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Neume

A neume (/njuːm/; sometimes spelled neum) is the basic element of Western and some Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation.

History, Early history & Western plainchant

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Etymology

Early history

Western plainchant

Solesmes notation

Rhythmic interpretation

Illustrations

Other functions

Other types

Digital notation

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Neume

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples151
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
Components1

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Neume

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related to External links · 29
Neume → Accessed January, Accessed June, Accessed November, Archived, Byzantine, David Hiley, Eight Tones Byzantine, Encyclopedia, Ensemble Ison, Grove Music Online, Introduction, It, Janka Szendrei, Latin Neumes, Levy, Liber Usualis, Macy, Mode Oliver Gerlach, NeumSolesmes AbbeyThe Intonation, Notation
related to Solesmes notation · 22
Neume → All, Aquitanian, As, Benedictine, Catholic Church, Chants, Dom André Mocquereau, Dom Joseph Pothier, Gregorian, However, In, Liber Usualis, Martial, Paléographie, Richard Crocker, Solesmes, Some, St, The, There
related to Rhythmic interpretation · 17
Neume → Because, By, Common, Dom Mocquereau, Dom Pothier, Gregorian, Jammers, Jerome, Lipphardt, Middle Ages, Moravia, Music, Musicologist Gustave Reese, Solesmes, Some, The Solesmes, Wagner
related to Western plainchant · 17
Neume → Byzantine, Charlemagne's, Cheironomic, Each, For, Frankish, Iberian, Metz, Mozarabic, Roman, The, There, These, They, This, Various, Western
related to Other types · 16
Neume → Buddhist, Byzantine, Catalan, Christian, Daseian, Ekphonetic, Hispanic, Mozarabic, Neumes, Roman, Slavic, Spain, These, Visigothic, Western, Znamenny Chant
related to Digital notation · 12
Neume → Because, European, Finale, GABC-Syntax, Gall, Gregorio, Lilypond, LuaTeX, Medieval, Some, St, With
related to history · 9
Neume → Although, Aramaic, As, Christian, Greek, Islam, Qur'an, The, This
related to Etymology · 6
Neume → English, Greek, Latin, Middle English, Middle French, The
related to Illustrations · 5
Neume → Basic, Examples, June, Liquescent Aquitanian Neumes, September
related to Clefs · 3
Neume → Chant, Neumes, The

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neumes notation chant notes used music called modern musical syllable interpretation sung early also staff note indicate solesmes century western

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Neumeis aunison plus a third below0.90text
Neumeis apes0.90text
the oriscusinstance ofSpecial neumes0.80text
quilismainstance ofSpecial neumes0.80text
and liquescent neumesinstance ofSpecial neumes0.80text
indicate particular vocal treatments for these notesinstance ofSpecial neumes0.80text
the Liber Usualisinstance ofand developed a standardized form of the square-note notation that was adopted by the Catholic Church and is still in use in publications0.80text
Neumerelated to ClefsNeumes0.60section
Neumerelated to ClefsChant0.60section
Neumerelated to ClefsThe0.60section
Neumerelated to Compound neumesSeveral0.60section
Neumerelated to Compound neumesThese0.60section

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