Re: Clarification of Gregorian Chant terminology

[Marek Klein]

2010/12/30 Francisco Vila <address@hidden>
>
> 2010/12/30 Frauke Jurgensen <address@hidden>:
> > 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
>
> "Gregorian neumes" would be a more natural name for that notation
> element.  Sorry if I try to restore the two potentially problematic
> words.

There are other kinds of neumes used to notate gregorian (and other) chant.

I havn't seen the term ligature used with square notation, except for
lilypond. More commonly used term (as oposit to single-note neumes) is
compound neumes.

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Marek Klein,
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