tendency toward time signature, the other half is more free, but nearly every chant composed prior to 1100 can be arranged to an underlying beat. Guido of Arezzo, the inventor of the staff, says this explicitly. The beat and meters vanished over the course of the 11th century due to organum's popularity. The term 'plainsong' was not codified till the 1200s to distinguish the non-organumized Gregorian chants which had lost their original meters and thus were without accompaniment or rhythm. But John Cotton already used the word 'plain' in the 1000s to describe the 'new' style of rhythmless chant which he detested. 2) The hypothesis that Gregorian is a blend of Gallican and Roman has never been substantiated to any degree of certainty. Modern discoveries are leaning away from this opinion, especially considering that the antiphons, responsories, and the Proper all show signs of faithful transmission when compared with the Old Roman. 3) Organum is as old as the earliest Gregorian manuscripts. Gregorian then technically classifies as monody, not as pure monophony. But this is a minor point.
I would invite you to read what the first-millennium medieval fathers said about the rhythm of their own music. Page 177 (p. 15) of this PDF: media.musicasacra.com/publications/caecilia/caecilia_v84n03_1957_08.pdf
Coemgenus Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
Coemgenus, with all respect and charity - the real test would be for your readers to hear your rendition of the Chant. If the reaction to it is 'that's terrible' then there would be something amiss with the reasoning. If it's 'that's amazing!' then you are probably right. Faith cometh by hearing... God bless!
@@UnderstandingMusic But is this not the very task you took on when creating this video? Daresay a form that has been in use for over a millennium should be shown some greater respect and historic accuracy.
I think that text should rather be in long lines and have fewer rows. It would be easier to read it out quickly. I cant read english that fast in that format. Just sayin'. great video, very informative and well explained.
How was this “new style of chant” so “controversial” and revolutionary to the Old Roman and Gallician chant forms? Does it have anything to do with the 1083c altercations at Glastonbury Abbey where 14 monks were wounded, and one killed when Abbot Turstin tried to force the monks to change from Gregorian to another chant? Or is that a separate issue? Just trying to get my head around the innovations of Gregorian chant.
I love Gregorian chants.. I can't go a day without listening or chanting.. my morning is blessed with this music. Though, my friends call me eccentric and weird, because they all listen to circular music... They say I freak them out because they only listen to that music in horror movies or action movies like agent 47 etc... Which kind of hates me, why would these guys put such beautiful music in such movies. I wish we had traditional latin mass in Zambia.
i hate the defensive careful tone one has to speak in whenever praising something related to christianity. like lets cut the crap gregorian chant is beautiful, end of.
I tell you what, Chris, you've earned my subscription if for nothing else, pronouncing "important" correctly. I thank you dearly from the bottomless pit of modern UA-cam creators who, these days, cannot properly pronounce their way out of a paper bag. It was musical bliss to the ears! Keep up the good work.
this is cool, but i would have appreciated gregorian chant being the music behind the narration. as a teaching tool it falls short because of that. any chance of redoing?
It was a consideration when creating this video, but I tend to shy away from suing any music with lyrics while having narration. Even though it's is Latin, the chant lyrics likely would still cause some problems in the narration being clear. There are also copyright claim concerns. Thank you for commenting, and I appreciate the feedback :)
Ah, got it. Well, if the music was original, maybe create original music in the vibe w/out words? Just ideas. Good for you for being open.@@UnderstandingMusic
@@UnderstandingMusic Checked and re-checked, pretty sure it's not there. Would be nice if you could provide it, I'd love to hear more of it. Love your channel too. Thank you very much for your contributions.
Dies Ire is from the Requiem Mass (masses for the dead / funerals). There's an English translation available online. One of the best renditions of Dies Ire is by Mozart.
Very interesting! One correction, The Catholic church did not 'eventually' become the dominant Christian denomination. From Pentecost to about the yer 1000 it was the only Christian church. Some heretical groups broke away, but they quickly faded int obscurity.
This is true. It wasn't until the Great Schism in the 11th century that the Eastern Orthodox Church rivaled the Catholic Church as the main body of christianity.
