Can I convert a sheet music PDF to MIDI online?

Yes. Upload the PDF on this page: its notes are read from the printed pages, and your song has a MIDI file to download, next to a clean sheet music PDF to print. Sign in to keep the song first: both downloads come with Premium.

Reading the PDF, hearing it and practicing it are free, online in your browser, and you can try it without signing in. The files, the MIDI, the sheet music PDF and the Synthesia package, come with Premium, like every download on the site.

How long can the PDF be?

Up to 12 pages and 4 MB. That is enough for a song; a whole book needs to be split into songs first.

Can I see a PDF as falling notes?

Yes. Once it is read, the song plays as falling notes onto a piano keyboard, as the Bars Sheet and as sheet music, so you see which key to press and when.

Does it read handwritten music or guitar tabs?

No. It reads printed sheet music: notes on a staff, chord symbols and lyrics. Handwriting, guitar tabs and chord charts are not read.

What if a note is wrong?

Bars whose beats do not add up are marked. Open the bar and move a note up or down or change how long it is, or have the bar read again. Or skip it and fix it later.

Where can I find free sheet music PDFs?

Public domain music is free to print and play. IMSLP, the Mutopia Project and Musopen share sheet music PDFs, mostly of classical pieces. Check what each site says about a file first.

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.

Your PDF and the pictures of its pages are only for you: they are used to read the notes and to show you the comparison the first time, and they are removed once you have checked the song. The song itself is Public (anyone can find it, also through search engines) or Private, as you choose when you check it.

Turn a sheet music PDF into MIDI and a song you can play

Upload a PDF of printed sheet music. This PDF sheet music reader finds the notes, plays them on a piano and shows them on top of your own page, then as falling notes. Practice it free, part by part, and download the MIDI file with Premium. No sign-in needed to try.

Reads the notes, the chord symbols and the lyrics
Shows what it read on top of each page of your PDF
Practice it part by part: each hand, then both
A MIDI file of the song to download with Premium

Drop your PDF 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.

See what was read, on top of your PDF

Each page of your PDF stays underneath, so you see at a glance what will play and what was missed.

Dark notes were read and will play
Gray notes were not read
Fix a marked bar in a few clicks, or skip it

How to convert a sheet music PDF to MIDI

Pick one song
Use a PDF of printed sheet music, up to 12 pages and 4 MB. If it is a whole book, save the pages of one song as their own PDF first.
Upload the PDF
Drop it in the box above, or tap Choose a PDF. Reading it takes up to a minute.
Check what was read
The notes are drawn on top of your own page. A bar whose beats do not add up is marked: fix it in a few clicks, read it again, or skip it.
Listen and practice
Hear it on a piano, as falling notes or on the staff. Practice it part by part, each hand and then both, slowed down, with hard bars on a loop.
Keep it and download the MIDI
Sign in with a free account to keep the song. With Premium, download it as a MIDI file, or as a clean sheet music PDF to print.

What it reads

Reads

Notes, rests and chords, on one staff or two
Key and time signatures, ties and triplets
Chord symbols above the staff
Lyrics under the notes
The title and the tempo

Does not read yet

Handwritten music
Tabs and chord charts
Repeats and endings
Dynamics and other markings

How accurate is it?

A PDF saved from a notation program reads best: about nine notes in ten come out right. Scanned pages are less accurate, so check the marked bars.

Which PDFs read best

The reader looks at a picture of each page, the way you do. The cleaner the page, the more notes come out right.

A PDF from a notation program

Saved from MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale, Dorico or another notation program. The notes are sharp and straight, so about nine in ten come out right.

A scanned PDF

A scan of a paper page, or a PDF made from phone photos. It reads less well. A flat, straight, sharp scan of a printed page works best.

A MusicXML file is even better

If the program that made the PDF can also save MusicXML, upload that instead: the notes come straight from the file, not from a picture of the page.

MusicXML to sheet music

Play sheet music from a PDF online

You do not need to download anything to hear a PDF: once it is read, it plays right here in your browser.

Hear it at once

Press Listen while you check it: the notes sound on a piano, and the bar that plays is tinted on your own page.

As falling notes

The same notes fall onto a piano keyboard, so you see which key to press and when, slowed down if you like.

On a phone or a tablet

Upload the PDF from your phone or tablet and play it there. Nothing to install.

Use the MIDI in Synthesia, GarageBand or a DAW

A MIDI file holds the notes and when to play them, without the picture of the page. Once your PDF is read, your song has one.

Check it first

Fix the marked bars before you download. The MIDI file is made from your song as you saved it.

Open it anywhere

GarageBand, Logic, any DAW, MuseScore, or any other program that reads MIDI, with both hands as tracks of their own.

With finger hints for Synthesia

The Synthesia package puts the MIDI and its finger numbers in one .zip, so Synthesia shows a finger on every falling note.

The MIDI file, the sheet music PDF and the Synthesia package with finger hints come with Premium, like every download.

Where to find free sheet music PDFs

Music whose copyright has run out is in the public domain: anyone may print it and play it. These libraries share it as PDFs, mostly classical and traditional pieces.

IMSLP

A large library of public domain sheet music, with many editions of each piece. Many files are scans of old printed books, so they read less well than a typeset PDF.

imslp.org

The Mutopia Project

Classical pieces typeset again by volunteers, free to download and print. Typeset PDFs like these are the kind that read best.

mutopiaproject.org

Musopen

A nonprofit that shares recordings and sheet music of classical pieces, free of copyright restrictions.

musopen.org

Copyright rules are not the same in every country, and a new edition or arrangement of an old piece can still be under copyright. Check what each site says about a file before you make your song public.

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 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 A MusicXML fileSaved from a notation program as .musicxml or .mxl. MuseScore and Guitar Pro files open here too.MusicXML to sheet music

Questions about PDF to MIDI

Can I convert a sheet music PDF to MIDI online?: Yes. Upload the PDF on this page: its notes are read from the printed pages, and your song has a MIDI file to download, next to a clean sheet music PDF to print. Sign in to keep the song first: both downloads come with Premium.
Is PDF to MIDI free?: Reading the PDF, hearing it and practicing it are free, online in your browser, and you can try it without signing in. The files, the MIDI, the sheet music PDF and the Synthesia package, come with Premium, like every download on the site.
Does it work with a scanned PDF?: Yes, with less accuracy than a PDF saved from a notation program. A flat, straight, sharp scan of a printed page works best. What was read is shown on top of your page, so mistakes are easy to spot.
How long can the PDF be?: Up to 12 pages and 4 MB. That is enough for a song; a whole book needs to be split into songs first.
Can I see a PDF as falling notes?: Yes. Once it is read, the song plays as falling notes onto a piano keyboard, as the Bars Sheet and as sheet music, so you see which key to press and when.
Does it read handwritten music or guitar tabs?: No. It reads printed sheet music: notes on a staff, chord symbols and lyrics. Handwriting, guitar tabs and chord charts are not read.
What if a note is wrong?: Bars whose beats do not add up are marked. Open the bar and move a note up or down or change how long it is, or have the bar read again. Or skip it and fix it later.
Where can I find free sheet music PDFs?: Public domain music is free to print and play. IMSLP, the Mutopia Project and Musopen share sheet music PDFs, mostly of classical pieces. Check what each site says about a file first.
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 PDF?: Your PDF and the pictures of its pages are only for you: they are used to read the notes and to show you the comparison the first time, and they are removed once you have checked the song. The song itself is Public (anyone can find it, also through search engines) or Private, as you choose when you check it.