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<font face="EB Garamond">I don't know... chant musics are frequently
intended to bring on a trance in the listener. Chants are used in
the ritualistic events that underpin certain cultures, traditions,
religions, etc.<br>
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I've been brought to places while in a deep focus (aided by chant
musics) that parallel experiences I've had on psychoactive drugs.<br>
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In that sense, Eno's description is sort of perfect to me.
Gregorian chant was used to induce religious focus, so the music
itself does sort of fall out of primary consideration when "used"
correctly.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/20 11:06 AM, Paul Davis wrote:<br>
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Depends on if you consider "ambient" to mean only
instrumental music. <br>
Gregorian and other chant (I live in Hawaii, we have our own
chant <br>
tradition) are meant to communicate meaning/feelings through
words. In <br>
my opinion, they're also not meant for "background"
listening, the way I <br>
think of a lot of ambient music.<br>
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historical performers of Gregorian chant (a distinctly
religious music tradition) would likely be rather annoyed
to be considered "as ignorable as it is listenable" (the
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