| --- |
| license: |
| - mit |
| - cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 |
| - other |
| task_categories: |
| - text-to-audio |
| - other |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - music |
| - abc |
| - sheet-music |
| - symbolic-music |
| - text-to-music |
| - text-to-score |
| - music-generation |
|
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| pretty_name: Text2Score ABC Notation Dataset |
| size_categories: |
| - 100K<n<1M |
| viewer: false |
| --- |
| |
| # Text2Score ABC Notation Dataset |
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| A large-scale symbolic music dataset in ABC notation, curated to support text-driven sheet music generation. Released as part of the [**Text2Score**](https://keshavbhandari.github.io/portfolio/text2score) project. |
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| [](https://arxiv.org) |
| [](https://github.com/keshavbhandari/text2score) |
| [](https://keshavbhandari.github.io/portfolio/text2score) |
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| ## 🚀 Download & Install Dataset |
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| ```bash |
| pip install -U huggingface_hub hf-transfer |
| export HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 |
| huggingface-cli download datasets/mimbres/text2score --local-dir ABC_Dataset |
| cd ABC_Dataset |
| tar xf ABC_Dataset_only_abci_pkl_json.tar |
| ``` |
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| ## 📖 Dataset Description |
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| This dataset comprises **621,162 pieces in ABC notation**, assembled from multiple sources via MIDI-to-ABC conversion (quantized MIDI only, for training quality), direct XML-to-ABC conversion, and publicly available online repositories. The collection spans a broad range of genres and instrumentation, including chamber music, symphonies, film soundtracks, folk tunes, choral works, and solo instrument pieces. |
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| | Source | Count | |
| |---|---| |
| | ABC Notation Data | 316,118 | |
| | PDMX Dataset | 253,339 | |
| | SymphonyNet (Contemporary MIDI) | 45,629 | |
| | Wikifonia Dataset | 6,076 | |
| | ASAP Dataset | 234 | |
| | **Total** | **621,162** | |
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| ## 📝 Citation |
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| If you use this dataset, please cite our paper (BibTeX to be updated upon arXiv release): |
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| ```bibtex |
| @article{bhandari2025text2score, |
| title = {Text2Score: Generating Sheet Music from Textual Prompts}, |
| author = {Bhandari, Keshav and Chang, Sungkyun and Roy, Abhinaba and Ronchini, Francesca and Benetos, Emmanouil and Herremans, Dorien and Colton, Simon}, |
| journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13431}, |
| year = {2026}, |
| url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13431} |
| } |
| ``` |
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|
|
| ## ⚖️ License |
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| This dataset is a composite assembled from multiple sources. **Each source carries its own license — users must comply with all applicable terms for the subsets they use.** Full license texts are provided in the [`LICENSES/`](./LICENSES/) directory of this repository. |
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| | Source | License | Full text | |
| |---|---|---| |
| | PDMX Dataset | MIT | [`LICENSES/LICENSE_PDMX.txt`](./LICENSES/LICENSE_PDMX.txt) | |
| | SymphonyNet (Contemporary MIDI) | MIT | [`LICENSES/LICENSE_SYMPHONYNET.txt`](./LICENSES/LICENSE_SYMPHONYNET.txt) | |
| | ASAP Dataset | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | [`LICENSES/LICENSE_ASAP.txt`](./LICENSES/LICENSE_ASAP.txt) | |
| | Wikifonia / EWLD | Non-commercial, restricted access ⚠️ | [`LICENSES/LICENSE_WIKIFONIA.txt`](./LICENSES/LICENSE_WIKIFONIA.txt) | |
| | ABC Notation Data (converted) | Varies by piece; see `LICENSE` for details | — | |
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| > ⚠️ **Wikifonia / EWLD notice:** The original EWLD dataset on Zenodo is **restricted-access** and requires users to explicitly agree to non-commercial terms before obtaining access. Redistribution of EWLD-derived content may not be permitted without authorisation from the original author; users should independently verify compliance. A public-domain subset is available as [OpenEWLD](https://github.com/00sapo/OpenEWLD). |
| > |
| > ⚠️ **Overall constraint:** The most restrictive licenses in this composite (ASAP: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; Wikifonia: non-commercial only) mean the **full dataset may only be used for non-commercial research purposes**. For commercial use, restrict to the PDMX and SymphonyNet subsets (both MIT-licensed). |
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| See [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) at the root of this repository for a full composite summary. |
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