Examples of chanting

• It is generally accepted that the one pointing up represents talking or chanting, while the opposite is a symbol of throwing seeds.

• They then occupy the site, with a force of chanting, armed settlers expelling the residents.

• Slow handclaps and chanting are, at first, as much an encouragement as a reprimand.

• Singing and chanting imply repeating, reciting, restating fixed compositions.

• Meters are associated with a fixed chanting pattern or tune.

• Bede emphasizes his early study of the arts of writing, chanting, reading and teaching.

• The chanting is uniformly excellent.

• Led by the head lama, a ritual of consecration of the warriors and the dignitaries was performed, which involved chanting of mantras, sprinkling of rice, and holy water.

• Beginning in the ninth century, a special type of notation called 'ekphonetic' was developed to indicate in the lectionaries the formulae used in the chanting of the appointed scriptural pericopes.

• In chanting this meter, participants take an obligatory pause at the downbeat immediately following the fourth syllable, and the fifth syllable must coincide with the following upbeat.

• For example, a group of boys recorded the sounds of a school basketball match complete with the chanting of the supporters and mock-commentary by one of the group.

• Athonite chanting is enjoying something of an explosion at the moment.

• It is also possible to translate the second part of this passage: 'namely, by singing not musically but properly, by chanting and reading distinctly and with restraint'.

• A group was chanting and produced a number of banners which obstructed the view of others.