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===Monastic music===
===Monastic music===
Medieval Mărotlian monastic chanting used much simpler scales than court music:
Medieval Mărotlian monastic chanting used much simpler scales than court music:
*Overtone scales: overtones 5 to 10, 6 to 12, or 7 to 14. May be sung over a drone.
*Overtone scales: modes of overtones 5 to 10 (E G Bb C D E), 6 to 12 (G Bb C D E F), or 7 to 14. May be sung over a drone.
*Undertone scales: undertones 5 to 10 or 6 to 12.
*Undertone scales: modes undertones 5 to 10 or 6 to 12.
*Hexanies: usually
*Hexanies: usually
** 1 3 5 9: modes of 1/1 9/8 5/4 3/2 5/3 15/8 2/1 (C D E G A B C)
** 1 3 5 9: modes of 1/1 9/8 5/4 3/2 5/3 15/8 2/1 (C D E G A B C)
** 1 3 7 9: modes of 1/1 9/8 7/6 21/16 3/2 7/4 2/1 (C D Eb F G Bb C)
** 1 3 7 9: modes of 1/1 9/8 7/6 21/16 3/2 7/4 2/1 (C D Eb F G Bb C)