Import sheet music

You can start a project from music you already have. In Music Block Studio, open the arrow next to New score and choose Import a file or Import a scan.

Files can be up to 4 MB. A scan can have several files, up to 4 MB together; photos are resized to fit.

Several pages in one score

If a piece spans more than one page, add all its pages to the same scan and they are read as one score in one project:

1. Choose several files at once, or drop or paste them into the dialog. To add a page later, press Add pages.
2. Check the order: the number on each page is its place in the score. Drag a page to move it (on a keyboard, focus it and use the arrow keys).
3. Click a page to see it full size. Remove a page with its ✕.
4. When the order is right, press Import … as one score.

A PDF counts as all of its pages, kept in their order. You are charged for every page.

Import review

Music recognition is good but not perfect. After a scan import, open History: the import's entry lists everything it repaired or is unsure about, grouped by bar.

• Click an item to highlight its bar on the score. Click again to clear the highlight.
• Mark items as checked one by one, or all at once. Until you do, the History button shows a dot.
• Some items have a fix button. It puts the fix into the chat box so you can send it to the assistant.
• Scans often misread key signatures on lines where the page prints none, so a scan keeps its opening key throughout: any key change it reads is undone and listed under "Needs review". If the original really does change key there, press Keep key change.

Tips for better scans

1. Photograph the page flat and in good light, with no shadow across the staves.
2. Fill the frame with the page and keep it straight.
3. One page per photo. For longer pieces, add each page's photo to the same scan, or use a PDF.