Byzantine Apps

Konstantinos Chafis · chanter and software engineer

Software for Byzantine chant, from a chanter.

This is where my work lives: an app for chanters, a notation editor on its way, the website of my music school, and my portfolio for everything else.

The work

  1. IsokratisIn testingIson and book reader for chanters
  2. ByzantineDocsUpcomingDesktop editor for Byzantine notation
  3. School websiteLiveFor the music school where I study
  4. PortfolioLiveEverything else I've built
The diatonic scale in moria: 72 to the octave.

Ison for Byzantine chant

Isokratis

Tap a note and Isokratis holds it while you chant. Match the choir's pitch to the moria, and keep your chant books open right beside it.

Status
In testingInternal testing on Google Play. No public release yet.
Runs on
Android phones and tablets. The version for iPhone and iPad is in preparation.
Price
Free to use, no account needed. Premium adds the Reader and sync.
Languages
English, Greek, German, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian and Russian.
Visit the Isokratis site
The Reader on a tablet and a phone: a chant book open under the ison keys

A desktop editor for Byzantine notation

ByzantineDocs

A program for writing chant notation, built to feel like a modern document editor. You type neumes and syllables from the keyboard, it engraves them on the page, and you print or export the result.

Status
UpcomingIn development. Not released yet, so there is nothing to download.
Writes
Anything from one hymn to a whole book, with polytonic Greek lyrics.
Files
Prints and exports PDF, PNG and SVG. Also opens scores from Neanes.
Ask me about it
ByzantineDocs with a hymn open on the page: the title Κύριε ἐλέησον, then neumes with their syllables beneath

A website I built for my school

School website

The website of the School of Byzantine and Traditional Music of Metamorfosi, where I'm also a student.

Status
LiveIn Greek.
Public side
The school, its teachers and study centres, announcements and online registration.
Behind it
An admin panel for the pupil register, teachers, books and payments.
Visit the school's website
The school's home page: its church in Metamorfosi, with the registration panel on the right

Everything else I've built

Portfolio

My work beyond chant: web applications, machine learning and compilers, with a blog alongside.

Status
LiveIn English and Greek.
My portfolio
The home page of the portfolio, with a short introduction and links to projects

About me

My name is Konstantinos Chafis. I am a chanter at the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in the Municipality of Acharnes, Greece, and a student at the School of Byzantine and Traditional Music of the Municipality of Metamorfosi, whose website I also created. I hold a degree in Informatics and Telematics from Harokopio University.

I created Isokratis because I wanted the ison and a book reader to work as one, in a single app. My aim is to offer both to a high standard and as completely as I can.

Contact

The easiest way to reach me is by email.