Modulations, Regular and Conceded

MODULATIONS, REGULAR and CONCEDED. (Lat. Modulationes [vel Clausulæ] regulares et concessœ). The Composer of a Plain Chaunt Melody is not permitted to begin or end, even his intermediate phrases, upon any note he pleases. The last phrase of every Melody must, of necessity, end with the Final of the Mode in which it is written. The first phrase must begin with one or other of a certain set of notes called the Absolute Initials of the Mode. The intermediate phrases can...