Hildegard used the following neumes on a 4-line staff:
| Name |
Neume |
Description |
| Virga |
|
One strong note
|
| Pes |
|
Two strong ascending notes
|
| Clivis |
|
Two strong descending notes
|
| Porrectus |
|
Three strong notes (high-low-high)
|
| Torculus |
|
Three strong notes (low-high-low)
|
| Pressus |
|
Two strong equally pitched notes
|
| Pressus subpunctus |
|
Two strong notes, followed by one lower weak note
|
| Pressus liquescens |
|
Two strong notes, followed by one lower weak, and possibly liquescent, note
|
| Quilisma |
|
Two or more weak ascending notes
|
| Punctum |
|
One weak note |
| Stropha |
|
One strong note (usually repeated)
|
| Oriscus |
|
One ornamental note
|
| Epiphonus |
|
One strong note, followed by one higher, weak, possibly liquescent note
|
| Cephalicus |
|
One strong note, followed by one lower, weak, possibly liquescent note
|
Often, two or more neumes would be combined together to
form a long, cursive compound neume. Here are a few
examples of such compound neumes.
| Name |
Neume |
| Pes-porrectus |
 |
| Pes-pressus subpunctis |
 |
| Quilisma-cephalicus |
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| Quilisma-porrectus |
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