The cantus firmus, or tenor, "holds" the original chant, while the other parts develop complex melismas on the vowels.

If either of them paralleled an original chant for too long (depending on the mode) a tritone would result.

Many of the original Hawaiian hula chants, together with Emerson's descriptions of how they were danced in the nineteenth century.

These polyphonic arrangements usually incorporate elements of the original chant.

The practice of keeping a slow moving "tenor" line continued into secular music, and the words of the original chant survived in some cases, as well.

But nobody appreciates the Giants' current defense more than those Giants who inspired the original "dee-fense, dee-fense" chant.

In the first publication, the original Sevillan chants appear alongside their polyphonic elaborations.

Student Organizations perform step and dance moves to original chants and lyrics; a panel of judges selects the top three teams.

Wagner had taken many liberties with the original chants.

For an 1860 English charivari against a wife-beater, someone wrote an original chant which the crowd was happy to adopt: