Unicode Byzantine Musical Symbols

[Dimitri]

This is the officially recognised Byzantine Music symbol set, belonging to the Unicode standard. The recognition work was pioneered by Prof. Gregorios Stathis as far as I know.

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[herron.samuel]

Is this old notation? There were a decent amount that I did not recognize.

 

[Dimitri]

Is this old notation? There were a decent amount that I did not recognize.

Yes. It is supposed to include all Byzantine symbols from all periods of Byzantine music notation.

 

[zinoviev]

byznotation.1.1.pdf is an important companion document describing the Byzantine musical Unicode symbols.

 

[prenumele]

byznotation.1.1.pdf is an important companion document describing the Byzantine musical Unicode symbols.

Παρακαλώ να μου με EphesiosMain fonts

 

[Dimitri]

An interesting email exchange on this topic can be found here

http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2004-m01/0061.html