Pitch neumes - Pitch neumes

Japanese: 音高ネウマ - おんこうねうま
Pitch neumes - Pitch neumes

...Early neumes (chironomic neumes), which only show melodies and musical patterns relative to one another, were incomplete in showing pitches accurately, but they did show musical expressions and rhythmic changes by using slightly different symbols for the same melody pattern. In contrast, pitch neumes are a notation method that places neumes in various different positions to show pitches as accurately as possible. Staff neumes also add the device of drawing horizontal lines to align the height of the neumes, clearly showing the relationship between the higher and lower pitches. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pitch neumes" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旋律や音型を相対的に表示しているだけの,初期のネウマ(カイロノミック・ネウマ)では,音程を正確に表記することは不完全であるが,同じ旋律型でも少し異なる記号を使って,音楽的表情やリズムの変化を表示することは行われていた。これに対して,音高ネウマは,ネウマをいろいろ異なった位置に置き,音高をできるだけ正確に表示しようとする記譜法である。またネウマの高さをそろえるために横線を引いて,音程の上下関係を明瞭に示すくふうを加えたのが,譜線ネウマである。…

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