monotonous singing
1Floating (psychological phenomenon) — Floating, in a psychological context, means slipping (back) into altered states of mind. People who leave a cult or sect that emphasizes chanting, meditation, monotonous singing etc. in order to reach a trance like state (such as Hare Krishna)… …
2Deprivation and Overstimulation — Rhythmic dancing, monotonous singing, chanting and drumming, prolonged fasting, hyperventilation, flagellation and other forms of pain, and light deprivation all mark ways in which shamans may deprive or stimulate the senses in order to induce …
3Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …
4sing|song — «SIHNG SNG, SONG», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a monotonous, up and down rhythm: »In childhood singsong is not a defect; it is simply the first form of rhythmical sensibility (C. S. Lewis). 2. a monotonous tone or sound in speaking: »... the… …
5Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
6mon|o|tone — «MON uh tohn», noun, adjective, verb, toned, ton|ing. –n. 1. sameness of tone, of style of writing, or of color: »the annoying blaring monotone of a stuck car horn. Figurative. Its [science s] history is a monotone of endurance and destruction… …
7MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …
8chant — chantable, adj. chantingly, adv. /chant, chahnt/, n. 1. a short, simple melody, esp. one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services. 2. a psalm …
9arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
10chant — /tʃænt / (say chant), /tʃant / (say chahnt) noun 1. a song; singing. 2. a short, simple melody, specifically one characterised by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing the psalms, canticles, etc., in …
