eee Rules for Interpretation, ‘ounded of like an arch snot heavy or strongly stead, is arsc and wot inti, ‘We shall not be surprisad to” mect frequently ta Plainsong acceated syllables (Sutside and independent of the isles or Fhylhmic sep. (2) ndoed Ue Plinac ast pls ofthe glen age cll atert hi aiependens, “And ths PECs msc, lac wih the geno of the Latin language and the an proagacation and accentualion so much desire by Pius X- place the fetus or Fhythmic step aluaye and necesarly 09 the aocebtd eylable, 2s modern ‘musicians are wont to don another iam, would be, we maintain, to spol the fhythm and melody, accent and words of our venerable melodies. VIL, — The basis of plainsong rhythm. ‘We have already defined the rythm of Plinsong a8 a movement ofthe voice wherein lt rnc al falsin onder fasion, It in’ tceimeiacing of Snary ind ternary groups of stesso wel Balanced att convey t, and predace inthe Sind "ce of oder the sua opr.» We can en ith th Seder in variety inal foros fart, ined io nate tes To the mind's Saight. Rhythm of exer kind. moves stepwise, bo not necsarly with aed ‘evianical_reguorty. A that ib cwental iis proportion, Balanced ovement and repr rise an! al, the due correlation axe nterdependence af Fie rosin Havoc white al fee shyt the sap ok “The Plsinsong. composers — mosch lag the interpreters — did not create this sty they ou teins eady in eater, i the Lain pre tet ‘which their music i intended to lathe and adorn. We must never love ight af fhe fact that Plainsong is vocal Latin music, for this ia the Key to. the fderstanding of ils rithmic and mlodie structure, Tt hab been grafted 0 Sd hs sprang out of the natural rhythm and. melody of the Latin words, ‘Phrases, sections, and periods for whi thas been writen. Tn the Latin word the accented syllable isthe wt arsc lement; the nal and weak: penultimate sylatio are so, relatively weak, and thetic, Thus theres Peteote and rps aya oan cowry in inner wap Wordnof “lables often intermingle with Use af three slate thereby gi irkt} and inert toe gti of HERE. oe _. Cir-dibus ob-stis quak-sicmis Dé-mi-ne grictram tie am Cy rae Tay be-ni-gnus in-filo-de. ‘Each word i in tla small rhythm which ends with the endings ofthe words, ‘A sioorssion of thie mal yt erates the seal meacare, the te from one 1 Thee Ae SEs ii Wee ee agen ag ott pat Seach labia beter of oes pat a wea Festina a | se SE wrt hatann, EERE me tei a roe