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.
it is either the shape of pitch or the shape of rhythm.
They were notated with neumes.
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monks who are experts in the singing of Gregorian Chant.
Neumes - Early musical notation signs; square notes on a four-line staff. Source: Definition taken from The Enjoyment of Music, 11th Edition - 2011
it is either the shape of pitch or the shape of rhythm.
Those are called "neumes." Neumes are notation symbols used in early music manuscripts to represent melodic patterns in vocal music.
They were notated with neumes.
marks indicating the contour of a chant melody.
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monks who are experts in the singing of Gregorian Chant.
monks who are experts in the singing of Gregorian Chant.
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Pope Gregory founds schola cantorum Schools for church music are established Gregorian chant established as the standard Development of neumes