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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NEUME

From Medieval Latin neuma group of notes sung on one breath, from Greek pneuma breath.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NEUME

neume  [njuːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEUME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neume is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEUME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Neume

A neume is the basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation. The word is a Middle English corruption of the Greek word for breath. The earliest neumes were inflective marks which indicated the general shape but not necessarily the exact notes or rhythms to be sung. Later developments included the use of heightened neumes which showed the relative pitches between neumes, and the creation of a four-line musical staff that identified particular pitches. Neumes do not generally indicate rhythm, but additional symbols were sometimes juxtaposed with neumes to indicate changes in articulation, duration, or tempo. Neumatic notation was later used in medieval music to indicate certain patterns of rhythm called rhythmic modes, and eventually evolved into modern musical notation. Neumatic notation remains standard in modern editions of plainchant.

Definition of neume in the English dictionary

The definition of neume in the dictionary is one of a series of notational symbols used before the 14th century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEUME


assume
əˈsjuːm
consume
kənˈsjuːm
costume
ˈkɒstjuːm
Douglas-Home
ˈdʌɡləsˈhjuːm
exhume
ɛksˈhjuːm
Fayum
faɪˈjuːm
fume
fjuːm
Hulme
hjuːm
Hume
hjuːm
legume
ˈlɛɡjuːm
legumes
ˈlɛɡjuːm
Leverhulme
ˈliːvəˌhjuːm
neum
njuːm
perfume
ˈpɜːfjuːm
presume
prɪˈzjuːm
reassume
ˌriːəˈsjuːm
resume
rɪˈzjuːm
spume
spjuːm
subsume
səbˈsjuːm
volume
ˈvɒljuːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEUME

neuk
neum
Neumann
neumatic
neumic
neural
neural chip
neural computer
neural net
neural network
neural tube
neural tube defect
neuralgia
neuralgic
neurally
neuraminidase
neurasthenia
neurastheniac
neurasthenic
neurasthenically

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEUME

blood volume
brume
Fiume
flume
glume
grume
heaume
illume
molar volume
national costume
nom de plume
noms de plume
omnibus volume
period costume
plume
relume
sales volume
specific volume
swimming costume
tidal volume

Synonyms and antonyms of neume in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neume» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEUME

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The translations of neume from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neume» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

neume
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neuma
570 millions of speakers

English

neume
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neume
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

neume
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

neume
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

neuma
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Translator English - Bengali

neume
260 millions of speakers

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neume
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neume
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neume
180 millions of speakers

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neume
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

neume
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neume
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

neume
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

neume
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Neume
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neume
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

neuma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neume
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

neume
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neume
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neume
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

neume
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

neume
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neume

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEUME»

The term «neume» is normally little used and occupies the 131.823 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEUME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neume» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neume» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neume

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEUME»

