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318 articles- Resources7 min readDo you need to read music to play piano?Plenty of great pianists do not read a note. Here is an honest answer to whether you need to read music to play piano, when reading actually helps, and the ways to learn songs without it.Resources · · 7 min read
- Guide11 min readSuno: The complete guide for musiciansGenerating a song in Suno is the easy part. This guide covers everything that comes after: what Suno actually hands you, getting stems and MIDI, transcribing your track to sheet music, and finishing it.Guide · · 11 min read
- 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
- Comparison9 min readSongscription vs Basic Pitch: Audio to MIDI, or audio to sheet music?Spotify’s Basic Pitch is a free, fast way to turn audio into MIDI. Songscription goes a step further and hands you readable notation from the same recording. Here is which one fits the job.Comparison · · 9 min read
- Comparison11 min readBest audio-to-MIDI converters in 2026Audio-to-MIDI tools have gotten good, but they do not all do the same job. Here are the best converters in 2026, what each one is for, and where they fall short.Comparison · · 11 min read
- Comparison9 min readSongscription vs Synthesia: Falling notes, sheet music, or both?Synthesia teaches songs with falling notes. Songscription gives you falling notes and real sheet music from any recording. Here is how the two compare for learning piano.Comparison · · 9 min read
- Tutorial10 min readHow to make a piano cover of any songA good piano cover starts with knowing what the song is actually doing. Here is how to find the chords and melody, arrange them for two hands, and make the song your own.Tutorial · · 10 min read
- Tutorial9 min readHow to transcribe classical piano musicClassical piano is one of the hardest things to transcribe well: dense voicing, pedal blur, and rubato all fight you. Here is how to get a clean score by ear or with AI, and what to expect.Tutorial · · 9 min read
- Tutorial9 min readHow to transcribe gospel pianoGospel piano is built on rich chords, fast passing notes, and a feel that is hard to pin down. Here is how to transcribe it without losing what makes it gospel, by ear or with AI.Tutorial · · 9 min read
- Resources8 min readWhat is music transcription?Music transcription is the act of writing down music you can hear but do not have on paper. Here is what it means, the forms it takes, and how AI changed who can do it.Resources · · 8 min read
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