rhythmic chanting
Patterned vocal repetition
Rhythmic chanting is the repetition of words, phrases, or sounds in a steady, patterned cadence.
It appears in religious and spiritual practices—monks chanting prayers, protesters chanting slogans, crowds at sporting events.
The rhythm creates a collective pulse that can induce focus, unity, or trance-like states: The rhythmic chanting of the demonstrators echoed through the streets.
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
- work songMusic paced to labor
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
psalmody · oral tradition · cadence · throat singing · hymnody · vibration · hum · war cry · drum · drum circle · steady beat · song · om · pulse · incantation · monks · congregation · call and response