accen’tus

L. Portion(s) of the ritual song of the Church, chanted by the priest at the altar; in contradistinction to the Concentus, sung by the a istants or choir. A. ecclesiastic i, L. Melodic formulae used in the Church in reciting, the collects, etc. They correspond with the comma, semicolon, interrogation, etc., of ordinary writing, and are of seven kinds, called immutab’ilis, monotone, me'dius, a minor third; grav’is, a fifth; acu’tus, sol mi mi sol; moder a’- tus, rising a second and returning; interrogati'vus, falling a second and returning; finai’is, sol la sol fa mi re—thus closing in the Dorian key. Acce is’ten, G. Unpaid choristers. acce ory notes. The subordinate notes of an ornament.