The Neume Notation Project

Louis W. G. Barton

µ Proposed Unicode ™ Assignments for Neumes

*Contents (alphabetical):*
	climacus clivis custos	pes porrectus punctum quilisma	torculus tripunctum scandicus virga

Remarks:

All listed code points are in the Private Use Area of the Unicode™ Standard.

Examples of neume forms are displayed in square-neume notation and in cursive form.

A particular neume family might, or might not, exhibit a given neume form.

The list of variants for a given neume form is intended to be exhaustive across all neume families. A particular neume family might, or might not, exhibit all the variants of a neume form.

Neume form:	punctum


Example: 
Number of variants = 4


Unicode	Variant
 E001	punctum
 E002	liquescent punctum
 E003	substitute-style punctum
 E004	liquescent substitute-style punctum

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Neume form:	virga


Example: 
Number of variants = 4


Unicode	Variant
 E004	virga
 E005	liquescent virga
 E006	substitute-style virga
 E007	liquescent substitute-style virga

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Neume form:	pes (or podatus)


Examples: 


Number of variants = 50

UNICODE Range
 E008 - E038

See detailed breakdown


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Neume form:	clivis (or flexa)


Examples: 


Number of variants = 50


Unicode Range
 E039 - E06A

See detailed breakdown

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	References:
		*Eugène Cardine, Gregorian Semiology,* Robin Fowles, tr., (Solesmes, 1982). Gregoroire Marie Sunol, Introduction a la Paleographie Musicale Gregorienne, (Paris: Desclee, 1935).**

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