Sheet Music Scanner
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Scan sheet music and instantly listen with music with Sheet Music Scanner. Sheet Music Scanner makes it easy for you to scan or upload printed sheet music. Listen to the music printed on the page in a number of different formats and instruments, directly on your device.
Ever wanted to know how that interesting-looking piece of sheet music actually sounds? Now you can know instantly. Just point your iPhone or iPad at the sheet and let it play the notes for you.
Listen to the notes and help yourself learn along the way. Sheet Music Scanner lets you scan and playback from any part of the song, just tap the measure and listen to your sheet music.
You can even choose the instrument, pick the speed and enjoy!
Download Sheet Music Scanner and scan your sheet music today!
2 for 1 universal iOS app: iPhone / iPod touch and iPad - you get Sheet Music Scanner for all your iOS devices for the price of one.
SHEET MUSIC SCANNER FEATURES
- Scan the whole sheet instantly using your built-in camera
- Scan and playback from any image in your Photo library or from a PDF *
- Playback from anywhere in the song - simply tap the measure, the notes and symbols are highlighted as they're played
- Reads and recognizes the following symbols of musical notation pertaining to melody, harmony, and rhythm: treble, bass, and alto (viola) clefs, notes, duration dots, rests, accidentals, note ties, triplets and other tuplets, repeat signs *
- Support for voices played in tandem, e.g. both piano hands at the same time, or all the choir voices
- Support for playing individual staffs separately, e.g. right or left piano hand
- Support for multiple pages
- Accommodates speeds between 50 and 330 beats per minute
* Some limitations apply - please see at the bottom of the page.
EXPORT OPTIONS
- Export as MIDI, MusicXML, audio (M4A / AAC, MP3, WAV), PDF to cloud storage, directly to other apps or via AirDrop
- All major cloud storages supported: iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive, etc. Note that the appropriate cloud storage client app has to be installed for this to work.
INSTRUMENTS
- Accordion, Acoustic Bass, Alto Sax, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Celeste, Cello, Choir, Clarinet, Double Bass, Flute, French Horn, Guitar - Classical, Clean, Distortion, Glockenspiel, Harp, Mandolin, Marimba, Oboe, Organ (Percussive, Pipe, Reed, Rock, Tonewheel), Piano, Recorder, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Vibraphone, Viola, Violin, Xylophone
- Supports actual instrument pitch for transposing instruments
- Supports pitch shift / sound transposition by semitones up to 2 octaves up or down
- Change your pitch standard based on instrument, from standard 440Hz to 380-480 Hz
MINIMUM RECOMMENDED DEVICES
iPhone 6, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2
Limitations
- Reads printed sheet music, not handwritten or mimicking handwriting, tablatures, etc.
- Reads standard oval note heads only, no special symbols like shape notes.
- The following symbols are not currently supported: codas, percussion notation, dynamics, double sharps, double flats, and grace notes. These are planned to come in the future updates.
- Use high-quality printed sheet music and take photos under good enough light, when scanning from your camera, for optimal results. For scanning from a file, the recommended resolution is 300 DPI or 8-12 MPx per page.
- Some older prints and unusual fonts may not be recognizable.
If you experience any problems, please contact support at support@sheetmusicscanner.com
App Privacy
The developer, David Zemsky, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy
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The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.
Ratings and Reviews
Ratings and reviews are verified
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akgntidic, 13.12.2022Rubbish. A waste to of moneyI’m a bagpipe player, and this app is terrible for my sheets music. Not sure how it is for others. The scan misses notes even on the cleanest sheet music Notes Show more
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mantis_108, 10.12.2022UselessMisses most of the notes . Waste of $5
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Dubinvero, 04.12.2022Outstanding Job on Complex Classical Guitar PDFI used Sheet Music Scanner (SMS) on a purchased complex Classical Guitar tune on PDF. I then exported the XML to the Guitar Pro App which I use for Show more
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Hnaidu, 22.11.2022It mostly works!Awesome app. Couldn’t read coda / ds al coda. I definitely recommend buying this.
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deleuze1950, 21.11.2022fantastic startmusic scanning is still evolving. this app outperforms similar apps costing far more. if the developer keeps updating and adding new features, it will be the best in its Show more
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MSTViper, 16.11.2022Absolutely incredible for the priceFor five bucks, this app is hard to beat. It’s more accurate than software that costs ten times as much, and it’s super user friendly. Is too bad you can’t Show more
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Prev717, 12.11.2022Waste of moneyI bought this app as I wanted to make sure I was playing this piece right for my jazz band. It got almost every note wrong, completely ignored rests and Show more
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E, PharmD, 07.11.2022Thank you for taking my moneyI just needed something simple to practice to. I auditioned all kinds of desktop software - one even over $400. None worked as well as quickly as this app. I Show more
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Natedog vlogsss, 16.10.2022Really cool butCould you add drum set notation reading please! That would be so great!
Information
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Category
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Age Rating4+
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Price4.99 USD
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Size46 MB
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ProviderDavid Zemsky
Languages
Dutch, English, France, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese
Copyright
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