Partitura

A compact language for authoring Music Scores.
Optimized for LLM Agent Skills.

score {
  title "Rise Again"
  composer "Partitura"

  part "Piano" {
    measure 1 {
      time 4/4
      key c-major
      note c4 quarter
      note e4 quarter
      note g4 quarter
      note c5 quarter
    }
  }
}

Why Partitura?

Compact Authoring

Write scores in a fraction of the lines MusicXML requires.

Canonical Source

One preferred form for every musical concept.

Full MusicXML

Covers the complete MusicXML specification semantically.

LLM Agent Skills

Installable skills for AI coding assistants. Compose with your agent.

Deterministic

The same input always produces the same output.

Install

npx @partitura/skill

npm install -g partitura

brew install Partitura-Music/partitura/partitura

winget install Partitura-Music.partitura

CLI Commands

Command	Description
`compile`	Compile `.pta` to MusicXML
`convert`	Convert MusicXML to `.pta`
`validate`	Validate a `.pta` or MusicXML file
`format`	Format a `.pta` file
`export`	Export to PDF, PNG, MP3, WAV, MIDI
`check`	Check for issues in a `.pta` file
`ast`	Print the AST of a `.pta` file
`doctor`	Verify local toolchain state
`roundtrip`	Verify semantic preservation across conversion