Plainchant is a kind of medieval church music which includes chorusing or words which are sung, without any instrumental complement. It is also called plainsong.
Plainchant is similar to the Gregorian Chant, which we have confronted while studying about early music forms. Gregorian Chant is a modification of plainchant which is a simplistic kind of music is the conventional recitative. Recitative songs are governed by a single pitch, proclaimed as the reciting tone.
Plainchant developed principally for use in services of worship.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Since the very beginning of the religion of Christianity, 'chanting' has been a part of the methods of practicing and manifesting faith. These chants, as the Western and the Eastern Orthodox Churches started emerging, were started to be used to construct plainsongs called 'plainchants' to make the practice of chanting more melodious and pleasant. This practice of playing plainchants is limited to only a few churches.
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