**Neumes are the basic elements of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation. The word neume is a Middle English corruption of the ultimately Greek word for breath (pneuma : p?e?µa).
The earliest neumes were inflective marks which indicated the general shape but not necessarily the exact notes or rhythms to be sung. Later developments included the use of heightened neumes which showed the relative pitches between neumes, and the creation of a four-line musical staff that identified particular pitches. Neumes do not generally indicate rhythm, but additional symbols were sometimes juxtaposed with neumes to indicate changes in articulation, duration, or tempo. NEUMATIC notation was later used in medieval music to indicate certain patterns of rhythm called rhythmic modes, and eventually evolved into modern musical notation. NEUMATIC notation remains standard in modern editions of plainchant.**
In an effort to break from the mediocrity, and un-imaginative minds that have become the music scene today, comes the explosive and complex ensemble that is NEUMATIC. A blending of minds, styles, and genre's yet unexplored by the Eastern Iowa music scene that they call home.
A prenominal act, NEUMATIC has shared the stage with national artists Marazene, Straight Line Stitch, Neverset, as well as regional favorites Speedfinger, Freaklabel, Lost Nation, Mindset Evolution, Shattermask, and more. A emphasis on live performance, and an experience psychoactive, combined with stage antics that are at times too over the top to print.
