PDF to MSCZ: a MuseScore file you can open and edit.
Upload the PDF and get an .mscz file back, MuseScore's own format. LalaScript reads the page with optical music recognition, a deterministic music engine checks that every bar adds up, and the file opens in MuseScore 3 or 4 as real notation.
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This is what your PDF becomes.
Real, editable notation, not an image. Cleanest results come from PDFs exported by notation software, one page of music per PDF page, upright. Scanned or photographed pages are less reliable.
From PDF to .mscz in three steps.
Upload the PDF
A PDF exported from MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico reads best. Scans work too, less reliably, and the result says which kind of read you got.
We read the music
Optical music recognition reads the page, then the engine checks keys, voices and rhythms so every bar adds up before you see it.
Download the .mscz
One click gives you the MuseScore file. Want MusicXML for another program, a fresh PDF, or an MP3? Those are there too.
Why convert here instead of retyping the piece.
Bars that add up
The engine checks every bar before export, so the .mscz opens without the broken measures a raw PDF import tends to leave.
Change it in a sentence
Transpose it, make it easier, fix a wrong note: type it in plain English and download the changed file.
Hear it first
Play the score in the browser before you download, so you know the read is right.
PDF to MSCZ, answered.
What is an MSCZ file?
An .mscz file is MuseScore's own score format: the notes, the parts, the layout and the playback settings in one compressed file. It is what MuseScore saves by default, so a PDF converted to .mscz opens in MuseScore as a score you can edit, not as a picture.
Will the .mscz open in MuseScore 4?
Yes. LalaScript writes the file in the MuseScore 3 format, which opens in MuseScore 3 and in MuseScore 4. MuseScore 4 may offer to update the layout when it opens a MuseScore 3 file; either choice keeps the notes.
Is the PDF to MSCZ converter free?
LalaScript is free to start, with no card needed, so you can convert your first PDFs to .mscz without paying.
Does it work on scanned PDFs or phone photos?
It works best on PDFs exported from notation software such as MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico, one page of music per PDF page, upright. Scanned or photographed pages convert less reliably, and LalaScript says so on the result instead of hiding it.
Can I change the piece before I download the .mscz?
Yes. Type the change in plain English in the browser, for example transpose it to F major or make the left hand easier, then download the changed .mscz. You can also download MusicXML, a fresh PDF or an MP3.
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