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I can't read sheets and I don't have time to learn so I'm asking if someone could play the song Animal by Miike Snow and then make it into a file for Synthesia, because that's the only way I can learn to play a song.
Thanks!

If you download Smartscore X Pro, you can scan the sheet music or use a digital copy (digital copies always convert better) and the software will read the sheet music and once it has finished, you can save the file as a midi, which can be used by Synthesia.
However, some sheet music just doesnt go well with the program and will have a strange timing, but most do go well,
Hope this helps,
Carl

It's too bad you don't spend the time to learn how to read music -- it's really quite a powerful tool to have in your back pocket. It's a whole world of music at your fingertips.

yeah, youre better off learning how to read it at some point, all you really need to remember are FACE and ACEG

Synthesia will help in this regard, just turn sheet music on, read the notes and watch the keys at the same time ! Hey I'm 59 years old and I've spent just a little time over the passed year slowly learning to read, it is worth it.... (Secondary to learning to play anything I hear of course so I'm not at the mercy of someones scoring....)
Just takes time and a "fair" ear. (I'm deaf in one.)
Ps. Love SmartScoreX also, they have a 50.00 midi version out now it has done a pretty good job for me.

I'd argue if time is a concern, you don't have time not to learn to read music. If you change your mind regarding the matter, see my thread of free resources on learning such subjects here: Music Theory 101

edit: as far as my ethos is concerned (assuming you care), I also learned to play the piano using Synthesia - 4-6 full works, actually (and regrettably). Unless you wish to only ever play this one piece, you may be interested in knowing that in the time it takes to learn 1 piece with Synthesia, you could learn to read music, get part of the way through the first piece, and already be on your way to breezing through a second.

You cannot be a real pianist, composer, or musician unless you can read music. The idea that you do not have the time to learn to read music manifests pride worthy of a poem by John Milton himself. Do you seriously think that you are better in some way than virtually all musicians who have gone before you? Unless you have a learning disability that forecloses you from reading music, you have no excuse.

there's no reason to be rude; most people who don't know how to read simply don't understand how easy and accessible learning is - I certainly didn't.

Some people are musically dyslexic. Here is a photo of me shaking the hand of someone who is:



I may be able to read music better than he can, but I am by no means a better pianist, composer, or musician than he is. Few people in world are.