It points at the ink
Every flagged bar spotlights the exact measure on your original page — part, measure, and system — so you never hunt for what the warning means.
Free · Sheet music to MusicXML
Sheet music to MusicXML — checked bar by bar.
Upload a PDF or photo of a score. StaveWave reads it, drafts editable MusicXML, then walks you through the uncertain bars — spotlighting the exact ink on your page — until the score is clean enough to trust.
Free to use · No signup · No credit card
God Bless America — score checkNeeds review0 of 4 patterns
2 741 findings → 4 decisions
Original scan · spotlight follows the issue
Bb Clarinet 2 · measure 43This bar is a beat too long
The scan shows a 3/4 bar, but the draft holds 4 beats. Shortening the F♯ makes it sum — that fix passed re-validation.
C5 · quarterF♯4 · halfB4 · quarter
The score check, resolving a real concert-band scan. Drive it yourself →
The score check
Recognition is the easy half. Proof is the product.
Every converter produces a draft. StaveWave is built for the ten minutes after — when you decide whether to trust it. The score check turns that review from squinting at two windows into a guided loop.
Thousands of findings, a handful of decisions
Warnings arrive grouped by cause — “41 bars overfull”, “12 tie mismatches” — with one plain-language card per pattern and verified fixes you can apply across the lot.
Fix it where it sits
Edit notes right on the notation with the scan strip pinned alongside. A beat ruler turns green the moment the bar sums — no counting on your fingers.
Hear the mistake
Play any bar and rhythm errors land on the ear before the eye — the extra half-beat is an audible clunk. Solo the flagged part, follow the playhead.
End to end
What happens to your score.
Four stages between your upload and a MusicXML file you can open in Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, or Finale. The full story →
We look before we read
Clean PDF, flat scan, or phone photo — the pipeline profiles your upload first and prepares only what that source needs.
Several readers, one draft
Independent recognizers read every page. Where they agree, confidence; where they disagree, a flag — no single engine silently decides your score.
Every bar gets checked
Rhythm math, structure, and a render-vs-scan comparison grade each measure red, yellow, or green before you ever see the result.
You review with receipts
The score check walks you through only the bars that need a human, then exports MusicXML with an audit log of everything that was found and fixed.
Honest by design
No black box. No quiet guesses.
Uncertainty stays visible
Bars the recognizers weren't sure about are flagged, never silently smoothed over. You always know which measures were machine-certain and which you confirmed yourself.
Confidence routes review — it doesn't sell certainty
Scores and colors decide what's worth your attention first. They are not a promise the export is right; the evidence on your page is.
Every export carries its audit log
What the engines read, what validation caught, what was fixed and by whom — attached to the job, downloadable with the score.
Questions
What StaveWave does with your score.
StaveWave is built for musicians and copyists who need editable MusicXML, visible warnings, and a clear explanation of how the conversion was judged.
Is StaveWave free to use?
Yes. StaveWave is free to use — upload a score, convert it to MusicXML, and download the result without a paid plan, signup, or credit card.
What file formats do you support?
You can upload PDF, PNG, JPG, WEBP, or TIFF files up to 50 MB and 20 pages.
What will I get after conversion?
You get draft MusicXML plus a bar-by-bar score check that spotlights uncertain measures on your original page, explains each finding in plain language, and offers verified one-tap fixes.
Can I use the MusicXML in Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, or Finale?
Yes. StaveWave exports standard MusicXML for notation apps that can import MusicXML, including Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Finale, and similar score editors.
Does StaveWave hide uncertain recognition results?
No. The score check keeps uncertain measures, warnings, and suggested fixes visible — pointing at the exact ink on your page — so you can review the score before using the export.
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Upload a score, walk the check, download MusicXML — free.
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