Typical sheet music recognition
pitches & rhythm onlydashed: lost on export — you add it back by hand
For printed, monophonic single-staff parts
Photograph sheet music, get the score.
A sheet music scanner that keeps the music: photograph or upload a printed part and get an editable score — MusicXML and MIDI with slurs, dynamics and articulation, not just pitches.
Drop a photo hereJPEG, PNG, HEIC or PDF · up to 8 MB
JPEG, PNG, HEIC or PDF · up to 8 MB
- Free · one page a day
To scan, you sign in for free. Your photo is sent to an AI service for recognition and stays in your library until you delete it. Please only upload music you are allowed to use. Privacy details (German).
etude-12.musicxml
32 / 32 measures
- Slurs
- Dynamics
- Articulation
Why neumascan
Most scanners read the pitches — and throw the music away.
If you want to reuse a scanned part — transpose it, re-engrave it, hand it to students — you need more than the right notes: slurs, dynamics and phrasing have to survive. That is exactly where existing tools fail.
neumascan
all of the music- Tie
- Slur
- p · mf · crescendo
- Staccato & accent
Measure ledger
Errors are found, not hidden.
Every measure is checked against the time signature. Anything that doesn't add up shows in the measure ledger — one glance tells you how much work is left, and one click takes you there.
31 of 32 measures add up
Measure 14: 3¾ of 4 beats
Pre-check
Honest before processing.
If your photo's resolution isn't good enough, we say so before you wait — not after a useless result. No other scanner does this.
Complete
Complete, not approximate.
Slurs, dynamics and articulation end up in the file — including whether they sit above or below the staff.
Export
Open it, keep working. No cleanup.
The goal: MusicXML that opens in MuseScore, Sibelius or Dorico with zero cleanup.
- MusicXML
- MIDI
- MuseScore
- Sibelius
- Dorico
How it works
Four steps, no retyping.
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01
Capture
secondsUpload a photo, scan or PDF. Resolution is measured instantly.
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Process
about 3 minutesRecognition reads pitches, rhythm, slurs and dynamics — measure by measure.
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03
Check
one glanceThe measure ledger flags every bar whose beats don't add up.
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Export
one clickPrint a PDF — transposed if you like — or download MusicXML and MIDI to keep working in your notation software.
Honesty
Below 10 pixels, we don't guess.
Everything depends on one number: the staff line spacing of your photo in pixels. If it's too small, the difference between one and two beams is smaller than the image noise — no serious recognition is possible, and we say so instead of shipping a broken file.
Tip: fill the frame with the page and shoot straight from above.
- < 10 pxrejected
- 10–14 pxwarning first
- 15–19 pxwith a warning
- ≥ 20 pxfull processing
Too small — please retake the photo.
No serious result is possible. Move closer or scan the page.
Borderline — your call.
We warn you before you start. A sharper photo makes a big difference.
Works, with a warning.
Recognition runs; we flag uncertain spots in the result.
Perfect — full processing.
Enough resolution for beams, slurs and dynamics.
Demo
Try it with a real page.
Printed, monophonic single-staff parts — études, orchestral parts, vocal lines. neumascan can't do piano systems or handwriting yet.
Drop a photo hereJPEG, PNG, HEIC or PDF · up to 8 MB
JPEG, PNG, HEIC or PDF · up to 8 MB
To scan, you sign in for free. Your photo is sent to an AI service for recognition and stays in your library until you delete it. Please only upload music you are allowed to use. Privacy details (German).
Library
What the library adds.
Your free account is your library: your scans run there and stay there — and a whole part fits into one scan.
Several pages
Every page of a part in one scan — from a PDF or from several photos.
Phone capture
Scan a QR code on your computer, take photos with your phone — the pages show up right away.
Score editor
Fix flagged spots right next to the original photo instead of in another program.
Everything saved
Your scans stay in your library until you delete them.
Pricing
Start for free, scan more with Pro.
Free is enough to try it out: one page a day. For more there’s Pro — cancel any month, or pay less by the year — and, only for the first 150, Lifetime.
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Free
€0forever
with a free account
1 page a day, up to 10 a month
- Score editor next to the original photo
- Listen and transpose
- Export as PDF, MusicXML and MIDI
- Library: your scans stay saved
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Pro monthly
€19.99a month
cancel any month
25 pages a month
- Everything in Free
- Scans of up to 50 pages
- Your phone as a camera via QR code
- Email when your scan is ready
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Pro yearly
Recommended€180a year
works out at €15 a month · saves €59.88 a year compared with Pro monthly
25 pages a month
- Everything in Free
- Scans of up to 50 pages
- Your phone as a camera via QR code
- Email when your scan is ready
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Lifetime
€499once
pay once, use it for good — only for the first 150
150 spots
25 pages a month, for good
- Everything in Pro
- All future updates
- Premium support: email reply within 1 business day
All prices in euros, including VAT. Payments are handled by Stripe; Pro renews automatically until you cancel. Scanning needs an account and happens in your library. Our terms apply. All prices and questions.
What is MusicXML?
The open interchange format for music notation. Every major app — MuseScore (free), Sibelius, Dorico, Finale — opens it, slurs, dynamics and articulation included; that's where you transpose, lay out and print. MIDI, by contrast, only knows notes and timing.
How do I play the MIDI file?
The quickest way is “Listen”: it plays your scan right in the browser. A MIDI file holds only notes and timing, no sound — the program that plays it needs instrument sounds. MuseScore (free) and GarageBand come with them. VLC doesn’t, and says “MIDI synthesis not set up”. To set it up once: download and unzip GeneralUser GS. In VLC, open Tools → Preferences (on a Mac: VLC → Preferences), choose “All” under “Show settings” at the bottom left, then Input / Codecs → Audio codecs → FluidSynth; click “Browse”, pick the .sf2 file from the unzipped folder and save. After a restart, VLC plays MIDI files.
What kind of music works?
Printed, monophonic single-staff parts: études, wind and string parts, vocal lines. Not yet: piano, multi-voice staves, handwriting, tablature.
Why does a scan take about 3 minutes?
Because we read more than pitches: slurs, dynamics and articulation are recognized one by one, then the measure ledger checks every bar. The scan runs in your library — do something else meanwhile, or even close the page.
What does neumascan cost?
With a free account, one page a day is free, at most ten a month — and your scans stay in your library. More pages come with Pro: €19.99 a month or €180 a year, 25 pages per month each. Lifetime is a one-time €499 — only for the first 150. All prices include VAT; everything else is on the pricing page.
Can I upload any sheet music?
Only music you are allowed to use — public domain (the vast 19th-century repertoire) or your own material. Your scans stay private: there is no shared library, and only you and — for quality control — the neumascan team can see them. No scan is ever used for training.
What happens to my photo?
It is sent to an AI service for recognition and stays with the scan in your library until you delete it — on its own or with your account. We never use it for training. Privacy details (German).