<s>
Mus2	B-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
music	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
notation	O
of	O
microtonal	O
works	O
and	O
,	O
specifically	O
,	O
Turkish	O
maqam	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
scorewriters	B-Application
,	O
Mus2	B-Language
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
almost	O
any	O
tuning	O
system	O
with	O
customizable	O
accidentals	O
and	O
play	O
back	O
the	O
score	O
with	O
accurate	O
intonation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mus2	B-Language
(	O
from	O
musiki	O
,	O
the	O
Ottoman	O
Turkish	O
word	O
for	O
"	O
music	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
originally	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
music	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
M	O
.	O
Kemal	O
Karaosmanoğlu	O
for	O
the	O
notation	O
of	O
Turkish	O
music	O
pieces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nihavent	O
went	O
through	O
several	O
iterations	O
before	O
being	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
Data-Soft	O
for	O
distribution	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2010	O
under	O
the	O
Mus2	B-Language
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foremost	O
feature	O
of	O
Mus2	B-Language
is	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
re-tune	O
a	O
staff	O
to	O
any	O
tuning	O
system	O
using	O
absolute	O
frequencies	O
,	O
rationals	O
and	O
cents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turkish	O
music	O
theorist	O
and	O
composer	O
Ozan	O
Yarman	O
has	O
used	O
this	O
capability	O
of	O
Mus2	B-Language
to	O
devise	O
a	O
notation	O
system	O
,	O
Mandalatura	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
79-tone	O
kanun	O
that	O
he	O
also	O
designed	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microtonal	O
support	O
is	O
n't	O
limited	O
to	O
symbols	O
;	O
when	O
a	O
score	O
using	O
an	O
alternative	O
tuning	O
system	O
is	O
played	O
back	O
,	O
Mus2	B-Language
performs	O
the	O
piece	O
with	O
correct	O
intonation	O
using	O
acoustic	O
and	O
electronic	O
instrument	O
sound	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mus2	B-Language
has	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
simple	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mus2	B-Language
uses	O
its	O
own	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
storing	O
scores	O
,	O
tunings	O
and	O
accidentals	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
include	O
metadata	O
for	O
easy	O
indexing	O
and	O
cataloguing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mus2	B-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
Qt	O
framework	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
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