Mode VII

Introit and Communion verses are build around a RECITATION tone, an INTONATION (repeated with a slight variation), a MEDIATION, and a TERMINATION (ignore the “Flex” for now):

Mode 7 Recit-Inton-Medi-Termination

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RECITATION (here we use the 220 Hertz frequency for our “RÉ” Recitation note):

INTONATION:

MEDIATION:

SECOND INTONATION:

TERMINATION:

Hear below the how the “Gloria Patri” sounds as we put Intonation, Recitation, Mediation and Termination together:

Gloria Patri Mode 7

Recitation at approximately 220 hz (A3):

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IN THE BENEDICTINE PSALTER (SOLEMNES MONASTERY):

USING PSALM TONE 7 WITH THE “ROSSINI PROPER”

Download example of Rossini Proper in seventh tone (Offertory antiphons from Epiphany to Septuagesima): rossini p9 off-com EP to SEPT

Listen to Rossini Offertory antiphon for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany.

OTHER EXAMPLES OF USE OF PSALM TONE 7 AT MASS:

PW1651 Comm OT31
PW1653 ComVerse OT31

 

EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLIFIED MODE 7 TONE USED FOR THE VERSE OF THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM:

OT24C respons ENG