Share choir parts with reference recordings
Choir members rehearse at home with whatever recording they can find, usually the wrong one. A single MPDF link gives everyone the same score, the same reference mix, and their own voice part one tap away, with no app to install.
Use YouTube, and you can send a link
Most choral repertoire has part-learning videos on YouTube (a mix plus separate soprano, alto, tenor and bass tracks). Because those are links rather than files, the finished score can be shared as a link: it opens in the browser with a preview card, and the recordings play through YouTube's own player. Link to official or publisher uploads where you can.
Set it up
- Drop the score PDF into the maker.
- Paste one YouTube link per track: the full mix first, then each voice. Name them “Full mix”, “Soprano”, “Alto” and so on. The names are what singers see in the player.
- Under Pages, assign the full mix to page 1. That is the default; every singer picks their own part from the track list in the player, and the choice stays while they turn pages.
- Title the file (“Messiah · Hallelujah”), then Create link.
Page cues for longer works
For a piece with several movements, or a long video where the section on page 7 starts at 4:12, assign the track to page 7 and type 4:12 into Start. When a singer turns to that page, playback jumps there. Find the timestamps by scrubbing the video once; it takes a minute and saves every member the same minute.
Sending the link
- Paste the link into the choir's group chat. It shows the title and a preview.
- Anyone with the link can open it; there is no login. Links expire after [retention period], so make a fresh one for next season.
- If someone prefers a file, Save as PDF gives the same content; the YouTube links are inside the file and play in the viewer.
At rehearsal
On a tablet the score fills the screen exactly like a plain PDF, and the player is a small pill you can move out of the way. Tap it to play, tap again to stop; nothing is drawn over the music.