From: Rosemary McNaughton
To: vocalist
Subject: Re: Gregorian Chant
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Janis -

Those symbols indicate sections of the music - the verse and the
refrain, or responsory. Typically a soloist would sing the verse and
the choir the refrain. There's more information on responsorial music
in the Encyclopedia Brittanica "responsory" entry.

-Rosemary

>I am doing a song called "Salve Regina" and there are a couple of things on
>the song that I don't know. There is a symbol of an R with a 7 going through
>the bottom of it. Also there is a V with a line going through the first part
>of the V almost making it look like an X.