> Anyone here either know where I can find or can scan and send me some
> examples of chant in the Phrygian mode? (Scans are fine in either
As a note about the Phrygian mode: there are two "variants" of the Phrygian
mode. The "ancient" variant has B as the dominant note, and the "medieval"
variant has C as the dominant note (E is the final of both variants).
Several examples:
Ancient Mode III:
Sanctus, ordinary VI "Kyrie rex genitor" - GR p. 733
Communio "Iustorum Animae" - Common of Martyrs outside easter
GR p. 470
Medieval Mode III:
Pange Lingua from Holy Thurdsday - GR p. 170
(and most traditional Catholic hymnals)
Gloria, ordinary XIV "Iesu Redemptor" - GR p. 757
Offertory "Deus to convertens" - Advent II - GR p. 20
Many chants that were originally written with the B-dominant were altered by
medieval chanters to the C-dominant to "correct" the B-F tritone that was
almost unavoidable.
The opening E-F-D-G-(A)-C pattern is a frequent characteristic of Medieval
chants in Mode 3.
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