... also suggested he wrote and composed many of the melodies. This music was named "Gregorian Chant". The music itself at this time was usually one line, unaccompanied melodies with very free rhythms. It was also sung in Latin. This kind of music was called "Plainchant". It was actually one of the few types of western music without a feeling of a beat or ... "Polyphony" started around 1000 a.d. Polyphony was using more than one line of melodies at a time. This almost gave a whole new texture to music. Later harmony became more sophisticated, using other notes in the chord. Families also us...

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