Pes (neume)

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The pes (Latin foot ) or podatus (Latin footed ) is a double tonume in Gregorian chant , which occurs in various versions in diastematic and adiastematic neum systems .

The name comes from the shape of the neume, which in the older systems resembles a foot. The pes indicates a sequence of two related tones , the second of which is higher than the first. In the adiastematic neum systems, the neume does not yet indicate an exact interval . In the square notation , both notes are notated one above the other, but the lower one is sung first, the distance between the two squares indicates the exact interval.

  • Different representations of the pes

  • Adiastematic neumes as typically found in manuscripts . The exact interval is not displayed.

  • Pes or Podatus in square notation, the lower note is sung first.

literature

  • Rupert Fischer : The rhythmic nature of the pes , in: Johannes Berchmans Göschl (editor): Ut mens concordet voci , Festschrift Eugène Cardine for his 75th birthday , St. Ottilien 1980, pages 34-136
  • Rupert Fischer: Semiological meaning and interpretation of the "Pes" -Neume , in: Contributions to Gregorianik 2 (1986), pages 5–25