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Sheet music and tab on your videos, step by step

Walkthroughs in the real editor, one workflow each — from a Guitar Pro file, a MIDI or a PDF to a synced video for YouTube, Shorts, Reels or TikTok. Every picture is SheetVideo itself, with what to click ringed.

Automatic sync · 7 min readSync sheet music to your performance video — automatically

Line the score up with your recording without tapping beats or keyframing: SheetVideo listens to the performance, places every bar, and lights each note as it is played. Rubato and tempo changes included.

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Guitar Pro · 6 min readTurn a Guitar Pro file into a video of you playing it

Turn a Guitar Pro file (.gp, .gpx, .gp5, .gp4, .gp3) into a tab video synced to your own performance — no OBS capture, no cropping in DaVinci, no Premiere keyframes. Export for YouTube, TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

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Guitar tab videos · 6 min readAdd scrolling guitar tabs to your cover video

Add scrolling guitar tabs to your cover video without OBS or Premiere. SheetVideo lines the tab up with your recording by listening to it, lights each note as you play it, and exports for YouTube, TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

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Sheet music videos · 7 min readPut the sheet music on your performance video

Put the sheet music at the bottom of your piano or instrumental performance video, synced to your playing, with the current note lit. From MusicXML, MIDI, Guitar Pro or PDF. Export for YouTube, TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

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From a PDF · 6 min readMake a sheet music video from a PDF score

Turn a PDF of sheet music into a synced score video. SheetVideo reads the printed page back into notes, flags any bar that does not add up, then aligns it to your performance and exports it for YouTube and Shorts.

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From a MIDI file · 6 min readTurn a MIDI file into a score video of your performance

Turn a MIDI file into sheet music on your performance video: import the .mid, give it a key and a title, pick the part you played, and SheetVideo lines every bar up with the recording. Export for YouTube, Shorts, Reels and TikTok.

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Piano videos · 6 min readMake a piano video with the sheet music synced to your playing

Make a piano video with the sheet music synced to your playing: both hands on a grand staff, the current note lit, rubato followed. Walkthrough with Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, from import to export.

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Shorts, Reels, TikTok · 6 min readPut sheet music on a YouTube Short, Reel or TikTok

Turn a performance into a vertical 9:16 Short, Reel or TikTok with the sheet music or tab synced on it: mark the best thirty seconds on bar lines, pick a view that reads on a phone, and export upright without stretching.

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Fixing the sync · 4 min readSheet music out of sync with your video? Here is how to fix it

Notes lighting up early or late, or one bar in the wrong place? How to check the bars SheetVideo flagged, shift the whole take by 50 ms, fix a single bar by hand, and when to sync again on one part.

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Many clips from one take · 3 min readTurn one performance into several Shorts and Reels

Sync a full performance once, then cut it into several vertical Shorts, Reels or TikToks with the sheet music on them — clips marked on bar lines, each exported in any shape, all from one project.

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