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What is orthography? Orthography is an English word that comes from Greek: ortho meaning correct, and graph meaning writing. The English language has orthography rules, or spelling rules. Byzantine notation also follows a certain orthography; there are rules to which symbols are used, and in what order.
The following are general rules, but there are lots of exceptions. Read the byzorthography document (27 pages) to learn more.
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Use a petaste when the next character is a descending syllable, and there is only one descending syllable.
Use a psifiston when an accented syllable is followed by two or more descending syllables.
Use a kentemata for Up 1 if a syllable is continued to the next ascending pitch.
Should the missing interval symbol include a psifistion or a petaste? Choose based on the orthography rules.
Did you find 4 petastes and 6 psifistons?
Should the missing symbol be a kentemata or an oligon? Choose based on orthography rules.
Did you find 3 kentematas and 3 oligons?