It depends on your source. The etymology of phonē (Greek) is a bit divided on it, although it does seem to pertain to vocal sounds quite often, hence the word "phonics." Thank you for the comment :)
Good video, thanks for producing it. But there's a few things: 1 - We should listen to them NOT ONLY because its undenialble and divinely HUGE historical importance, but because it's the song of the angels, teaching us the most sublime and profund way to praise God, His gospel and His Kingdom. It shows us how the Kingdom of Heaven pretty much sounds like, once it1s not only the angels' way to pray to God, but also the saints and the whole Christ's mystical body. 2 -We should NOT see it as a MERE musical museum peace. How injust and disrespectful to the gregorian chant and how ignorant it would be. It is way more than just that to this very day, mostly because of the Tridentine lithurgical rite mass that has kept it alive until now. The gregorian chant is still very much alive in the Catholic Church and the Church has a massive influence for Its members.
0:01 Introduction
0:12 How Gregorian Chant Came to Be
0:38 Plainchant
0:45 Roman and Gallican Style Chant Combine
0:53 Why It's Called Gregorian Chant
1:09 Why Gregorian Chant is Important
1:58 The Oral Tradition vs. Musical Notation
2:25 Basic Characteristics of Gregorian Chant
2:31 Characteristic 1: Latin Language
3:15 Characteristic 2: No Metered Rhythm
3:32 Characteristic 3: Evoke Worship & Religious Contemplation
3:58 Characteristic 4: Moves With Stepwise Motion
4:18 Characteristic 5: Monophonic Texture
4:44 Characteristic 6: Church Modes
5:20 Church Modes in Popular Music
5:52 Example of a Gregorian Chant
7:21 Outro and Credits
Any grade 9 students in here that came from online classes?
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I'm only grade 7 and we are doing this ;-;
Anyone got this for school work
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Characteristic 1: It is in Latin Characteristic 2: It doesn't have metered rhythm. Characteristic 3: It evokes a religious mood and evokes religious worship Characteristic 4: It moves, usually with stepwise motion. Characteristic 5: It is monophonic. Characteristic 6: Uses eight scales known as "church modes."
To me, Gregorian Chanting will always sound like the voices of angels.
Thanks
no wonder; we're all tricked by religious leaders to associate these chants to divine beings, while only people will create and perform them.
@@variusabin4978 Calm down, dude.
I actually came here to review for my exams tomorrow and since I'm very paranoid that this would be included in the exams but I am actually amazed how ppl were able to make such music and evolved over the years. Thank you for the lesson sir, it was very educational and easy to understand especially from someone who had just learned abt this in school.
I listen to Gregorian Chant every Sunday at the Tridentine Mass.
Marc J yeah let's hear it for JESUS.
I don't do Tridentine mass much anymore, I'm an organist so I'm needed elsewhere. But I feel like a lot more people would be inspired to be close to God if they saw the rich Church history, alive and evolving.
Me too
Marc J whoa, hey, fellow tradcats! Good to see y’all out in the wild
Ayyy trad gang
Marc J yo también bro
What makes me really appreciate gregorian chant are the modes! They certainly give off a different character or flavour to set the mood
I dind know that Get lucky and Uptown Funk are modal music. I dont know if you know Bjork but the majority of her music is write in modes and some are atonal. Her music is very good to learn about musical concepts. (she even make an album to teach music)
Augusto can you refer to me where you got the info of her music being in modes or atonal?or tell me what songs you speak about?
The music "dark matter" is atonal. Actually it have a combination of differents musical scales. The music "solstice" is in dorian mode. "an echo, a stain" i think is in diminished scale. "Possibly Maybe" is partially in lydian. Exist a lot of analysis and study of her music.
They are not just about "moods", but states of being. The Greek system was very similar to the one used in Indian music, where a "raga" was intended to evoke a specific state of being which was then given a specific religious significance. Same applies to Gregorian Chant. The major and minor modes we use in modern music narrows the range of the music to a "human" level only, where as the other modes were capable of evoking stakes of being of a more transcendent or esoteric character.
And that is why Gregorian Chant will never NOT sound religious, and why music which relies on other modes besides major and minor suddenly acquires a kind of mystical quality.
