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PRONUNCIATION OF GREGORIAN TONE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREGORIAN TONE

noun
adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gregorian tone is a noun.
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREGORIAN TONE

Gregorian
Gregorian calendar
Gregorian chant
Gregorian telescope
Gregory
Gregory I
Gregory IX
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Tours
Gregory VII
Gregory XIII
Gregory´s powder

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREGORIAN TONE

aeolian tone
combination tone
compound tone
dial tone
dialling tone
differential tone
engaged tone
hum tone
partial tone
passing tone
pure tone
quarter tone
resultant tone
ringing tone
side tone
stone
strike tone
summational tone
tone
whole tone

Synonyms and antonyms of Gregorian tone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Gregorian tone» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

公历音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tono gregoriano
570 millions of speakers

English

Gregorian tone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रेगोरियन स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لهجة ميلادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

григорианский тон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tom gregoriano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রেগরিয়ান টোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ton grégorien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nada Gregorian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gregorianische Ton
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グレゴリオ口調
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그레고리오 톤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nada Gregorian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giai điệu Gregorian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிரிகோரியன் தொனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेगोरीयन टोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gregoryen sesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tono gregoriano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ton gregoriański
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

григоріанський тон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ton Gregorian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γρηγοριανό τόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gregoriaanse tone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gregorian ston
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gregorian tone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gregorian tone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREGORIAN TONE»

The term «Gregorian tone» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.383 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREGORIAN TONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gregorian tone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREGORIAN TONE»

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Three Lectures on the Cathedral Service of the Church of England
In Tallis's Service, printed in Dr. Boyce's collection, the Chant for the Psalms there given resembles that of the sixth Gregorian tone. I would venture to throw out some suggestions for consideration with regard to these ancient Chants.
John Jebb, 1841
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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
... but, as before, with harmonies difl'erDeforeslilthlnss ltll secs-mthatbs {W} - - m { WW, ,, Ithas all the characteristics of the 8th Gregorian Tone, with such variations as might beer tooccurfimnsths lapse oftime, and cosy of the study of the ancient ...
G. Grove
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The Ecclesiologist
defines a Gregorian Tone for the Psalms as a " melody, or way of reading a psalm musically, in one of the Church Modes." It divides the tones into Simple, which are those ordinarily used for the psalms, and complex such as the Ambrosian Te ...
‎1850
4
The History of Music:
It is highly improbable that a man of the mind and will of Luther would have ever countenanced, in the service of a Church which he desired to make so wholly German, any setting of Gregorian tone-phrases to the newly-written German songs, ...
Emil Naumann, F. A. Gore Ouseley, 2013
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The Liturgies of Saints Mark, James, Clement, Chrysostomos, ...
... Thy Saints, through whose intercession look upon us, 0 God. And remember all (4) The Fourth Gregorian Tot 9 of the Western Church. (* Second Gregorian Tone . who have fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection unto BASIL THE GREAT.
J. M. Neale, 2002
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The Christian Remembrancer
... reprinted from the Christian Remembrancer—Weekly Communion — Reportofthe Lichfield Architectural Society- Redhead's Psalter with the Gregorian Tone* — Beamish'? Letters to Dr. Pusey— Hydropathy —Life of Isaac Milles — Scobell's ...
‎1843
7
Dictionary Visions, Research and Practice: Selected Papers ...
It comes from Grove's Dictionary of Music, which notes: "Mendelssohn employs the term in order to distinguish the Mediation and Ending of a Gregorian Tone from the Dominant, or Reciting Note." The ultimate source language ofmelisma ...
Henrik Gottlieb, Jens Erik Mogensen, 2007
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Magister Choralis
... furnisl'i, for every class of voice, exer— cises of such difiiculty, that even a well- trained chorister, at the first attempt, and without special instruction or Close study of the Gregorian Tone-system, will certainly fail to render them effectively.
F.X. Haberl
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Emperor of the World: Charlemagne and the Construction of ...
Benzo sets the anti-Gregorian tone in the prologue to the first poem, in which he claims to have been inspired on the birthday of Saint Andrew to write about the vices of “Folleprandus Buzi vel Morticio,” one of his various nicknames for his ...
Anne A. Latowsky, 2013
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Offices from the Service-books of the Holy Eastern Church: ...
Nor:-2 39. The tones of the Eastern Church are the same as those eight which we call Gregorian, both in number and order. They are somewhat differently named, as below Latin. Greek. First Gregorian tone figog o/. Second ,, ,, nlofyiov 01'.
Richard Frederick Littledale, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREGORIAN TONE»

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Church Fathers and Church Music
130 A.D.) which was incorporated into a Kyrie in Gregorian tone seven. Yet, there was something unique, glorious, and inspiring about that ... «Catholic World Report, Sep 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gregorian tone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gregorian-tone>. May 2024 ».
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