In my opinion, one of the most important things to know - and one of the only things you can't figure out on your own without hearing the music - is the "podatus." ❋ Bls (2006)
Thus the liquescent podatus is called epiphonus, the liquescent clivis, cephalicus, the liquescent climacus, ancus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
On palma the MS. gives a liquescent note, on the first syllable of adnunciandum it has a podatus (a c, or d f, as this notation should be read a fifth lower) instead of a single note; in the last, a podatus instead of an epiphonus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
We only notice that on gaudent and angeli the MS. adds a liquescent note to the podatus and porrectus subbipunctis, and on celebrantes has twice a porrectus for the strophic clivis, which suggests that the apostropha (oriscus) was sung slightly higher than the last note of the clivis, as mentioned above. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In the podatus the gravis is a short horizontal stroke, the acutus a straight virga joining almost at a right angle; see third syllable of Gratia, third of salutifere, third of dogmata, etc. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Mention was made of a disjoint podatus in connexion with the first illustration. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Thus at the end of the Alleluia neuma it joins the virga to form a clivis, and at the end of the neuma on nobis the podatus of the MS. is changed into a torculus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
This is considered as indicating a long form of the podatus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Similarly on do a porrectus and virga are replaced by a clivis and podatus. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The oriscus is found after the podatus on agatha and the quilisma, consisting of two hooks, on the second syllable of domino, the second of angeli and the first of dei, in each case a porrectus being joined to it. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
On the third we recognize easily a podatus followed by a virga. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
(do) without any inflection, except that where a question occurs it sinks half a tone (to si) four or five syllables before, and for the last three syllables has the inflection la, si and a podatus si-do. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
From the combination of these two signs there result various group signs: (1) 10765b03. gif, acutus and gravis, a higher note followed by a lower one, a descending group of two notes (clivis); (2) 10765b04. gif, gravis and acutus, lower and higher notes (pes or podatus); (3) 10765b05. gif, acutus, gravis, acutus; a group of three notes of which the second is the lowest ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
