Cantillation

For the Australian vocal group, see Cantillation (ensemble).

Cantillation is the ritual chanting of prayers and responses.^[1][2] It often specifically refers to Jewish Hebrew cantillation. Cantillation sometimes refers to diacritics used in texts that are to be chanted in liturgy.

Cantillation includes:

• Chant
  • Byzantine chant
  • Gallican chant
  • Gregorian chant
  • Old Roman chant
  • Syriac chant
  • Vedic chant
• Hebrew cantillation
• Vietnamese cantillation
• Tajwid (recitation of the Qur'an)