Eight Tones
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Eight Tones is a liturgical musical system of eight modes used in Eastern Christian chant traditions to organize and perform hymns throughout the worship cycle.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Christian chant tradition
ⓘ
liturgical musical system ⓘ modal system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
liturgical year
ⓘ
worship cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alleluia verses
ⓘ
Prokeimena NERFINISHED ⓘ Theotokion hymns ⓘ resurrectional troparia ⓘ |
| basedOn | octoechos system ⓘ |
| cycleLength | 8 weeks ⓘ |
| determines |
cadential patterns
ⓘ
melodic formulas ⓘ reciting tones ⓘ |
| developedIn | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Octoechos liturgical book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
Divine Liturgy hymns
ⓘ
Matins chant ⓘ Sunday resurrectional hymns ⓘ Vespers chant ⓘ weekday services ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Byzantine chant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Tone 1
ⓘ
Tone 2 ⓘ Tone 3 ⓘ Tone 4 ⓘ Tone 5 ⓘ Tone 6 ⓘ Tone 7 ⓘ Tone 8 ⓘ |
| influenced | later Slavic chant books ⓘ |
| organizes | hymns ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Byzantine Octoechos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gregorian eight-mode system ⓘ Slavic Obikhod chant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
canons
ⓘ
kontakia ⓘ liturgical chant ⓘ psalmody ⓘ stichera ⓘ troparia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine Rite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox chant traditions ⓘ |
| variesBy |
language of worship
ⓘ
local chant tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.