Pieces & parts
Create a piece, upload and assign part PDFs, and link recordings.
A piece is the central unit in the sheet music archive. It holds together everything that belongs to a work: the metadata (title, composer, storage location …), the individual part PDFs and recordings to listen to.
Master data first, then parts
You create a piece in two stages: first save the metadata, then add the parts and recordings. So the piece has to exist first before you can upload sheet music PDFs.
Create a piece
Fill in the metadata
Enter the details about the piece:
- Title – the name of the work (required).
- Playing time – in the format hours:minutes:seconds, e.g.
00:04:30. - Storage location – where the paper original is, e.g. "Cabinet A, folder 12".
- Composer, arranger and genre – each selected from your master data.
- Cover – optionally a title image.
Save
Tap "Save". The piece is now created – in the next step you add the parts.
Upload and assign part PDFs
A part PDF is the sheet music page of an instrument as a PDF file. So that your musicians can find it later on their phone, you assign each file to one or more parts.
Assign part(s)
Choose which part (or parts) the file belongs to. A single PDF can also serve several parts – for example when the 1st and 2nd clarinet are on one sheet.
Specify the format
Enter the paper format (A4, A3 or Letter) and the orientation. This makes sure the sheet music prints cleanly later. Then save.
Pages still crooked or turned?
Scanned pages are sometimes crooked, upside down or have an extra page. You can fix that afterwards in the PDF editor.
Add recordings
For each piece you can store recordings so everyone knows how it should sound:
- a link to a video (e.g. YouTube), or
- an uploaded audio file (e.g. your own recording).
Recordings can be played directly in the app. You'll find them on the piece's detail page in the "Recordings" section.
The detail view
On a piece's detail page you see everything at a glance: the metadata, all assigned parts with their PDFs, the recordings and the cover. From here you edit the piece, open the performance player or generate a preview.
