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neume
[ noom, nyoom ]
/ num, nyum /
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noun
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Origin of neume
1400â50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin neuma<Greek pneĂ»ma breath
OTHER WORDS FROM neume
neu·mat·ic [noo-mat-ik, nyoo-], /nuËmĂŠt ÉȘk, nyu-/, neumic, adjectiveWords nearby neume
Neufeld capsular swelling, Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, neuk, Neumann, neume, NeumĂŒnster, Neupest, neur-, neural, neural arch
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How to use neume in a sentence
The earliest form of notation of which we have any knowledge is called the Neume notation.
How Music Developed|W. J. HendersonNeume, nƫm, n. a succession of notes to be sung to one syllable, a sequence: an old sign for a tone or a phrase.
British Dictionary definitions for neume
neume
neum
/ (njuËm) /
noun
music one of a series of notational symbols used before the 14th century
Derived forms of neume
neumic, adjectiveWord Origin for neume
C15: from Medieval Latin neuma group of notes sung on one breath, from Greek pneuma breath
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