Chant

Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant.

In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).

Tibetan Buddhist chant involves throat singing, where multiple pitches are produced by each performer.

The concept of chanting mantras is of particular significance in many Hindu traditions and other closely related Indian religions.

The Hare Krishna movement is based especially on the chanting of Sanskrit Names of God in the Vaishnava tradition and is sung from the Dan tien (or lower abdomen)—the locus of power in Eastern traditions.