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How do I turn a YouTube video into a piano tutorial?

Open MIDI.PLAY, paste the YouTube link into your library, and choose the part you want to play. The app downloads the audio, works out the notes and shows them as a falling-notes piano tutorial.

Steps

  1. Open MIDI.PLAY and copy the link of the YouTube video.
  2. Paste the link into your library.
  3. The first time, you're asked to confirm you have the right to use the song. You only answer this once.
  4. Choose whether to split the song into its instruments. Splitting takes a few minutes but lets you practise over the real backing (see learning one instrument).
  5. Wait while the notes are worked out. Playing starts as soon as the first notes are ready.
  6. Press play and follow the falling notes.

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