Byzantin music
Can I write byzantine music with musecore?
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Can I write byzantine music with musecore?
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I don't see why not. Is there a specific notation you are wondering how to create?
In reply to I don't see why not. Is… by Marc Sabatella
This type of notation...(just some examples)
In reply to This type of notation… by Jean Sibelius
I see. I'm not familiar with that at all. But if you can find a font with those characters, you should be able to to enter them into MuseScore.
In reply to I see. I'm not familiar… by Marc Sabatella
How can I do that? I need to find the font on google and there is a setting that will alow me to insert the font in MuseScore and then use it?
In reply to How can I do that? I need to… by Jean Sibelius
You need to find the font somewhere - whether you use Google or not is not relevant - then download it and install it on your computer like any other font. Once you do that, it's available to select in the Inspector just like Times New Roman, Arial, and all the other fonts on your computer.
In reply to You need to find the font… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you!
This is fascinating! This form of notation is entirely new to me, but I'm assuming the glyphs above the text are comparable to the neumes in Western Solesme chant notation, with which I'm quite familiar. In that case, just downloading a new font (whether one in a Latin or Greek alphabet) won't suffice--it would only address the text aspect of the notation, not the pitches.
MuseScore has glyphs for all the commonly used neumes in Western Chant, but they exist only as symbols (on the master palette), visual glyphs only--they don't provide any playback, for instance. It would be theoretically possible to engrave an entire piece of chant using them, but VERY, VERY laborious.
I don't see any symbols like the ones in your examples, either on MuseScore or on the SMuFL website:
https://www.smufl.org/version/
In reply to This is fascinating! This… by wfazekas1
Searching with Google (in English), I found this:
https://music.stanthonysmonastery.org/ByzMusicFonts.html
which might have some information or material you could find useful. Most of the other hits I got when searching "Byzantine Music Fonts" took me to dead links, or pages that my firewall would not allow me to cross.
In reply to Searching with Google (in… by wfazekas1
Thank you!
I believe you cannot. However, if you can read greek, you can try this software, it seems to be a professional application aimed at writing (and playing back) byzantine music precisely:
https://melodos.com
In reply to I believe you cannot… by ciacob
The direct download link is here: https://melodos.com/ftp1/HASP_8.13/HASPUserSetup.exe
In reply to The direct download link is… by ciacob
Thanks!
In reply to Thanks! by Jean Sibelius
Hi, did you manage to solve this problem? I tried to download some fonts, but I only see question marks on my Mac