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Y’all might’ve come here because of curiosity or sum’n, I’m here from my online classes
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If you ever played Halo, the opening theme is a Gregorian Chant
Do you have an idea on what type of chant it could be ?
It's actually surprisingly Gregorianesque. Same with Zelda's Temple of Time.
1) Halo theme is in E-Dorian, which is Gregorian Mode 1, based on the Re.
2) The "A3 G3 F#3 E3" (SOL FA MI RE) at the end of the first figure is a common cadence in psalm tone 1 and in the Old Roman mode 1 antiphons.
3) The "D4 C#4 A3 C#4 B3" (do ti SOL ti la) in the second figure, with the skips from C# to A (from ti to SOL), are characteristic of Gregorian figures. So is the "B2 D3 E3" (LA DO RE) that opens the third figure.
4) If the beginning of the third figure "D3 E3 G3 A3 F#3" (DO RE FA SOL MI) had a passing note between E3 and G3, the figure would match exactly part of a common pre-cadence in the Gregorian Mode 1 introit antiphon chants.
5) The ending "G3 F#3 E3 F#3 D3 E3" (FA MI RE MI DO RE), if it had the last two notes swapped, would be identical to the mediant cadence of the Plagal Mode 1 (Mode 2) Great Responsories.
Or it could just be a coincidence ...
Still nice chant though
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Malik Jardine it’s not acrually very surprising, the composer Martin O Donald was part of a Gregorian Choir, and he attributes the sound very directly to Gregorian chants
It is the music of angels. I listen to it every Sunday at High Mass. I am 26 and it actually makes me want to go to Mass. Listen to "Deum Verum" - it rends the soul to the very core.
FYI highland bagpipes are a myxolidian mode instrument. At times the “high G” was called the devil’s note.
Thank you so much for this video! I love its complexity and clarity!
Nona K Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
Thank you for making me appreciate western music. Your videos have been so helpful.
Thank you so much! I am studying for my music history exam at uni, and this helped me to understand the immense importance of this seemingly-boring period of music.
Glad the video helped! Music will always be subjective, so what we find boring will always change. Learning more about a type of music really helps to at least appreciate it more regardless of how much one likes it. I often find myself liking some music better the more I learn about it as well!
You have explained it much better than my prof. Thank you so much!
Haha lol
This is a wonderful resource that I will use with my middle school performing arts students! Thank you for taking the time to create it.
+Chris Wright (Understanding_Music) Wonderful!
Melissa Cartwright Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
Very nice video. My students, who are of African decent enjoyed it. Thanks for making it interesting.
Archibald Simms Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
Great explanation! Hope you keep making progress! Looking forward to seeing the video about polyphony!
I am literally my own teacher in my music class. Thank you!!!
This channel deserves a trillion subscribers.
I went to a latin mass with my family in the Philippines and it was very interesting i felt the angels and the saints and god i believe and trust and love them all always may god bless you all brothers and sisters
It is definitely very heavenly sounding, and even film composers have used it as a model to evoke religious moods.
what an excellent video, thanks very much, educational and enjoyable, way to go!
Great video. Clear, concise, informative, and well put together.
Never stop learning
My favorite quote.
Never stop learning. Because life never stops teaching.
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Thank you so much for making this video! Please make more!
Gregorian Chanting slaps hard, no genre should have that power.
What about J.S Bach?
I set up a hidden boom box with a Gregorian chant DVD playing on Halloween. It creeps people out every year!
Dylan Theh Awesome My friend and I actually sang this very chant (Dies Irae) on Halloween night at his house
This was nice. Thanks for the short and entertaining lecture.
lukaskiedaischofficial Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
I've been on a spiritual journey for about a year now..A bunch of strange things, prayers answered at times almost instantly, being taught by Father about the world, everything in it, us, and now learning how to survive in it (though the means of studying man can be assisted by learning about plants and whatnot without using so many words)
Anywhozles....
Recently all of a sudden gregorian chants started FILLING my youtube feed and I was wondering where the heck they came from...I guess Dad is trying to give me music I might enjoy, lol. Thank you sir for explaining this to me, and..well...us. It is so very beautiful to listen to and interesting to know our music comes from such a thing!
