Two-Note Neumes

TWO-NOTE ASCENDING NEUME

Pes

I will look for the Lord, my salvation, and wait for He is near, alleluia.

SG 390, Antiphonarium officium, f. 21, 2-3.
Antiphonale monasticum I, Solesmes, 2005, pg. 13.

Always moves towards second note

Both notes emphatic

Second note emphatic

[from the] light [before the dawn] I have begotten [You]

SG 359, Cantatorium, Tecum principium, f. 38, 4.

Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 25.


TWO-NOTE DESCENDING NEUME

Clivis

I will praise God in my life.

SG 390, Antiphonarium officium, Laudabo Deum meum, f. 100, 17.
Antiphonale monasticum I, Solesmes, 2020, pg. 582.

Light neume & no inherent movement

Both notes emphatic

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.

E 121, Graduale, Qui manducat, f. 127, 7-9.

Graduale Romanum, Vatican, 1908, pg. 293, my edits.

Both notes light & quick, especially second

SG 390, Antiphonarium officium, Laudabo Deum meum, f. 100, 17.

Antiphonale monasticum I, Solesmes, 2020, pg. 582.