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When Is Neume Used?

Maya Lin-Takahashi • • 6 min read
When Is Neume Used?

Neume, in musical notation, a sign for one or a group of successive musical pitches

musical pitches
Sounds are higher or lower in pitch according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them. A high frequency (e.g., 880 hertz [Hz; cycles per second]) is perceived as a high pitch and a low frequency (e.g., 55 Hz) as a low pitch.
, predecessor of modern musical notes.

What is the use of neume notation?

6.3. Neume Notation. Most neume notation is used to set music to an existing text. The syllable is the fundamental unit of structure, with the neumes themselves serving as a means of “sonifying” the text.

What period uses neume notation?

Around the 9th century neumes began to become shorthand mnemonic aids for the proper melodic recitation of chant. A prevalent view is that neumatic notation was first developed in the Eastern Roman Empire.

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