Funny how things come our way at peculiar times! Glad this video could help you understand more about Gregorian Chants, and do check out more recordings of them. No matter your spiritual beliefs, they definitely evoke a reverent atmosphere of worship and beauty.
@@UnderstandingMusic They certainly do
I love your videos, thank you for making these
And thank you for commenting!
OK, you win, subscribed. When I was young, before the Internet started really getting good, I went to one of the best printed music stores on the east-coast asking if they had a book that answered these sort of questions, and they couldn't help me (other than that one huge encyclopedia of music which I obviously couldn't afford). I was raised by classical music loving parents, I was a voice-of-an-angel boy-soprano, being driven 4 hours per week to participate in an internationally renowned boychoir and I was being taught college-level music theory in the 6th grade. I would've _killed_ to watch videos like what you've been making. I've since learned most of the stuff you talk about, but that doesn't make it any less incredible and worthy of high praise.
I do, but these days, I mostly stick to stuff like the occasional community theatre musical. `
I'd really love to see more videos in this theme. In particular, "what is a concerto?" "WIA Symphony?", "WIA Sonata? Sonatina??", "What is the difference between an opera, an operetta and a musical?" "WIA cantata?" Requiem, Rhapsody, Scherzo, Bagatelle, Minuet...even among the small list of classical music listeners, many people don't know this stuff. "The composer called it a sonata, so, I guess it's a sonata!" And you know you could do multiple videos focused on the concept of modality touched upon here. And if that theory-heave stuff is your thing, it's an easy transition to making videos about things like quarter-tonic music or temperament, the fundamentals of musical acoustics, the theory of perfect orchestration, if you're really brave, talking about harmonics...Seriously, this channel has a ton of potential.
I bet you've considered some of this stuff, and I know that making these sort of videos that require research and scripting are seriously hard, but if you keep at it, you could find yourself hitting 100k subscribers before you know it, and maybe even blasting past that.
Keep up the great work. About the time you hit 10k subs, I'd urge you to consider getting a Patreon account.
Thank you so much! BTW, lovely graphics!
Mass in F Minor 68 Electric Prunes .. Producer David Axelrod Engineer David Hassinger. Psychedelic Gregorian chant music!! 🎵🎶
Or how about a classic rock piece a couple years earlier ? Still Im Sad 65 Yardbirds Producer Mickie Most. Music style blends. Gregorian chant with spaghetti western Ennio Morricone with Jeff Beck Electrico Guitarra. 🏜⛲🔔⛓🥁⚡👻👀
Music examples of Gregorian Chant start at 5:53.
A very concise and interesting history. I had no idea modes and notation came from Gregorian Chant. Now I realize that most of what is listed as Gregorian Chant on UA-cam isn't Gregorian Chant at all. That aside, some people have made some beautiful music by combining some of these elements with harmony and contemporary instruments. And I would not have found it if it didn't have Gregorian Chant in the title. I've subscribed to learn more. Thanks.
Chip Gibbons Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling God was present.
Name-calling asside , please do tell me more about the ties between Gregorian chant and medieval Armenia, I want to know!
very educational Sir ! Appreciate the upload .
OMG! Now it has portuguese subtitles! People in Brazil need to see this video right away! AMDG!
gregorian chant was my parents' go-to road trip music when i was a kid so i'm hyper used to hearing it and visualising images based on the sound
Very informative video! Thank you very much!
Amazing video
Thank you for this knowledge on music 🎶🙏🏼.
You're welcome, and thank you for commenting!
My son is 16 years old and a sophomore at a Catholic high school here in Virginia. If you go to his UA-cam channel 'Mr. Roy Wulf', you can see a video of a presentation he did a week ago about his love for Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony. He does a very soft sell of traditional music, however, as there are still many who resist traditional music in favor of the modern liturgical music that started in the 1970s or those who applaud, for example, the techno music played at World Youth Day.
Very powerfull and beautifull music ❤❤❤
In a time where not much else existed it must´ ve made a deep impression on people hearing it for the first time.
Thank you for the video. ❤❤
Amazing video and educational tool. Thank you!
This video highlights Gregorian chants for its historical value but, actually I find this music beautiful and solemn
Very well presented subject!! Thank you very much!!
Thank you so much for clear simple and easy to understand explanation!
