What is Neume?
[[Image:gregorian chant.gif|frame|A sample of the Kýrie Eléison (Orbis Factor) from the ''Liber Usualis''.]] A '''Neume''' is a way to write [[music]]. Neumes were mainly in the [[Middle Ages]] before the modern system of [[musical notation]] was developed. Sometimes they are also called '''neum''' in English.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eg3HCEqhV-8C Dom Gregory Sunol, Textbook of Gregorian Chant According to the Solesmes Method 2003] {{ISBN|0766172414}}, 9780766172418</ref><ref>[http://www.musicasacra.com/pdf/chantsofchurch.pdf Chants of the Church]</ref><ref>[http://www.musicasacra.com/pdf/liberusualis.pdf Liber Usualis]</ref> Neumes are different from modern notation: *There is no exact idea of how high or low tune should be sung; there are only indications. *Neumes do not show [[rhythm]], extra symbols are used to show rhythm or [[intonation]] Today, neumes are still used for some chants in Christian Churches, especially [[Catholicism|Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] ones ==References== {{reflist}} [[File:Kyrie_XI_%28Orbis_Factor%29_sample.ogg|Listen to it interpreted.]] {{music-stub}} [[Category:Musical notation]]