It goes beyond the abilities of the performers It interferes with the movement of the rite. The 1976 Convention changed Canon 6 from clerical leaders having all authority in the administration of matters pertaining to music to the minister together with a skilled musician should make appropriate decisions about music. Stay in a person s mind after the service. They can take it home with them. They are sung by the leader alone to give the other singers an idea of the tune, the pitch and the tempo so that at the end of the first phrase they may join in accordingly.
Special care is needed when the psalm being sung has an uneven number of verses.
Noted placed vertically on the musical staff and intended to sound simultaneously. The single chant carries the text for 1 two-part psalm verse. The double chant is twice as long and carries the text for 2 two-part psalm verses. Normally, all join in singing at the beginning of the 2 nd half of the 1 st verse and continue together through the section. The Gregorian or plainsong psalm-tone is completed at the end of the 2 halves of a single psalm verse.