Neume
A neume (/ˈnjuːm/; spelled neum in, for instance, the Solesmes publications in English) 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 ultimately Greek word for breath (πνεῦμα pneuma).
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