Canorus is a free cross-platform music score editor. It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs, polyphony, a MIDI playback of notes, chord markings, lyrics, import/export filters to formats like MIDI, MusicXML, ABC Music, MusiXTeX and LilyPond
Features
- Polyphony
- Canorus ML Format (optionally as archive)
- Scripting and Plugins (Python working, Ruby planned)
- Multiple Views for different tasks (Score, CLI, Source, Help
- Several configuration options for Editing, Appearance, Playback, Print
- Translations into many different languages
- Multiple Platform support (like Windows, Mac, Linux, *BSD)
- Standard Notation elements (Rests, Notes, Clefs, Key/Time Signatures etc.)
- Several Import Possibilities (Midi, MusicXML, Simple Lilypond, more planned)
- Many Exporters available (Midi, MusicXML, Lilypond, more planned)
- Zooming of Score and Several Score Views
- Lyrics
- Properties for music elements (staff, note, barline, voices, slures etc.)
- Document Properties (Title, Composer, Copyright, Arranger etc.)
- Document Recovery
- Midi Recording and Playback as well as GM instrument configuration
- Undo/Redo, Copy&Paste
- Marks (Fermata, (De)Crescendo, Dynamics, Repeat, Fingering etc.)
- Print Preview and Printing via Lilypond (more backends planned)
- Coloring of music elements (for education), only scriptable for now
- PDF and SVG export based on Lilypond
- Midi based on well-tested backends: PMidi and RTMidi
License
GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)Follow Canorus
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