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In musical notation with neumes what element of music is determined by text?
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∙ 7y ago
Rhythm was determined by the text.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoMostly just relative pitch, but in some cases durations of notes as well.
There were various types of neumes used, depending on the century; they started as squiggles and evolved into square notes and then into square notes on a line. By the 10th century square notes represented the pitch of the melody on a one to four lined staff where the up/down axis works the same as in standard notation. However, it is not exact pitches (like A to C), but relative movement throughout a mode (like La to Do). Certain symbols do correspond to duration (long notes, doubled durations), but mostly the exact rhythms depend on the style or period of the piece and that style's interpretation (and scholars disagree on some of these points).
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∙ 9y agoRhythm was determined by the text.
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∙ 12y agoMelody in plainchant
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Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called?
Neumes - Early musical notation signs; square notes on a four-line staff. Source: Definition taken from The Enjoyment of Music, 11th Edition - 2011
What was the earliest notated European music?
The earliest known notated European music is believed to have been the Gregorian Chant. Scholar and music theorist Isidore of Seville, writing in the early 7th ... known as neumes; the earliest surviving musical notation of this type is in the ... Notation had developed far enough to notate melody.
What do neumes on colored lines show?
monks who are experts in the singing of Gregorian Chant.
What shape were neumes?
It depends what kind of neumes you are talking about. The most common, and latest developed type of neumes were rectangular or square (as opposed to modern notes, which are oval or round). The square neumes were the kind that were written on a staff. Before they existed, however, there were "in campo aperto neumes", which literally means "in an open field". This means there was no staff, and they were just kind of free floating. Those looked more like old fashioned short hand than anything else. They gradually developed into the square neumes.
Gregorian Chant was originally notated with?
They were notated with neumes.
The symbols used in the earliest form of European musical notation were called?
neumes (apex) =D
What has the author Mary Joachim Holthaus written?
Mary Joachim Holthaus has written: 'Beneventan notation in the Vatican manuscripts' -- subject(s): Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Manuscripts, Music, Musical Paleography, Neumes, Paleography, Musical
Early notation suggested melodic contours using small ascending and descending signs called?
Neumes - Early musical notation signs; square notes on a four-line staff. Source: Definition taken from The Enjoyment of Music, 11th Edition - 2011
The small marks used to indicate melodic pitches sung over a single syllable were called?
Those are called "neumes." Neumes are notation symbols used in early music manuscripts to represent melodic patterns in vocal music.
What has the author Robertus de Handlo written?
Robertus de Handlo has written: 'Robert de Handlo' -- subject(s): Music theory, Mensural notation, Musical notation, History 'Regule =' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Music theory, Neumes
Which musical form is best characterized by modal scales nonmetrical rhythm and the absence of harmony?
neumes
What was the earliest notated European music?
The earliest known notated European music is believed to have been the Gregorian Chant. Scholar and music theorist Isidore of Seville, writing in the early 7th ... known as neumes; the earliest surviving musical notation of this type is in the ... Notation had developed far enough to notate melody.
What has the author Ewald Jammers written?
Ewald Jammers has written: 'Aufzeichnungsweisen der einstimmigen ausserliturgischen Musik des Mittelalters' -- subject(s): History, Music theory, Musical notation 'Der mittelalterliche Choral' -- subject(s): Gregorian chants, Church music, Catholic Church, History and criticism 'Der gregorianische Rhythmus' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Gregorian chants, History and criticism, Musical Paleography, Musical meter and rhythm, Neumes, Paleography, Musical
What do neumes on colored lines show?
monks who are experts in the singing of Gregorian Chant.
What shape were neumes?
It depends what kind of neumes you are talking about. The most common, and latest developed type of neumes were rectangular or square (as opposed to modern notes, which are oval or round). The square neumes were the kind that were written on a staff. Before they existed, however, there were "in campo aperto neumes", which literally means "in an open field". This means there was no staff, and they were just kind of free floating. Those looked more like old fashioned short hand than anything else. They gradually developed into the square neumes.
What are neumes?
marks indicating the contour of a chant melody.
Gregorian Chant was originally notated with?
They were notated with neumes.
