---
name: "canorus"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "canorus"
version: "0.7-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/canorus"
---

# canorus(1)

a graphical music score editor

## NAME

canorus - a graphical music score editor

## SYNOPSIS

**canorus** \[*options*\] *filename*\

## DESCRIPTION

**canorus** is a graphical music score editor. It supports a standard western music notation and uses a modern Qt4 GUI. Canorus is extensible by using plugins written in Ruby, Python, or native C++. Canorus uses its own .xml format for the document, but supports import and export filters for LilyPond, MusicXML, NoteEdit, PDF and Midi.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--version**

  Display the version of Canorus you're running.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matevz Jekovec \<matevz.jekovec@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).