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re...do ...for the treble
la...sol... for the bass
These 4 notes form the core of the Introit Puer
With Puer we have a way with 4 strings: D, C, A, G
With other pieces we would other notes ... so other strings
But the Introit is a ceremonial song with a sophisticated musicality
if we look into the deeper layers of the stock play
in the oldest pieces we find modes much simpler
We will listen now to the verse of Vespers which is the oldest part of our stock play
In this piece one level play all structural roles
the Re
here the Re is the recitation note
Then comes the ornament do, re, fa, mi, re, do, mi, re
and the melody ends on Re, all the others notes unfold but do not stay in ear
except the Re of recitation and concluding remains in the ear
its THE note ... the only note of the melody structure
we say of archaic mode
The Re mode
These modes has not only musical interest
because the impact of music on our physiology and our psychology is different
the ancients had noticed that the various notes produced an atmosphere, a different climate
we say of ETHOS
The first mode had the ethos : SERIOUS
The second mode was: SAD
The third mode was: MYSTIC
and so on for the other
Music therapy has shown that this concept is very important
for psychology, but also for prayer and contemplation
This way the song flows from the Latin word is fundamental
This is the heart of the Gregorian composition
so we will consider a second example a little longer
the anthem: venite benedicti Patris mei :Come ye blessed of my Father enter into the possession of the the Kingdom
every word was treated as a small melodic curve
For the text take his true artistic dimension
It requires a basic LEGATO to make the unity of the word
and for the unity of the sentence that will link words
and for the idea can be expressed in the song
the legato is of primary importance
but it is not contradictory to make some differences: Distinguish to unite said Dom Gajard
words must have their unit but also be separate from each other
and all work is required to do that Legato does not eliminate the distinction between words