diff --git a/basic_pitch/data/tf_example_deserialization.py b/basic_pitch/data/tf_example_deserialization.py
index b59667d..ae8b70a 100644
--- a/basic_pitch/data/tf_example_deserialization.py
+++ b/basic_pitch/data/tf_example_deserialization.py
@@ -51,8 +51,16 @@ def prepare_datasets(
     Return a training and a testing dataset.
 
     Args:
-        training_shuffle_buffer_size : size of shuffle buffer (only for training set)
-        batch_size : ..
+        datasets_base_path: path to tfrecords for input data
+        training_shuffle_buffer_size: size of shuffle buffer (only for training set)
+        batch_size: batch size for training and validation
+        validation_steps: number of batches to use for validation
+        datasets_to_use: the underlying datasets to use for creating training and validation sets e.g. guitarset
+        dataset_sampling_frequency: distribution weighting vector corresponding to datasets determining how they
+            are sampled from during training / validation dataset creation.
+
+    Returns:
+        training and validation datasets derived from the underlying tfrecord data
     """
     assert batch_size > 0
     assert validation_steps is not None and validation_steps > 0
@@ -108,11 +116,18 @@ def prepare_visualization_datasets(
     dataset_sampling_frequency: np.ndarray,
 ) -> Tuple[tf.data.Dataset, tf.data.Dataset]:
     """
-    Return a training and a testing dataset.
+    Return a training and a testing dataset for visualization
 
     Args:
-        training_shuffle_buffer_size : size of shuffle buffer (only for training set)
-        batch_size : ..
+        datasets_base_path: path to tfrecord datasets for input data
+        batch_size: batch size for training and validation
+        validation_steps: number of batches to use for validation
+        datasets_to_use: the underlying datasets to use for creating training and validation sets e.g. guitarset
+        dataset_sampling_frequency: distribution weighting vector corresponding to datasets determining how they
+            are sampled from during training / validation dataset creation.
+
+    Returns:
+        training and validation datasets derived from the underlying tfrecord data
     """
 
     assert batch_size > 0
@@ -162,6 +177,21 @@ def sample_datasets(
     n_samples_per_track: int = N_SAMPLES_PER_TRACK,
     pairs: bool = False,
 ) -> tf.data.Dataset:
+    """samples tfrecord data to create a dataset
+
+    Args:
+        split: whether to use training or validation data
+        dataset_base_path: directory storing source datasets as tfrecord files
+        datasets: names of datasets to sample from e.g. guitarset
+        dataset_sampling_frequency: distribution weighting vector corresponding to datasets determining how they
+            are sampled from during training / validation dataset creation.
+        n_shuffle: size of shuffle buffer (only used for training ds)
+        n_samples_per_track: the number of samples to take from a track
+        pairs: generate pairs of samples from the dataset rather than individual samples
+
+    Returns
+        dataset of samples
+    """
     if split == Split.validation:
         n_shuffle = 0
         pairs = False
@@ -214,8 +244,14 @@ def transcription_file_generator(
     datasets_base_path: str,
     sample_weights: np.ndarray,
 ) -> Tuple[Callable[[], Iterator[tf.Tensor]], bool]:
-    """
-    dataset_names: list of dataset dataset_names
+    """Reads underlying files and returns file generator
+
+    Args:
+        split: data split to build generator from
+        dataset_names: list of dataset_names to use
+        dataset_base_path: directory storing source datasets as tfrecord files
+        sample_weights: distribution weighting vector corresponding to datasets determining how they
+            are sampled from during training / validation dataset creation.
     """
     file_dict = {
         dataset_name: tf.data.Dataset.list_files(
@@ -230,6 +266,7 @@ def transcription_file_generator(
 
 
 def _train_file_generator(x: Dict[str, tf.data.Dataset], weights: np.ndarray) -> Iterator[tf.Tensor]:
+    """file generator for training sets"""
     x = {k: list(v) for (k, v) in x.items()}
     keys = list(x.keys())
     # shuffle each list
@@ -243,6 +280,7 @@ def _train_file_generator(x: Dict[str, tf.data.Dataset], weights: np.ndarray) ->
 
 
 def _validation_file_generator(x: Dict[str, tf.data.Dataset]) -> Iterator[tf.Tensor]:
+    """file generator for validation sets"""
     x = {k: list(v) for (k, v) in x.items()}
     # loop until there are no more test files
     while any(x.values()):
@@ -258,6 +296,13 @@ def _validation_file_generator(x: Dict[str, tf.data.Dataset]) -> Iterator[tf.Ten
 def combine_transcription_examples(
     a: tf.Tensor, target: Dict[str, tf.Tensor], w: Dict[str, tf.Tensor]
 ) -> Tuple[tf.Tensor, Dict[str, tf.Tensor], Dict[str, tf.Tensor]]:
+    """mix pairs together for paired dataset
+
+    Args:
+        a: audio data
+        target: target data (onset, notes, contours)
+        w: weights
+    """
     return (
         # mix the audio snippets
         tf.math.reduce_mean(a, axis=0),
@@ -396,6 +441,7 @@ def is_not_bad_shape(
     notes_onsets_shape: tf.Tensor,
     _contours_shape: tf.Tensor,
 ) -> tf.Tensor:
+    """checks for improper datashape for note values and onsets"""
     bad_shape = tf.logical_and(
         tf.shape(notes_values)[0] == 0,
         tf.shape(notes_onsets_shape)[0] == 2,
@@ -404,6 +450,7 @@ def is_not_bad_shape(
 
 
 def sparse2dense(values: tf.Tensor, indices: tf.Tensor, dense_shape: tf.Tensor) -> tf.Tensor:
+    """converts sparse tensor representation to dense vector"""
     if tf.rank(indices) != 2 and tf.size(indices) == 0:
         indices = tf.zeros([0, 1], dtype=indices.dtype)
     tf.assert_rank(indices, 2)
@@ -563,6 +610,17 @@ def trim_time(data: np.ndarray, start: int, duration: int, sr: int) -> tf.Tensor
 def extract_window(
     audio: tf.Tensor, onsets: np.ndarray, contour: np.ndarray, notes: np.ndarray, t_start: int
 ) -> Tuple[tf.Tensor, tf.Tensor, tf.Tensor, tf.Tensor]:
+    """extracts a window of data from the given audio and its associated metadata
+
+    Args:
+        audio: audio signal
+        onsets: note onsets of audio signal
+        contour: pitch on off of audio signal
+        notes: note on off of audio signal
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple of windows of each of the inputs
+    """
     # needs a hop size extra of samples for good mel spectrogram alignment
     audio_trim = trim_time(
         audio,
@@ -665,6 +723,7 @@ def is_not_all_silent_annotations(
     contour_weight: int,
     note_weight: int,
 ) -> tf.Tensor:
+    """returns a boolean value indicating whether the notes and pitch contour are or are not all zero, or silent."""
     contours_nonsilent = tf.math.reduce_mean(contour) != 0
     notes_nonsilent = tf.math.reduce_mean(notes) != 0
     return tf.math.logical_or(contours_nonsilent, notes_nonsilent)