Discover the use of neume in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neume and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Armenian Neume System of Notation: Study and Analysis
In the early Byzantine neume notation system (9501200) such syllables existed and comparative investigation with later systems has shown that they indicated repeated notes. In the middle Byzantine neume system (1100—1450), a specific  ...
R. A. At'ayan, Vrej N. Nersessian, 2013
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Notation Musicale: Partition, Neume, Composition Musicale, ...
Chapitres: Partition, Neume, Composition musicale, Pressus, GNU LilyPond, Tablature, Partie, Quilisma, Index des notations musicales, Klavarskribo, Jianpu, Arrangement, Partition graphique, Representation des symboles musicaux en ...
Source Wikipedia, 2013
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Gregorian Chant and the Carolingians
Such departures from systematic rigour are likely to be the lapses of scribes who were customary notators in Type 2. II. CHARLEMAGNE S ARCHETYPE AND THE EVOLUTION OF NEUME-SPECIES From the first stage of Latin neumes, that of ...
Kenneth Levy, 1998
4
Music of the Middle Ages:
In the context of notation a neume is defined as the note or notes sung to a single syllable. If a neume is made up of more than one sign, these are treated as neumatic elements; so every syllable has one neume, which may be made up of one ...
Giulio Cattin, 1984
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A Question of Balance: Charles Seeger's Philosophy of Music
"A Question of Balance is the first attempt to explain Seeger's philosophical theory and to trace its influence on his criticism, compositional theory, and musicology.
Taylor Aitken Greer, 1998
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Russian Church Singing: History from the origins to the ...
Johann von Gardner Vladimir Morosan. variants (perevody), 269-270 Vasilii Rogov and, 261 vowel repetition in, 82 Stopitsa (neume), 217, 218, 227, 317, 331 Stopitsa s ochkom (neume), 227 Strela (neume), 95, 1 13, 228 Strela gromnaia ...
Johann von Gardner, Vladimir Morosan, 1980
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Kongressbericht
Table 3 also shows that the majority reading for occurrences of the neume under consideration here, a three-note figure with an «oriscus» inflection on one note, is not the universal reading for these gestures. Indeed, the Montpellier ms.
International Musicological Society. Congress, 1993
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The Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate
The vital specificity of popevka is manifested with special power in neume or kryuk notation. Until recently there existed an opinion that neume notation was archaic, imperfect, and naturally gave place to the more perfect staff notation.
‎1986
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Actas del XV Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional de ...
Table 3 also shows that the majority reading for occurrences of the neume under consideration here, a three-note figure with an «oriscus» inflection on one note, is not the universal reading for these gestures. Indeed, the Montpellier ms.
International Musicological Society. Congress, 1993
10
Cantus Planus: Papers Read at the ... Meeting
The second object of analysis is the intervallic relationship between the last note of the first neume and the initial note of the second neume in any pair of neighboring neumes. This type of analysis has been developed from an observation of ...
International Musicological Society. Study Group "Cantus Planus". Meeting, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEUME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neume is used in the context of the following news items.
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Construction kicks off for Steven Holl-designed Maggie's Centre …
"The word neume originates from the Greek pnevma, which means 'vital force.' It suggests a 'breath of life' that fills oneself with inspiration like ... «Archinect, Jun 15»
2
Steven Holl Breaks Ground on Maggie's Centre Barts in London
"The word neume originates from the Greek pnevma, which means 'vital force.' It suggests a 'breath of life' that fills oneself with inspiration like ... «ArchDaily, Jun 15»
3
How Komitas preserved Armenian folk music
This had been transcribed in a neume-like system of musical notation which was no longer understood, and Komitas sensed that the music ... «Public Radio of Armenia, Mar 15»
4
Dal professor helping develop software to analyze ancient music
The project is called the optical neume recognition project. In the late 10th century, musical notations that denoted notes, pitch and rhythm were ... «Globalnews.ca, Mar 14»
5
Liricas Analas | Gie - Mir'anavon
ehcgirl34 2 years ago. ig finde romantsch mega schön u dur da hani mi gfeagt chame da neume lehre ? Read more Show less ... «YouTube, Jan 13»
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Steven Holl reveals Design Concept for Maggie's Barts
... creating somewhat of an abstract neume notation. Maggie's Barts will cost £5m but building work will not start until £4.5m has been raised. «ArchDaily, Jul 12»
7
Isabel Gonzales
She is also survived by her siblings, Victor Jr., Rachel, Dolores, Daniel, Patricia, Benjamin, Neume and Hiram. Isabel was preceded in death by ... «LubbockOnline.com, Nov 11»
8
Tiara Concerto Hands on Preview
As I was saying earlier, the world of Tiara Concerto is the story of the rebirth of the world of Neume. Apocalypse happens but life begins anew, ... «MPOGD.com, Oct 11»
9
Happy Birthday War Rock
“Our players have been patiently waiting for War Rock's Siege War expansion,” says GamersFirst's War Rock Producer, Jon-Enee 'Neume' ... «PR Web, Feb 10»
10
Curling: Schweizer Curler verlieren gegen Schottland
Sone Bans wo sooo gueti Musik macht, muess nid so neume ihre rhuef goh kaput mache... Mir wärde so oder so wider eine vo de letschte sie ... «BLICK.CH, Jan 09»

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