Song to flute sheet music
Flute sheet music from a recording
Upload a flute recording, a voice memo of the tune or a song where the melody stands out. ScoreStarling writes the melody in treble clef at the pitch a flute reads, ready to hear on a flute sound, fix and print.
Drop a flute recording or voice memo here
MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, AIFF or a video, up to 95 MB, or a link from YouTube, Bilibili and other sites. Choose One instrument or voice; it is free, up to five minutes a piece.
ScoreStarling turns a recording into flute sheet music for free: a flute you recorded, a tune you sang into your phone, or a song or video where the melody is easy to hear. You get one melody line in treble clef, written at the pitch a flute reads, with up to five minutes a piece.
What goes in and what comes out
You bring
- A recording of a flute, or of any single melody instrument
- A voice memo of a tune, sung, hummed or whistled
- A song or video where the melody stands out, as a file or a link
You get
- The melody on one treble staff, with its tempo and key
- Playback on a flute sound beside the recording
- A PDF in staff notation or jianpu, free
- MusicXML and MIDI once the score is unlocked
How it works
- Choose the recording or paste the link above. The workspace opens with it, after sign-in if needed.
- Keep “One instrument or voice” and type the tempo if you know it.
- Set the time signature, then play the score beside the recording, loop a bar at a time and fix pitches and lengths.
- Set the playback instrument to Flute, move the score up an octave if it sits too low, and download the PDF or unlock MusicXML and MIDI.
Make it fit the flute
- A concert flute plays from middle C up about three octaves. If notes fall below middle C, transpose the score up an octave.
- To make it easier to read, move it to a key with fewer sharps or flats; transposition keeps every note in place relative to the others.
- Breath marks, tonguing and trills are not written in. Add them in your notation app after exporting MusicXML.
Record a flute that writes out well
- Play the melody on its own, a step back from the phone, in a room without much echo.
- Keep a steady tempo; a click in headphones helps, and then you know the BPM to type in.
- Light vibrato is fine. A long note shaken by heavy vibrato, or broken by a breath, can come out as two notes to join.
Good to know
- The score starts in 4/4. A tune in 3/4 or 6/8, like the one above, needs its time signature set in the workspace.
- Two flutes playing together are written as chords on one staff, not as two parts.
- The score is a first draft. Play it beside the recording and fix what you hear; our accuracy article explains how we measure.
Questions and answers
Can I turn a song into flute sheet music?
Yes, its melody. One instrument or voice writes a single melody line and works best when one part stands out, such as a singer or a solo instrument. In a busy band mix the tune can get lost among the other parts; then hum or sing it into your phone and use that instead, or choose Band or several instruments, which writes every part on its own staff for 40 credits a minute after you agree to the price.
Is it free?
Yes for one instrument or voice, up to three recordings a day, with free PDF, MP3 and WAV downloads. MusicXML and MIDI need the score unlocked for 15 credits, once; every account gets free credits each month.
Is the music written in the right key for flute?
Yes. The flute is a C instrument: it reads music at the pitch it sounds, so the notes are written as heard, in treble clef, with no transposing. A recording tuned away from A440 is retuned before the notes are read.
What if the melody is too low for a flute?
A tune taken from a man’s voice often dips below the flute’s lowest note, middle C. In Score settings, under Transpose, choose Up an octave and the whole score moves up, or pick another interval to put it in an easier key.
Can I hear it played on a flute?
Yes. Set the playback instrument to Flute in Score settings; the playback, and the MP3 and WAV you download, use it. Play it beside the recording to check each bar by ear.
Does it work for piccolo or alto flute?
The score is written at the pitch you hear. Piccolo music is written an octave below its sound, so transpose down an octave; alto flute in G reads a fourth above its sound, so transpose up a fourth.