Plainsong [noun]

Definition of Plainsong:

sounds that are pleasant, harmonized

Synonyms of Plainsong:

● Soul

● Rap

● Rock

● Melody

● Piece

● Singing

● Tune

● Hymn

● Modern

● Classical

● Song

● Bop

● Chamber

● Jazz

● Measure

● Fusion

● Refrain

● Air

● Strain

● Harmony

● Swing

● Acoustic

● Folk

● Hard rock

● Instrumental

● Popular

● Opera

● Ragtime

● Bebop

● A cappella

● Heavy metal

● Rock and roll


Opposite/Antonyms of Plainsong:

● Silence


Sentence/Example of Plainsong:

Florid music, or all church music that is not Plainsong, or its Lutheran equivalent the chorale-melody.

Descant in music is the melodious accompaniment to a simple theme, the plainsong or ground.

There was a chapel in the house, of a High Anglican kind, where vestments and incense were used, and plainsong sung.

He appears familiar with the plainsong, and has based a symphony and portions of a quartet on Gregorian modes.

And Winchester, too, has all and more than all, the surprise of the plainsong; the better you know it the more you are impressed.

It is therefore of some interest to find that in 1548 the Master at Giggleswick had a knowledge of plainsong as well as grammar.