Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name)
5. musical compositions
6. songs (musical compositions)
7. chants

Anotations

Scope note:

Monophonic liturgical music in use in the Ethiopian national church; chants are sung in the Geez (Ethiopic) language. Although the liturgy of this church is eclectic with particularly strong influence from the Egyptian Coptic Church, the chant repertory is almost exclusively of indigenous Ethiopian heritage.