Church music, at the beginning, probably adopted the form from the Jewish kingdom intact, that is, singing hymns and reciting the Bible, which can be imagined as pure vocal music. Religious music has always been dominated by vocal music because vocal music has lyrics. On the contrary, instrumental music mainly developed as secular music.
Roman music
The word "Roman style" mainly comes from the architectural terms of that era. Romanesque music is one of the greatest commemorative cultural relics in the world art history. This kind of music has neither harmony nor accompaniment. It is characterized by chorus and produces a solemn sense of harmony through the echo of the church patio. Its quaint and beautiful religious feelings are completely consistent with Roman-style church buildings.
Romanesque music is one of the important musical forms in this period in the Middle Ages, and its representative is Gregorian chant, which is a typical Catholic music. In the long Middle Ages, Gregory Chant played the most important role in music, which was a pure single melody singing. In Gregorian chant, there are four church modes and their variant styles: Dorian mode, Phrygia mode, Lydia mode and mixed Lydia mode. /kloc-Ionian mode and aria mode appeared in the 0/6th century, further forming today's scales. In the era of Gregory I, Rome established a school called "Singing Class", which can be regarded as one of the earliest music schools in the world.
Ambrosius (340-397) collected songs sung in churches, formulated four church mode scales composed of seven tones for church music, and created the form of duets. In hymns, the relationship between lyrics and language situation, tone and rhythm is solved in an ideal form, and they naturally and perfectly express religious feelings, which can be regarded as a summary of the music art of this era.