Runs in your browser
Sheet Music Viewer
View and play
Open a MusicXML or MXL file and read the score in your browser, rendered by OpenSheetMusicDisplay. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL
MusicXML Tools
Free tools that do the job right here: open a MusicXML file, play it, convert it, check it. They run in your browser, so your file never leaves your computer.
The tools
Runs in your browser
MusicXML Player
View and play
Play a MusicXML or MXL file in your browser and follow the cursor through the score, with tempo, metronome and instrument volumes. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes Audio
Runs in your browser
MusicXML File Converter
Convert
Convert compressed MusicXML (.mxl) to plain MusicXML and back, in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes MusicXML, MXL
Runs in your browser
MusicXML and MXL to PDF Converter
Print and export
Turn a MusicXML or MXL file into a PDF of printable sheet music, on A4 or Letter pages, with the parts you choose. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes PDF
Runs in your browser
MusicXML and MXL to MP3 Converter
Convert
Turn a MusicXML or MXL file into an MP3 or WAV recording of the score, made in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes Audio
Runs in your browser
MusicXML and MXL to MIDI Converter
Convert
Turn a MusicXML or MXL file into a MIDI file, one track per part, with repeats and tempo as you choose. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes MIDI
Runs in your browser
Transpose MusicXML
Change the music
Transpose a MusicXML or MXL file to any key, with notes, accidentals and chord symbols spelled right, and download it as MusicXML or PDF.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes MusicXML, PDF
Runs in your browser
MusicXML to Jianpu
Convert
Show a MusicXML or MXL file as Jianpu (简谱), numbered musical notation, transpose it, and print it as a PDF. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes Jianpu, PDF, MusicXML
Runs in your browser
MusicXML Validator
Check and repair
Validate a MusicXML file against the MusicXML 4.0 schema, with the line of every error, and check its structure. In your browser, nothing uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL
Runs in your browser
Annotate MusicXML
Learn and practice
Write comments, dynamics, fermatas and breath marks on a MusicXML score, keep them in layers, and print the score with them as a PDF. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes PDF
Runs in your browser
MusicXML and MXL to Image Converter
Convert
Turn a MusicXML or MXL file into PNG or SVG images, whole pages or a few measures, for worksheets, slides and blog posts. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes Image, SVG
Runs in your browser
MusicXML and MXL to Braille Converter
Accessibility
Turn a MusicXML or MXL file into braille music (North American Music Braille Code 2015) for braille displays and embossers, every sign explained. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes Braille music, Text
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Extract a Part from MusicXML
Change the music
Take one part out of a MusicXML or MXL score, as MusicXML or MXL for your notation program and as a PDF with multi-measure rests. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes MusicXML, MXL, PDF
Runs in your browser
Color-Coded Sheet Music from MusicXML
Change the music
Color every note of a MusicXML or MXL score by its name, boomwhacker style or in your own colors, and print it as a PDF or PNG. Nothing is uploaded.
Reads MusicXML, MXL · Writes PDF, Image
No tool for that yet. Tell us what you need: support@phonicscore.com.
By task
- View and play (2)Open a MusicXML file and read the score, or hear it, right in your browser.
- Convert (7)Turn MusicXML into other formats and back: MXL, MIDI, PDF, audio, images and more.
- Change the music (3)Transpose, extract a part, recolor notes: get a changed score back.
- Check and repair (1)Validate MusicXML files, find export errors and fix them.
- Print and export (7)Engraved sheet music as PDF or images, ready to print or share.
- Accessibility (1)Braille music, large print and other ways to read a score.
- Learn and practice (3)Practice and teaching tools that work with your MusicXML.
MusicXML in brief
MusicXML is the common file format for sheet music. It stores the notation itself: notes, rhythms, parts, lyrics, dynamics. That lets a score move from one program to another without being typed in again. Michael Good released version 1.0 in 2004; the W3C Music Notation Community Group maintains it now, and the current version is MusicXML 4.0.
A MusicXML file is plain text, XML you could open in any editor, and ends in .musicxml or .xml. Every tool on this site reads it, and its compressed form MXL too.
Questions
What can open a MusicXML file?
Notation programs such as MuseScore Studio, Dorico and Sibelius open and save it. To read a score without installing anything, open it in the Sheet Music Viewer; to hear it, use the MusicXML Player.
What is an MXL file?
Compressed MusicXML: the same score in a zip archive, much smaller. The tools here open .mxl files directly, and the MusicXML File Converter turns one into plain .musicxml and back.
Is MusicXML the same as XML?
MusicXML is XML with a fixed vocabulary for music, set down in a schema. Every MusicXML file is an XML file, but not every .xml file is MusicXML. The MusicXML Validator checks a file against the MusicXML 4.0 schema.
What is MusicXML used for?
Mostly for moving scores between notation programs: write in one, open in another. Apps and websites use it to show and play sheet music; OpenSheetMusicDisplay, the open-source renderer we maintain, draws it in the browser. The Library of Congress recommends it for digital scores.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Every tool runs in your browser, so the file you open never leaves your computer.
Do the tools cost anything?
No. They're free, and none of them needs an account.