Glossary of Files

Technical questions

How Do I Use a Sibelius File?

Sibelius is one of the music notation software programs we use to manually type in the music. You will only be able to open the Sibelius file if you have this specific software.

How Do I Use a Finale File?

Finale is another of the music notation software programs we use to manually type in the music. You will only be able to open the Finale file if you have this specific software.

How Do I Use a MIDI File?

You can find a detailed description of MIDI files in the ‘Audio files‘ section above.

You can use a MIDI file as an audio file (to have a sheer audio reference of what the sheet music arrangement sounds like). You will either need a MIDI player or a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) like Garage Band, Logic Pro X, Cubase, etc. to play it. If you don’t have any of these, you can ask us for an automatically-generated MP3 file (for free)!

If you have a DAW, you can also import MIDI files and further edit them as you wish!

What is an XML File?

An XML is an Extensible Markup Language file. These files are really just plain text files that use custom tags to describe the structure and other features of the document. You can use them to open the transcription with Finale, Sibelius, Musescore, GuitarPro, and most other music notation software programs.

How Can I Print the PDF?

The PDFs we send are usually ready-to-print, but if you encounter any issues you can do the following: on your printer preferences (command+p on Mac, or control+p on Windows), there should be a “fit to page” option. Enable this option so that your printer adjusts the score automatically to the paper size you are using.