What is a MusicXML file?

It is sheet music saved as data instead of a picture. Notation programs such as MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale and Dorico can all save a score as MusicXML.

Can I open an .mxl file?

Yes. An .mxl file is a compressed MusicXML file. Drop it here the same way as a .musicxml or .xml file.

How do I open a MusicXML file without notation software?

Drop it on this page. It opens in your browser as sheet music and as falling notes, ready to play, with nothing to install and no account needed to try it.

Can I open a MuseScore or Guitar Pro file?

Yes. Drop a MuseScore file (.mscz, .mscx) or a Guitar Pro file (.gp, .gpx, .gp5, .gp4, .gp3), such as an arrangement you or your teacher wrote. It opens like any MusicXML file, with its sheet music. Drum parts are left out.

Does it open Finale or Sibelius files?

Not their own files (.musx, .sib). Export the score as MusicXML from the program first, then drop that file here.

Can I convert MusicXML to PDF or MIDI?

Yes. Your song's download page (Download sheet & MIDI, beside the player) has a clean sheet music PDF to print or keep on a tablet, and a MIDI file. Sign in to keep the song first: both come with Premium.

How large can the file be?

Up to 10 MB, which is far more than a song needs. A MuseScore or Guitar Pro file can be up to 4 MB.

Yes. Uploading, listening, fixing notes and practicing are free, online in your browser, with nothing to install. You can try it without signing in: a free account is only needed to keep your song.

Can I play it on my own piano?

Yes. In the EZPiano app, connect a MIDI keyboard with a cable or Bluetooth, or turn on the microphone for an acoustic piano. The song waits until you play the right note. Songs you upload here are in the app when you sign in.

You decide. When you check your song you choose Public, so anyone can find it and play it, here and through search engines such as Google, or Private, so only you can open it.

Open a MusicXML file and play it as sheet music

Drop a .musicxml or .mxl file. It opens in your browser as sheet music and as falling notes, ready to play and to practice part by part. A free online MusicXML viewer and player, with no sign-in needed to try.

Opens MusicXML (.musicxml, .xml, .mxl), MuseScore and Guitar Pro files
Sheet music, falling notes and practice part by part
Slow it down, repeat a line, one hand at a time
Free online viewer: nothing to install

Drop your MusicXML file here

PDF
Photo of a page
MusicXML
MIDI
MuseScore
Guitar Pro
Piano MP3 or WAV

You choose who can see your song.

A PDF or photos of printed sheet music: up to 12 pages and 4 MB. MusicXML and MIDI: up to 10 MB. MuseScore and Guitar Pro: up to 4 MB. A recording of a piano played alone (MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC or FLAC): up to 5 minutes and 100 MB.

How to open a MusicXML or MXL file online

Export it as MusicXML
In MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico, export the score as MusicXML: a .musicxml file, or an .mxl file, the compressed kind. Up to 10 MB.
Drop it here
Drop the file in the box above, or tap Choose a file. It opens in a few seconds, and no account is needed to try it.
Check it
On a computer or a tablet it opens in Fix the notes: listen, fix a note if you need to, and leave out a part you do not play.
Play and practice
Play it as sheet music or as falling notes, slow it down, and practice it part by part, each hand and then both.
Keep it
Sign in with a free account to keep the song. With Premium, download its sheet music PDF and its MIDI file.

Saved from MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico

Every notation program can save a score as MusicXML: look for Export in its File menu.

MuseScore

File, Export, then MusicXML. Or drop the MuseScore file itself (.mscz, .mscx, up to 4 MB): it opens the same way.

Sibelius and Dorico

File, Export, then MusicXML. The default settings are fine.

Finale

A Finale file (.musx) does not open here. In Finale, choose File, Export, MusicXML, then drop that file.

Only have a PDF?

A PDF is read from a picture of its pages, which is less exact than MusicXML, but it works.

PDF to MIDI

Several parts: keep the one you practice

A score for voice and piano, a duet or a band keeps its parts, and you choose which stay.

One part at a time

On a computer or a tablet, Part beside the title has a button for each part: fix the notes of one part at a time, the piano first.

Leave out a part

Leave out takes the open part out of the song, its sheet music and its downloads too. The plus beside it puts it back.

Played as it sounds

A part written at another pitch than it sounds, such as a clarinet or a guitar, plays as it sounds.

MusicXML to PDF and MIDI

Your song keeps its score, so its download page has the files made from it.

A sheet music PDF

The full score on A4 pages, also with finger numbers and with bigger notes.

MusicXML to PDF

A MIDI file

Both hands as tracks of their own, for a DAW, Synthesia or a keyboard.

A Guitar Pro file

The same score as a .gp file for Guitar Pro 7 and 8, with its piano sound and its chords.

Like every download on the site, they come with Premium.

Then practice it

Slow it down

Start at half speed. Go faster when your fingers know the way.

Repeat one line

Loop the hard bars until they feel easy.

One hand at a time

Learn the melody first, then add the left hand.

On your own piano

The EZPiano app listens through a MIDI keyboard or the microphone and waits for the right note.

Shared by the community

Songs that members uploaded from their own sheet music and made public. Open one to see what yours will look like.

Start another way

A YouTube videoA link to a video of a piano played alone.YouTube to sheet music A PDFPrinted sheet music saved as a PDF.PDF to MIDI A photo of a pageTake a picture of printed sheet music with your phone.Sheet music scanner A MIDI fileSee it as sheet music and as falling notes.MIDI to sheet music

Questions about MusicXML files

What is a MusicXML file?: It is sheet music saved as data instead of a picture. Notation programs such as MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale and Dorico can all save a score as MusicXML.
Can I open an .mxl file?: Yes. An .mxl file is a compressed MusicXML file. Drop it here the same way as a .musicxml or .xml file.
How do I open a MusicXML file without notation software?: Drop it on this page. It opens in your browser as sheet music and as falling notes, ready to play, with nothing to install and no account needed to try it.
Can I open a MuseScore or Guitar Pro file?: Yes. Drop a MuseScore file (.mscz, .mscx) or a Guitar Pro file (.gp, .gpx, .gp5, .gp4, .gp3), such as an arrangement you or your teacher wrote. It opens like any MusicXML file, with its sheet music. Drum parts are left out.
Does it open Finale or Sibelius files?: Not their own files (.musx, .sib). Export the score as MusicXML from the program first, then drop that file here.
Can I convert MusicXML to PDF or MIDI?: Yes. Your song's download page (Download sheet & MIDI, beside the player) has a clean sheet music PDF to print or keep on a tablet, and a MIDI file. Sign in to keep the song first: both come with Premium.
How large can the file be?: Up to 10 MB, which is far more than a song needs. A MuseScore or Guitar Pro file can be up to 4 MB.
Is it free?: Yes. Uploading, listening, fixing notes and practicing are free, online in your browser, with nothing to install. You can try it without signing in: a free account is only needed to keep your song.
Can I play it on my own piano?: Yes. In the EZPiano app, connect a MIDI keyboard with a cable or Bluetooth, or turn on the microphone for an acoustic piano. The song waits until you play the right note. Songs you upload here are in the app when you sign in.
Who can see my song?: You decide. When you check your song you choose Public, so anyone can find it and play it, here and through search engines such as Google, or Private, so only you can open it.