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MIDI files from public YouTube videos

YouTube to MIDI

Sometimes the only copy of a part is a video. Paste the link, confirm you have the right one from the preview, and let the conversion turn it into note data you can export.

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GP5, GPX, GP, MusicXML, MXL

Guitar, bass, 7-string or ukulele. Exports to Guitar Pro and MIDI.

AI-Powered Guitar Tab Generation

Paste a link or file, get an editable draft, then play and export in the browser.

Tabs back in minutesGuitar, bass, 7-string, ukulele

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Paste a link or upload audio

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, MIDI, or a recording.

02

AI writes the tab draft

Notes and rhythm land as an editable guitar tab.

03

Play, tweak, export

Loop hard bars. Export GP5, MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

Use cases

What players convert here

Lesson videos

Turn the demonstration section of a lesson into MIDI you can loop and slow down.

Covers and live clips

Get the note data from a performance that was never released as a studio track.

Backing track rebuilds

Extract a part from a video, then reprogram it with your own sounds.

Tabtify editor on a laptop - guitar tab with playback

After the AI draft

A real tab editor, not a static download.

Play it back, edit any note, open GP5 or MusicXML you already have, and export in the format you need.

  • Edit the draft

    Fix notes, timing, measures, and fret choices.

  • Check by ear

    Play back, loop bars, match the source.

  • Export when ready

    Guitar Pro, MIDI, PDF, MusicXML.

Open the editor

Tabs made with Tabtify

Real AI drafts you can open in the editor - same path as convert.

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I Don't Wanna Live Forever

ZAYN & Taylor Swift

GP5
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Stairway To Heaven

Led Zeppelin

GP5
Open in editor

Sittin' On Top Of The World

Doc Watson

GP5
Open in editor

Havana

Camila Cabello

GP5
Open in editor

Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran

GP5
Open in editor

Give me love

Michal

GP5
Open in editor

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Tabtify's AI-powered guitar tab creation platform. From audio conversion to professional export formats.

Can I convert any video I find?
Technically any public one. Whether you should depends on what you do with it: transcribing to learn a part is normal practice, redistributing someone's work is not.
Does it work on Shorts?
Shorts are actually a good case, because they are short and usually feature one instrument up front.
Why does my result have notes that are not in the video?
Other instruments in the mix get picked up as pitches. Video with a single instrument playing gives the cleanest read, and the editor is there to delete the strays.
Can I get sheet music instead of MIDI?
The same conversion exports MusicXML, which opens in MuseScore and Sibelius, and PDF if you just want to print it.

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Converter notes

From source to editable tab

These notes are here for setup context. The main workflow starts above in the converter, then continues in the editor.

  • Shows title, channel, thumbnail, and duration before you commit to a conversion.
  • Works on lessons, covers, live clips, and short riff videos.
  • Result exports as .mid, and as Guitar Pro or PDF from the same screen.

Steps

  1. 01Paste the public YouTube URL into the Media tab.
  2. 02Check the preview, then choose the instrument and tuning.
  3. 03Run the conversion and open the result in the editor.
  4. 04Clean up the notes and export MIDI.

Source quality

  • Pick the cleanest upload you can find. Phone audio and heavy crowd noise both hurt.
  • Point at the section that matters instead of converting a 20 minute video.
  • Solo demonstration clips beat full band performances by a wide margin.
  • The link has to be public. Private and members-only videos cannot be read.
  • Live audience recordings are among the hardest inputs for note detection.
  • Conversion is built around clips up to 15 minutes.