Znamenny Chashka Mark

It marks the host sign for a falling vocal turn.

Chashka means cup in Russian. A neume—a sign for one or more notes sung on a syllable—sits over hymn text. A 19th-century guide quotes an older rule: Chashka above a sign directs its voice downward. The melodic phrase can change how a sign reads.

How is this different from the Chashka neume?

This is an added mark; the Chashka neume is complete.

𜼸 follows its host in digital text; the standalone Chashka neume is 𜽯. Znamenny chant was the predominant liturgical music in Russia and Ukraine until the late 17th century. Red marks for pitch and dynamics appeared in the first half of the 17th century.