Re: Clarification of Gregorian Chant terminology

[Frauke Jurgensen]

Why not call it

"Ligatures in square notation" or "Square Notation Ligatures"? That
would remove both the neume and the also-problematic "Gregorian".

Regards,
Frauke

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Karl Hammar <address@hidden> wrote:
> James:
> ...
>> Likewise the term 'Gregorian Square Neume Ligatures', could I for
>> instance just call them 'Gregorian Square Neumes' or whatever the
>> plural is?
>
> Neums are a kind of strokes as seen in e.g. [1]
> A ligature is two or more notes bound together.
> Black square notation is seen in e.g. [2].
>
> I don't know what to do with "Gregorian square neume ligatures", it
> seems to me as a mixup. Lilypond as of today don't do neums, it only
> handles black square and later notation.
>
> If you want references and more help I can give it next week.
>
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neume2.jpg
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graduale_Aboense.jpg
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