se quence

[Fr., from Lat. sequent i a =a following, from sequens, pr. par. of sequor =to follow; Ital. sequenza.] IMG:content-1230.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Music : The recurrence of a harmonic progres sion or melodic figure at a different pitch or in a different key to that in which it was first given. A tonal or diatonic sequence is when no modulation takes place. A chromatic or real sequence takes place when the recurrence of a phrase at an exact interval causes a change of key. 2. Roman Ritual : A rhythm sometimes sung between the Epistle and the Gospel. At first it was merely a prolongation of the last note of the Alleluia, but afterward appropriate words were substi tuted. When the Roman Mi al was revised in the sixteenth century, only four of the existing sequences were retained: Victimæ Paschal i, for Easter; Veni , Sancte Spiritus , for Pentecost: Lauda , Sion , for Corpus Christ i; and the Dies Iræ , for Ma es of the Dead. The Stabat Mater , for the Feast of the Seven Dolors, is of later date. se-quent, adj. & subst. [Lat. sequens, pr. par. of sequor to follow.] IMG:content-1231.png:[blocks in formation] B. As substantive: 1. A follower. 3629 "He hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's." Snakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, iv. 2. 2. That which follows as a result; a sequel, a sequence. sẽ-quen-tial (ti as sh), a. [Eng. sequent; -ial.] Being in succe ion; succeeding, following. sẽ quential-lỹ (ti as sh), adv. [Eng. sequential; ly. By sequence or succe ion.