Scandicus Neume

The image is a monochrome black-and-white graphic of a single musical neume set against a horizontal staff of three black lines. The scandicus consists of two small, square-shaped punctum notes at the bottom, stacked vertically and slightly offset, followed by a larger, vertically elongated virga note positioned on the upper line. The style is that of traditional square notation used in medieval manuscripts.

The scandicus is a fundamental neume in Western plainsong, essential for the liturgical performance of Gregorian chant as codified in medieval musical theory and practice.