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Definition of: neume
(n
m, nym) noun Music
1. One of various symbols in a system of notation first devised to aid rote singers of the Gregorian chants, indicating direction of the melody and later including the musical pitch and accents: also spelled neum.
2. plural This system. [<LL neuma song <Gk. pneuma breath, sigh]
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