Octoecos - Octoecos

Japanese: オクトエーコス - おくとえーこす
Octoecos - Octoecos

...The system of modes (which developed especially in the 13th and 14th centuries) suggests modes, onsets, intervals, rhythms, and dynamics, and is largely reproducible musically even today. These religious songs are based on eight diatonic modes (octoechos), four authentic and four plagal. This system of modes, which originated in the Jewish Church (synagogue) and the early Christian churches of Syria and Palestine, was eventually introduced to the Roman Catholic Church (Western Church) in the second half of the 8th century, and had a decisive influence on the establishment of church modes.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくに13~14世紀に発展)は,旋法,開始音,音程,リズム,ダイナミズムなどを示唆しており,現代でもその音楽的再現はおおかた可能である。これらの宗教歌は,正格・変格それぞれ4種,計8種の全音階的旋法(オクトエーコスoktōēchos)によっている。源流をユダヤ教会(シナゴーグ)やシリア,パレスティナの初期キリスト教会に発するこの旋法体系は,やがて8世紀後半には,ローマ・カトリック教会(西方教会)へもたらされ,その教会旋法の成立に決定的な影響を及ぼした。…

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