NotationPlayer

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About this app

NotationPlayer turns your sheet music into sound. Open any MusicXML or ABC file, choose from over 100 realistic instruments, and hear your music played back instantly — with full tempo control, transposition, and a built-in metronome.

Try every feature free for 7 days. After that, a single one-time purchase keeps NotationPlayer fully working — no subscription, no ads.

Built for trad and folk musicians, with full MusicXML support for classical, jazz, choral, and any sheet music you read. Now in English, Spanish and German.


🎵 PLAY YOUR MUSIC

• Play MusicXML and ABC notation files with realistic instrument sounds
• Adjust tempo from half speed to double speed without changing pitch
• Transpose to any key with one tap
• Built-in metronome with click, woodblock, and bodhrán sounds
• Count-in option for a clean start
• Auto-scroll follows the music as it plays

🔍 FIND NEW TUNES

• Search over 30,000 traditional tunes from The Session
• Browse the ABC Notation archive and Henrik Norbeck's collection
• Paste ABC or MusicXML notation directly into the app
• 55 sample tunes included — Celtic, Classical, Bluegrass, and Jazz

🎯 LEARN AND PRACTISE

• Tap any note to set a cue point and play from there
• Loop any section by selecting start and end notes — perfect for tricky passages
• Show note names on every note — as letters (C, D, E), in solfège (Do, Re, Mi) or German style (H, B)
• Lyrics displayed and synced to playback
• Swing control for jazz and traditional styles

🎹 MULTI-TRACK MIXER

• Assign different instruments to each voice or part
• 100+ instruments including fiddle, tin whistle, mandolin, piano, guitar, flute, choir, and more
• Volume, pan, mute, and solo controls per track
• Hide parts from the score — see just your own line while the others keep playing
• Guitar chord accompaniment from chord symbols

🎨 ANNOTATE YOUR SCORES

• Draw on your scores with pen and highlighter
• Add text notes anywhere on the page
• Multiple colours and tools
• Your annotations are saved with each tune

📚 ORGANISE YOUR MUSIC

• Build tune sets — group tunes into medleys that play seamlessly
• Create playlists with sets and individual tunes
• Ensemble mode — add backing instruments to your playlists
• Speed control for playlist playback
• Favourites and search across your library

📤 EXPORT AND SHARE

• Export scores as PDF for printing or sharing with bandmates
• Export audio as MP3
• Share with other musicians

📱 WORKS OFFLINE
NotationPlayer works without an internet connection. Your tunes, instruments, and playlists are always available — perfect for rehearsals, sessions, and practice anywhere.

💳 FREE TRIAL, THEN BUY ONCE
Every feature is unlocked for your first 7 days. After the trial, scores still open and play a 30-second preview; a one-time purchase unlocks everything again, for good. There is no subscription, and purchases can be restored on a new device.

Built for musicians who want their notation to do more than just sit on the page.

What’s new

Steadier playback: every note now lands in time. The sound engine runs on its own audio thread, fixing the uneven rhythm some phones had.
Hornpipes, barndances and flings swing the way they're played; triplets stay even.
New: tablature for guitar (standard, DADGAD), mandolin and tenor banjo (GDAE, CGDA) under ABC tunes. Show notation, tab or both, and tap a fret number to play from there.
ABC medleys show each tune's name.