Neanes - A Byzantine Chant Scorewriter

Neanes (pronounced neh-ah-ness) is a free and open source scorewriter for notating Byzantine Chant.

Features

• WYSIWYG design
• Rapid entry of neumes and lyrics
• Automatic alignment of supporting neumes (i.e. fthoras, accidentals, klasmas, gorgons, et al)
• Automatic calculation of martyria
• Print or export to PDF
• Export to HTML using ByzHtml web components
• Export to PNG
• Export to MusicXML
• Scores can be embedded into LaTeX documents using neanestex

Purpose

This software is intended to create simple scores that contain:

• A title
• A mode signature
• Neumes and lyrics

It is not intended to be a fully-featured word processor.

Examples

Example files can be found in the examples folder.

How to Download

Download the latest release on the releases page. The latest release can also be found on the download page.

A web version of the app with reduced functionality can be found on the web app page.

How-to Guide

To learn how to use the software, read the guide.

Contributing

We encourage you to contribute to Neanes! Please check out the Contributing to Neanes guide for guidelines about how to proceed. Join us!

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

The following bundled fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), version 1.1:

• GFS Didot
• Noto Naskh Arabic
• Old Standard
• Source Serif

Acknowledgements

This software uses the "EZ" Byzantine Music Font Package created at St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery. See the monastery's website for more details. Thank you for your work on these fonts, without which this program would not be possible.