Euouae
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thumb|350px|right|A psalm-tone setting of the Gloria Patri in [[neumes, with two alternative melodies for the words indicated with the abbreviation Euouae.]]
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thumb|350px|right|A psalm-tone setting of the Gloria Patri in [[neumes, with two alternative melodies for the words indicated with the abbreviation Euouae.]]
Euouae ( ; sometimes spelled Evovae) is an abbreviation used as a musical mnemonic in Latin psalters and other liturgical books of the Roman Rite. It stands for the syllables of the Latin words , taken from the Gloria Patri, a Christian doxology that concludes with the phrase . The mnemonic is used to notate the variable melodic endings () of psalm tones in Gregorian chant.
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