Saveurital Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book you showed was Armenian. This asshole is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant.
I’ve learnt so much. Thank you.
Gregorian chant is used till this day in our holy church i hear it often
Thanks a lot for this video. It's indeed very helpful. (y)
Thank you for doing this well-researched wonderful educational video! Glory be to God!
That was a lot of help thanks
Great video!
I really love it to everything about Jesus♥️
great! it helps me for my demonstration teaching. thank you very much! God bless
Reason I'm here is because I here this word chant in a song then I decide to find out the meaning of chant Thanks for the info 😄😎
Excellent introduction to Gregorian chant! A little simplistic but very catchy! A few points of correction...
1) Gregorian chant WAS metrical. We know this from paleography and from contemporary testimony. Half the repertory has a tendency toward time signature, the other half is more free, but nearly every chant composed prior to 1100 can be arranged to an underlying beat. Guido of Arezzo, the inventor of the staff, says this explicitly. The beat and meters vanished over the course of the 11th century due to organum's popularity. The term 'plainsong' was not codified till the 1200s to distinguish the non-organumized Gregorian chants which had lost their original meters and thus were without accompaniment or rhythm. But John Cotton already used the word 'plain' in the 1000s to describe the 'new' style of rhythmless chant which he detested.
2) The hypothesis that Gregorian is a blend of Gallican and Roman has never been substantiated to any degree of certainty. Modern discoveries are leaning away from this opinion, especially considering that the antiphons, responsories, and the Proper all show signs of faithful transmission when compared with the Old Roman.
3) Organum is as old as the earliest Gregorian manuscripts. Gregorian then technically classifies as monody, not as pure monophony. But this is a minor point.
I would invite you to read what the first-millennium medieval fathers said about the rhythm of their own music. Page 177 (p. 15) of this PDF: media.musicasacra.com/publications/caecilia/caecilia_v84n03_1957_08.pdf
Coemgenus Armenia was the first country to except Christianity as it main religion. The name Grigor is Armenian. Grigorian or Grigoryan is an Armenian last name. The writing in the old book was Armenian. This person is skipping the beginning, the Armenian history tied to the Grigorian chant. From the beginning churches in were built so the chanting would resonate in a way that brought on the feeling, God was present.
Coemgenus, with all respect and charity - the real test would be for your readers to hear your rendition of the Chant. If the reaction to it is 'that's terrible' then there would be something amiss with the reasoning. If it's 'that's amazing!' then you are probably right. Faith cometh by hearing... God bless!
@@UnderstandingMusic But is this not the very task you took on when creating this video? Daresay a form that has been in use for over a millennium should be shown some greater respect and historic accuracy.
Lydian scale in your vid should have b natural, with Bb it's an Ionian( F major) in this case. Not sure whether you can change this now.
Excellent video!
I got here because of video games that sometimes use a faster pace of this kind of music for their final boss fights.
Your channel is great! Can I use your video's in my Music Appreciation Class? Also, do you have a Patreon?
I think that text should rather be in long lines and have fewer rows. It would be easier to read it out quickly. I cant read english that fast in that format. Just sayin'. great video, very informative and well explained.
How was this “new style of chant” so “controversial” and revolutionary to the Old Roman and Gallician chant forms? Does it have anything to do with the 1083c altercations at Glastonbury Abbey where 14 monks were wounded, and one killed when Abbot Turstin tried to force the monks to change from Gregorian to another chant? Or is that a separate issue? Just trying to get my head around the innovations of Gregorian chant.
I love Gregorian chants.. I can't go a day without listening or chanting.. my morning is blessed with this music.
Though, my friends call me eccentric and weird, because they all listen to circular music... They say I freak them out because they only listen to that music in horror movies or action movies like agent 47 etc... Which kind of hates me, why would these guys put such beautiful music in such movies.
I wish we had traditional latin mass in Zambia.
Educational! I like it!
You might listen to Ed Ames singing "Who Shall Answer".
One of my favorites.
i hate the defensive careful tone one has to speak in whenever praising something related to christianity. like lets cut the crap gregorian chant is beautiful, end of.
Amen. You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy it either.
THANK YOU!
