neume
9.9
A mark used in old music to show the tune
- noun
- /njuːm/
- Archaic
:
neuma
- The ancient manuscript included various neumes that indicated the melodic patterns to be sung.
Examples
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Show the students examples of Gregorian chant notation and practice common neumes.
Academic text (2003) -
Find neumes in the "Credo."
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Have the class choose one neume notation "Alleluia" from among those presented in Strategy 2 and write it on the board.
Academic text (2003) -
Neume.
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In early music classes, students often study how to read neume notation during lessons on Gregorian chant.
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As part of their music theory assignment, the students analyzed different neumes used in medieval compositions.
Synonyms
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9.9
A mark used in books and music to show meaning or special instructions
is a specific early musical notation symbol showing how a melody should be sung
Surface Forms
Etymology
Neume comes from the Greek word pneuma, which means 'breath', and from the Medieval Latin neuma. So a neume is like a small mark that tells singers how the melody moves and where to shape their breath.