Audio to sheet music
The process of detecting notes and rhythm from audio, then rendering a readable score draft.
Glossary
Music Transcription Glossary
Short definitions for the terms users see while evaluating an AI music transcription product.
Core terms
Numbered Notation
A notation view where scale degrees 1-7 represent melody notes. Song2Notation uses the right-hand melody for piano results.
MusicXML
A structured notation exchange format that can be imported into notation apps for further editing.
MIDI
A performance-style note event format that is useful for DAWs, playback, and editing.
Piano Roll
A time-and-pitch view of notes, commonly used in DAWs and useful for visual checking.
Transcription minutes
The monthly allowance used by Pianist and Composer plans to control processing capacity.
Score draft
A generated starting point that should be reviewed before performance, teaching, or publication.
RLS
Row Level Security, the Supabase/PostgreSQL policy layer used to isolate user and workspace data.