Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant is a type of music/singing that is sort of like A cappella but there isn't a harmony line, it is all one part. Gregorian chant started in Europe around the ninth and tenth century. The term Gregorian is thought to be named after Pope St. Gregory the Great, but scholars think it was derived from a later Gallican chant. At first these chants weren't very long but through the years the monks who sang them added more and more until nowadays where a chant can be anywhere from a couple of minutes to almost anything longer than that.
The original chants only had four notes that were rearranged and lengthened to make that erie hollow sound many of us know as the "dramatic" or "mysterious" music in the Lord of the Rings movies and many others, but they added more notes as the chants got longer. A fact that many people don't know is that the theme song for the original Halo game is actually a Gregorian chant that was shortened and modified.
In the beginning of the chanting it was only sung by men and boys in the churches and chapels. It is said that even during the times of Jesus there were chants or Hymns that were sung before the meal, or in the New Testament the Last Supper. The earliest noted sources of Gregorian chant were called neumes
The original chants only had four notes that were rearranged and lengthened to make that erie hollow sound many of us know as the "dramatic" or "mysterious" music in the Lord of the Rings movies and many others, but they added more notes as the chants got longer. A fact that many people don't know is that the theme song for the original Halo game is actually a Gregorian chant that was shortened and modified.
In the beginning of the chanting it was only sung by men and boys in the churches and chapels. It is said that even during the times of Jesus there were chants or Hymns that were sung before the meal, or in the New Testament the Last Supper. The earliest noted sources of Gregorian chant were called neumes
There were specific types of chants some for everyday services and others for Mass. Through the years Gregorian chants were used pretty much only in church or in a religious setting. But in the early 20th century or late 19th century the Gregorian chant made a big comeback in the classical music series. All of the music you know today evolved from the Gregorian chant and it is AWESOME!!!!!