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A chant (from French chanter, [1] from Latin cantare, "to sing") [2] is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.
A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. [ 1 ]
In the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, a cantor, also called a chanter (Greek: ψάλτης, romanized: psaltes, lit. 'singer'; Church Slavonic: пѣвецъ, romanized: pievets), is a monk or a lay person in minor orders who chants responses and hymns in the services of the church. [8]
Leçons de solfège à chanter (Solfege Singing Lessons) 5 wordless pieces high voice and piano 1934: published 2001; originally part of an anthology series Vocalise-Étude ("Vocalisation Study") soprano and piano 1935: orchestrated as 2nd mvt of Concert à quatre in 1991 Poèmes pour Mi (Poems for Mi) song cycle soprano and piano 1936 ...
The chanter pipes may be designed to be played separately, one with each hand, or the two chanters may be played in unison (as in most Arabic bagpipes). One chanter may provide a drone accompaniment to the other, or the two chanters may play in a harmony of thirds and sixths (as in the northern Italian Müsa and central-southern Italian zampogna).
The verb later transformed to *haveō in many Romance languages (but etymologically Spanish haber), resulting in irregular indicative present forms *ai, *as, and *at (all first-, second- and third-person singular), but ho, hai, ha in Italian and -pp-(appo) in Logudorese Sardinian in present tenses.
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On the other hand, "chantey" or "shanty" sound with a "eee"; something that often happens when an Englishman (or anyone who speaks English and not French) tries to say "chanter". So basically, I'm just pointing out the VERY OBVIOUS CONNECTION between the French verb "chanter" (meaning "to sing"), and the English noun "Chantey".