ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Byzantine Musical Symbols

Byzantine musical symbols are like special pictures that we use to tell our voices how to sing during church services.

Just like how we learn letters to read, we learn these symbols to sing the right way.

There are different symbols for the different notes and sounds that we make with our voices.

When we sing during church services, the person leading us will point to the symbols and we will sing the notes that match them.

It's like a secret code that only people who learned it can understand, and it helps us to make beautiful music together.