Salicus or not?
  • ChaedatylChaedatyl
    Posts: 45
    Hello CMAA members,

    I know you are all away having a lovely time and learning lots at the Colloquium. I wish I could be there!

    I have a question about the salicus. Is a group of notes considered a salicus if there is an interval of a third between the first and second neumes?

    For example, as I understand it, in the Introit for Trinity Sunday in the Gregorian Missal, there is a salicus at the end of the third line over the syllable "mi".
    Is there also a salicus over the syllable "cor" on the next line?

    Thanks much!

    Stephanie Brune
  • jgirodjgirod
    Posts: 45
    Stephanie,
    yes it is (until proven otherwise by the manuscripts).
    The intervals between notes do not influence which neume it is, only the direction (up or down) and sometimes additional signs (like the vertical episema for the salicus in editions with rhythmic signs) or special note shapes (like the quilisma).
  • BGP
    Posts: 219
    Short answer: Yes it is.

    Longer answer: I don't have my Tripex handy so I can't tell you if it is an "authentic salicus" (with an orsicus as the note with the ictus) or not. If you use the Old Solsmes method treat it as a salicus.
  • RobertRobert
    Posts: 343
    For the record, it's an "authentic salicus."
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