Build printable music tab books — the right way
Upload your song PDFs, organize them into chapters, and MakeMySongBook handles the tricky part: perfect double-sided page alignment so you never have to turn the page mid-song.
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Upload Song PDFs to get started
Drag & drop song PDFs here, or click to browse
Each PDF is one song. Song names are auto-detected from filenames.
How it works
From loose PDFs to a beautiful, print-ready songbook.
Upload
Drag & drop your song PDFs. Titles are pulled from file names.
Organize
Group songs into chapters and drag to reorder. Smart layout auto-aligns pages for double-sided printing.
Make it yours
Add a cover, table of contents, chapter dividers, and page numbers. Your book, your style.
Download as full-size pages or as a foldable booklet. Print double-sided, fold, staple — done.
Want the full walkthrough? Read our step-by-step guide.
Pages land exactly where they should
Multi-page songs always open as a flat spread — no mid-song page flipping. MakeMySongBook inserts blanks in exactly the right spots so every song starts on the correct side. You'd spend hours doing this by hand.
Covers, chapters, color themes
Design a cover with your title and instrument artwork, organize songs into chapters, pick a color theme — or keep it simple and just hit generate. Your book, your style.
Free, no account needed
No accounts, no sign-up, no watermarks. Just upload your PDFs and start building. Free, no limits.
What musicians say
Hear from musicians who use MakeMySongBook to organize their music.
“I used to spend hours aligning pages in a PDF editor before printing songbooks for my students. Now it takes five minutes. The smart page alignment is a lifesaver.”
“We needed a shared gig book with 80+ songs organized by set. MakeMySongBook made it easy — chapters, table of contents, the whole thing. Printed and spiral-bound at the local copy shop.”
“Every week I update our worship songbook with new songs. Being able to just drag-and-drop PDFs and regenerate the book has saved me so much time. Love the booklet format for our musicians.”
“I put together a fake book with 120 jazz standards for our combo. The chapter dividers for each style — bossa, swing, ballads — look really professional. We printed it spiral-bound and it lives on every music stand.”
“Finally a tool that understands double-sided printing. I had a 60-page collection of folk tunes and every song opens flat without flipping. That alone was worth it.”
“We create custom practice books for each student level. Upload their pieces, add a cover with the school logo, print at the copy shop. Parents love it, students take better care of a real book than loose sheets.”
Made for musicians who like printed books.
MakeMySongBook was born from the frustration of printing music tab collections. Whether you play mandolin, guitar, banjo, or any instrument — arranging tabs for a double-sided printed book means dealing with page alignment, blank pages, and hours of manual shuffling in a PDF editor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about MakeMySongBook.
- MakeMySongBook is a free web application that lets you build printable music tab books. Upload your song PDFs, organize them into chapters, and generate a professionally laid out, print-ready book with smart double-sided page alignment.
- When printing double-sided, multi-page songs need to start on a left page so both pages are visible in one spread without flipping. MakeMySongBook automatically inserts blank pages where needed so every multi-page song starts on the correct side. Single-page songs fill gaps naturally.
- Yes, MakeMySongBook is completely free to use. There are no subscriptions, no hidden fees, and no usage limits. No account needed.
- No. MakeMySongBook requires no account, no sign-up, and no login. Just open the tool, upload your PDFs, and start building your songbook. It's completely free.
- MakeMySongBook accepts PDF files as input. You can upload individual song PDFs, and the tool will merge them into a single print-ready PDF book. The output is always a PDF file optimized for double-sided printing.
- Yes. You can create chapter dividers to group songs by genre, instrument, difficulty, or any category you choose. Each chapter can have a custom description, and you can pick from four divider page styles — Classic, Modern, Minimal, and Ornate. Chapters appear in the auto-generated table of contents in the final book.
- Yes. MakeMySongBook automatically adds page numbers to every page, along with song title headers in the top-right corner. The table of contents references these page numbers so you can quickly find any song.
- MakeMySongBook works with tabs and sheet music for any instrument — guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, piano, fiddle, and more. If you have your music as PDF files, you can build a book from them regardless of instrument.
- Yes. MakeMySongBook includes a built-in cover designer where you can set a title, subtitles, and author name. Choose from instrument artwork (guitar, mandolin, banjo, and more) and decorative elements to personalize the design. You can also upload a custom HTML cover file and add a logo image.
- MakeMySongBook works in all modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Since it uses modern web APIs for PDF processing, we recommend using the latest version of your preferred browser.
- Yes. You can edit song names at the group level or rename individual pages. The names you set appear as headers on each page in the final PDF, which is useful for multi-page songs where each page covers a different section.
- After generating your PDF, download it and open it in any PDF reader. When printing, select "Print on both sides" (duplex) and "Flip on long edge" in your printer settings. The smart page alignment ensures every song spread will be correct.
- Using MakeMySongBook is simple: 1) Upload your song PDFs by dragging them into the tool. 2) Organize songs into chapters and drag to reorder. 3) Design your cover with a title, author name, and instrument artwork. 4) Configure settings like page format (A4 or A5 booklet), page numbers, and chapter divider style. 5) Generate your print-ready PDF and print double-sided. No account needed — completely free.
- To make a printed tab book: 1) Collect your song PDFs — name each file clearly as it becomes the song title. 2) Upload them to MakeMySongBook. 3) Organize songs into chapters by genre, difficulty, or however you like. 4) Customize the cover with a title, author name, and instrument artwork. 5) Generate the PDF, print double-sided, and bind with staples, a ring binder, or comb binding. No account needed — completely free.