In chant,a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate,or by extension,the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches.In Gregorian chant,reciting tones are used for a number of contexts,including the chanting of psalm tones.Each mode has its own associated psalm tone,whose primary pitch is variously called the dominant,tenor,or tuba."Reciting tone" can refer to the repeated pitch in isolation or to the entire melodic formula for which that pitch is a structural note.