I tell you what, Chris, you've earned my subscription if for nothing else, pronouncing "important" correctly. I thank you dearly from the bottomless pit of modern UA-cam creators who, these days, cannot properly pronounce their way out of a paper bag. It was musical bliss to the ears! Keep up the good work.
NorthernChev lollll
this is cool, but i would have appreciated gregorian chant being the music behind the narration. as a teaching tool it falls short because of that. any chance of redoing?
It was a consideration when creating this video, but I tend to shy away from suing any music with lyrics while having narration. Even though it's is Latin, the chant lyrics likely would still cause some problems in the narration being clear. There are also copyright claim concerns. Thank you for commenting, and I appreciate the feedback :)
Ah, got it. Well, if the music was original, maybe create original music in the vibe w/out words? Just ideas. Good for you for being open.@@UnderstandingMusic
where u get that Dies Ire song? i really like it.
@@UnderstandingMusic Checked and re-checked, pretty sure it's not there. Would be nice if you could provide it, I'd love to hear more of it. Love your channel too. Thank you very much for your contributions.
Dies Ire is from the Requiem Mass (masses for the dead / funerals). There's an English translation available online. One of the best renditions of Dies Ire is by Mozart.
Quite intriguing and simple :)
It’s good explanation!
I was playing Halo 3, and i loved the intro. I went to find this 'genre' in a sense, and I love it.
can't say I enjoyed it, but I did listen to it.
1. Awesome video 2. are you going to make videos about the other kinds of chant's
***** ok thanks for your answer
Please! This was excellent and so helpful to my students. Organum would be amazing. Do you have anything on the Renaissance?
Thanks!
great video well presented can i ask the name of the modal piece at the end on piano ? is it bartok ?
Obrigada pelas legendas em português!
Would love to see a follow-up of the polyphonic music in Europe that emerged after chant.
Why the Soulja boy shade tho?
Very interesting! One correction, The Catholic church did not 'eventually' become the dominant Christian denomination. From Pentecost to about the yer 1000 it was the only Christian church. Some heretical groups broke away, but they quickly faded int obscurity.
This is true. It wasn't until the Great Schism in the 11th century that the Eastern Orthodox Church rivaled the Catholic Church as the main body of christianity.
Great video, but at least one of the church modes at 4:47 have wrong notation: Lydian mode on F does not have a b flat. This makes it the Ionian mode.
Can I ask,what do you mean by "REVOKE the mood"?
4:36 no it is “one sound” but “ one voice “ is not too far off.
It depends on your source. The etymology of phonē (Greek) is a bit divided on it, although it does seem to pertain to vocal sounds quite often, hence the word "phonics." Thank you for the comment :)
I'm an autistic atheist and Gregorian Chant is music I use to chill.
What group made that rendition of Dies Irae? One of the loveliest I've heard so far
Interesting. I had always thought that these chants were sung by men and always in the lower registers. Glad to learn I was wrong. Glad to learn.
thanks :>
Escaflowne got me into gregorian chants
It also makes me want to get a roman catapult.. then i realize i'm over 500+ years too late of the crusades.. *now i'm sad*
Your sample sounds like Elvish music from Lord of the Rings. No?
1:57 that voice crack
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Can you do vid on old Roman?
What is the materials??? Of Gregory chant
The verses in "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" by Darryl Hall and John Oates are in C dorian. Just saying.
Anyone here in grade 9 rn?
Good video, thanks for producing it. But there's a few things:
1 - We should listen to them NOT ONLY because its undenialble and divinely HUGE historical importance, but because it's the song of the angels, teaching us the most sublime and profund way to praise God, His gospel and His Kingdom. It shows us how the Kingdom of Heaven pretty much sounds like, once it1s not only the angels' way to pray to God, but also the saints and the whole Christ's mystical body.
2 -We should NOT see it as a MERE musical museum peace. How injust and disrespectful to the gregorian chant and how ignorant it would be. It is way more than just that to this very day, mostly because of the Tridentine lithurgical rite mass that has kept it alive until now. The gregorian chant is still very much alive in the Catholic Church and the Church has a massive influence for Its members.
You're dumb
Thank you this helped so much, also you spelt religious wrong twice at the end.