Add audio file (listening example)

What is this?

With Add audio file you attach one or more listening examples to a sheet music piece. That helps members enormously to get to know a piece — they can listen at home, on the go or before rehearsal and read along with the score.

Typical audio files:

• Original recording of the work (studio, live or a known release)
• Piano playback with all voices
• MIDI export from notation programs like MuseScore or Sibelius
• Rehearsal recording from the last rehearsal weekend
• Per-voice recordings (soprano only, alto only, ...) for practicing

How to add an audio file

1. Open the piece through the sheet music overview.
2. Scroll to the audio area on the detail page.
3. Click Add audio.
4. Pick the audio file from your computer (MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG).
5. Enter a title, e.g. "Piano playback" or "Recording rehearsal weekend March".
6. Save the upload. The file is immediately available to all members.

What members can do with the audio

• Listen directly in the browser or app — with play, pause, skip and volume
• Run in the background while reading the PDF along
• Adjust speed — slower for tough spots, faster for tempo feel
• Listen offline once the app has cached the piece locally

Permission

Adding requires the sheet_music.edit permission. Listening is open to every member with sheet_music.view. To allow members to share their own practice recordings, use chats or notifications instead.

Which recordings are worth it

• For new, unfamiliar pieces — a professional recording helps to internalize the piece.
• For difficult voices — separate soprano/alto/tenor/bass recordings make practicing easier.
• For original compositions — without a recording the piece often stays abstract.
• For slow tempo passages — a piano recording helps to sing along without the AI voice trainer.

Tips

• Trim recordings beforehand when only an excerpt is to be practiced — that saves data.
• MP3 at 128 kbps is plenty for pure practice recordings and much smaller than WAV.
• Use clear titles — with multiple recordings, "Piano soprano only" is clearer than "audio_3.mp3".
• Mind the license: do not upload commercial recordings to which you have no rights.