Songscription blog & music transcription resources
Explore Songscription’s guides to music transcription, sheet music, MIDI, piano roll, and AI-powered music learning, plus product updates and company announcements from the Songscription team.
Complete, long-form walkthroughs of arranging, transposing, chords, transcription by instrument, audio to MIDI, and more, each linking to the focused how-tos in its topic.
Guides
16 articles- Guide11 min readLearning songs with a piano roll: The complete guideA piano roll lets you learn a song by watching it, with no sheet music required. This guide covers what a piano roll is, how to learn from one, and how it compares to reading notation.Guide · · 11 min read
- Guide12 min readThe music teacher’s guide to AI transcriptionAI transcription can hand you the sheet music your students actually want, leveled to their ability, in minutes. This guide covers how teachers use it across the studio and the classroom.Guide · · 12 min read
- Guide10 min readMusic notation terms, explained: A glossary for musiciansSheet music, MIDI, tab, lead sheets, time signatures: the language of written music in one place. This glossary defines the terms that come up most, with a fuller guide linked for each.Guide · · 10 min read
- Guide11 min readHow to convert audio to MIDI: The complete guideConverting an audio file to MIDI is one of those tasks that used to be tedious and is now mostly a matter of picking the right tool for the source. Here’s how the process actually works in 2026.Guide · · 11 min read
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