Video to sheet music from the file on your phone
Drop in a video you filmed, saved or screen-recorded. ScoreStarling takes its sound and writes it out as a score you can play beside the original, fix and download.
Drop a video here
MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 95 MB. Only the sound is used, and the first five minutes are written out. Free for a voice, one instrument or solo piano.
No file handy?
ScoreStarling turns a video file into sheet music from its sound: a phone video of a concert or a lesson, a clip saved from a chat or a screen recording. Choose what is playing, and a voice, one instrument or solo piano is written out for free; a band uses credits. You get a score to play beside the original, edit and download.
What goes in and what comes out
You bring
- A video file: MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 95 MB
- Filmed on a phone, saved from an app or recorded from the screen
- Or a link, when the video is online
You get
- A score you can play beside the video’s sound and edit
- A PDF in staff notation, guitar TAB or jianpu, free
- MusicXML and MIDI once the score is unlocked
How it works
- Choose or drop the video above. The workspace opens with it, signing in first if needed.
- Choose what is playing: one instrument or voice, solo piano, or a band. A band shows its price before it starts.
- ScoreStarling takes the sound from the video and writes the score. Listen beside the original and fix what you hear.
- Download the PDF, or unlock MusicXML and MIDI for notation software or a DAW.
Videos that work well
- A phone video of someone playing or singing, filmed close enough that the music is clear over the room.
- A lesson or a cover video where one instrument plays the part you want.
- A screen recording of a song in an app that doesn’t let you save the audio.
- A video saved from a site whose link can’t be fetched. For a link that works, see YouTube to sheet music.
Hear an example
Good to know
- Phone videos are large: a minute of 4K can be several hundred MB. Film in 1080p, trim the video, or save its sound as MP3 to stay under 95 MB.
- Talking, applause and room noise in a video end up as stray notes. Trim to the music if you can.
- For solo piano, choose Solo piano to get both hands on a grand staff; see piano audio to sheet music.
- Only use videos you have the right to transcribe.
Questions and answers
Which video files work?
MP4, MOV and WebM, the files phones, screen recorders and most apps save, up to 95 MB. Only the sound is used, so the picture’s quality doesn’t matter.
My video is over 95 MB. What can I do?
Only the sound matters, so make the file smaller: export the video at a lower resolution, trim it to the part you want, or save its sound as an MP3 and drop that in. A minute of MP3 is about 2 MB.
Can I use a video from an app whose link doesn’t work?
Yes. Some sites and apps don’t let our server download their videos. Save the video to your phone or computer, then drop the file in here.
Is it free?
A voice, one instrument or solo piano is free, up to three a day, with free PDF, MP3 and WAV downloads. A band, every instrument on its own staff, uses 40 credits a minute after you agree to the price. MusicXML and MIDI need the score unlocked for 15 credits, once.
Does it read the notes from the picture, such as a piano tutorial’s falling notes?
No. ScoreStarling listens to the sound. A video of sheet music scrolling by is better saved as a PDF or a picture and opened as sheet music.
Can I do this in ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes, once ScoreStarling is connected: attach the video in the chat and ask for the sheet music. See the connection guide.