Noun antiphonal - bound collection of antiphons antiphonary
church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies Adj.antiphonal - containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter" responsive
antiphonal psalmody
antiphonal psalmody
The service in the church included hymns and psalms, recited antiphonally.
Antiphonal
An antiphonary is an alternative term for an antiphonal, a book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy.
Jose Del Castillo has written: 'Antiphonal earth'
Some words that rhyme with "unoriginal" include aboriginal, antiphonal, ceremonial.
The term that describes the alternation between two choirs is "antiphonal." This musical technique involves one choir singing a phrase followed by the other choir, creating a dialogue-like effect. Antiphonal singing is often used in choral and liturgical settings to enhance the auditory experience.
The shape of most churches provides the necessary space for two or more choirs.
An antiphone is a response which one side of a choir makes to another side in an alternating or call-and-response chant.
Antiphonal singing is a secular performance technique similar to responsorial psalmody. In antiphonal singing, two or more groups alternate in singing phrases or verses, much like the call and response format of responsorial psalmody. This technique is commonly used in various genres of music, such as traditional African music or modern choral works.
SATB and other acronyms indicate individual parts, in that case one each of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Usually SATB divisi (or just div) is used to indicate SSAATTBB, while antiphonal SATB choirs are listed as SATB/SATB.