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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western University's Archives and Research Collections Centre recently acquired two medieval neumes, which are some of the ...

In Gregorian chant, the verbal text plays an integral part in influencing and shaping the melodic contours. Within these melodic phrases, the main function of additional signs and letters added to the ...

Centuries before recorded music, sheet music and streaming services, there were "little squiggles" on pieces of parchment to guide a singer or choir. Known as medieval neumes, the squiggles didn't ...

Western University's Archives and Research Collections Centre recently acquired two medieval neumes, which are some of the earliest forms of written music. Western music professor Kate Helsen explains ...