Psalmodia

Japanese: psalmodia

…Jesus shared the Last Supper with his disciples before his crucifixion, and it is said that "after they had sung hymns, they went out to the Mount of Olives." It is believed that the songs sung here were the psalmodia from the Old Testament. Throughout the early Christian era, the center of Christianity was mainly in the eastern Mediterranean region (the Orient), and various traditions of liturgical chant, each with its own local color, such as Syriac chant, Armenian chant, Coptic chant, and Byzantine chant, were formed, along with the addition of newly created hymns (hymnos). …

From the Psalms

…Therefore, it is safe to say that the singing of the Psalms is the basis of Gregorian chant. In the Roman liturgy, the Psalms are sung in unison according to a formula called psalmodia. A distinction is made between (1) simple psalm chanting, (2) responsorial psalm chanting, and (3) antiphonal psalm chanting. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "psalmodia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イエスは十字架につく前に弟子たちと最後の晩餐をともにし，〈彼らは，さんびを歌った後，オリーブ山へ出かけて行った〉とある。ここで歌われたのは，旧約聖書の《詩篇》の歌(プサルモディアpsalmodia)であったと考えられる。その後，初期キリスト教の時代を通じて，キリスト教の中心は主として地中海の東方(オリエント)にあり，新たに作られる賛歌(ヒュムノスhymnos)の類を加えながら，シリア聖歌，アルメニア聖歌，コプト聖歌，ビザンティン聖歌など，それぞれ地方色をもつ典礼聖歌の伝統が形づくられていった。…