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MIDI files to sheet music (.mid)

Klavissimo doesn't read MIDI files (.mid) — they carry the sound, but no notation: no hands, no rests, no note values. MuseScore opens them and saves them as MusicXML, and from there you import like any other piece. For files from a notation program it takes about a minute.

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Open the MIDI file in MuseScore

File → Open → pick your .mid file. MuseScore turns the sound straight into notation; no extra tool needed.

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Check what came out of it

Three things are worth a look: are there two staves (right hand in treble, left in bass clef)? Are the time signature and any pickup bar right? Do the note values look plausible — or is it swarming with 32nds and scraps of rests where quarters should be?

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Export as MusicXML

File → Export → MusicXML, exactly as for a piece you set yourself. The steps with screenshots are in the MuseScore guide.

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Import, then fill in title and tempo

After importing into "My pieces", type the title and tempo in the preview: a MIDI file has no title field, and the tempo often doesn't survive the detour. Both fields are editable right there — the notes themselves arrive complete, including the split between hands for files from a notation program.

Good to know:

Worth knowing before you put in the work: MIDI files come in two kinds. Those exported from a notation program (Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore, commercial sheet-music libraries) sit on the beat and turn into readable notation reliably. Recordings played on an instrument, though — from a digital piano, or "performance" MIDI off the web — have no bar structure, just the player's free timing. Even MuseScore only produces a rough draft from those, with chopped-up note values you'd have to fix bar by bar. For such files it's almost always faster to look for the piece as ready-made MusicXML.

Your data:

This route stays local too: MuseScore runs as a program on your own computer, and imported pieces stay in your browser — nothing from your MIDI file is uploaded.

Exporting your own piece with MuseScore Where do I get sheet music?
MIDI files to sheet music (.mid) — Klavissimo Help