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'''Chant''' (from Old French chanter[1]) is the [[rhythmic]] speaking or singing of [[words]] or [[sound]]s, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting [[tones]]. Chants may range from a simple [[melody]] involving a limited set of [[notes]] to highly [[complex]] [[music]]al [[structures]], often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant]. Chant may be considered [[speech]], [[music]], or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).[2]

'''Chant''' (from Old French chanter[1]) is the [[rhythmic]] speaking or singing of [[words]] or [[sound]]s, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting [[tones]]. Chants may range from a simple [[melody]] involving a limited set of [[notes]] to highly [[complex]] [[music]]al [[structures]], often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant Gregorian chant]. Chant may be considered [[speech]], [[music]], or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).[2]