THREE-NOTE DESCENDING NEUME
Climacus

[…You] who lead [the flock of Joseph…]


Default movement is light
1st note light (celeriter)
[…] Your right hand […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Propter veritatem, f. 130, 14.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 518.
1st note emphatic
[Rejoice, Jerusalem,] and all those who love her […]
E 121, Graduale, Laetare, Jerusalem, f. 147, 5.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 118.
1st & 3rd notes emphatic
[Faithful cross, amount all Trees] none so noble […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Crux fidelis, f. 100, 13.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 187, my edits.
All notes emphatic
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Haec dies, f. 107, 9.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 203.
THREE-NOTE ASCENDING NEUME
Scandicus

[…] I know my sheep and mine know me, alleluia alleluia.


Default neumes are light
3rd note emphatic
[…] alleluia, alleluia
E 121, Graduale, Canatate Domino, f. 233, 13.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 231.
UP-DOWN-UP
Porrectus

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good […]


Default neumes are light
Last note emphatic
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Haec dies, f. 107, 5-6.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 203.
Break between 2nd & 3rd notes; 1st & 2nd emphatic
[…] the salvation of our God […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Viderunt omnes, f. 40, 2.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 31.
DOWN-UP-DOWN
Torculus

The Earth trembled and was quiet […]


3rd note emphatic
[… in the name] of the Lord. Lord, God, and […]
SG 359, Cantatorium, Benedictus qui venit, f. 39, 2.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 28.
All 3 notes emphatic
The sparrow herself finds a home, and the turtledove finds a place of repose for her young […]
E 121, Graduale, Passer invenit, f. 134, 3-4.



Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 107.