Definition of "neumes" [neumes]

• Plural form of neume. (noun)

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• "He believes in neumes, the notation of the Church, because he regards them as easier to sing than modern notes and because they convey the sense that the music of the Church is different from other forms of music"
• "Instead, beginning in the early 10th century, they began experimenting with the mnenomic devices called neumes, sketched in over the lines of text as reminders of the melodies that had already been memorized."
• "It is set in the minor mode of II, and it contains an unusual number of expressive neumes that requires some discipline and subtlety."