来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第15集 第15集》

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  that's syllabic chant.
  称为音节式圣歌
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  More complex chant
  更加复杂的用来表达个人情感
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  for moments of personal feeling and reflection,
  或者引发思考的
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  that's melismatic chant.
  称为花腔式的圣歌
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  Let's take an example here.
  我举个例子
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  I have my venerable Liber Usualis up here,
  我这里有一本珍贵的《常用歌咏集》
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  and I'm going to sing the Alleluia for Easter Sunday
  我将把复活节颂歌唱出来
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  at least I'm going to try to sing it.
  至少我会尝试着唱出来
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  And it's an example of a melismatic chant
  这是很好的花腔式圣歌的例子
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  and you'll notice one syllable here,
  你们能注意到
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  "ah" is conveyed by probably thirty notes.
  "啊"这个字覆盖了大约三十个音符
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  So that's a melismatic chant,
  这就是花腔式圣歌