Tap The Tone

experimental.function

In-app purchases

About this app

Music is easier to understand when you can hear and see it at the same time.

With Tap The Tone, place a note directly on the staff and hear it instantly. See its name, hear its pitch, and discover chords as you create them. Instead of simply learning to read music, you begin to understand how melodies and harmonies are built.

Whether you're learning notation, training your ear, practicing sight-singing, teaching music, sketching an idea, or experimenting with harmony, Tap The Tone makes music visible, audible, and interactive.

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HOW IT WORKS

• Tap or slide notes directly onto the staff — every note sounds the moment you place it
• See note names and chord names automatically as you play
• Treble, bass, and grand staff
• Any key signature and custom accidentals
• All instruments
• Play with your finger or a connected MIDI keyboard

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STARTER — FREE FOREVER

Everything you need to explore and understand music:

• Notes and staff
• Live note and chord recognition
• All instruments
• No ads
• No account required

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TRY PRO FREE FOR 30 DAYS — No obligation. No login. No subscription.

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PRO — YOUR PERSONAL MUSIC STUDIO AND EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENT

Tap The Tone grows with you from a learning tool into a creative workspace — a place to learn, experiment, create, and have fun with music.
Capture musical ideas, experiment with harmony, create arrangements, and take your music wherever you want.

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CREATE

• Up to 6 MIDI tracks
• Overdub recording
• MIDI keyboard support
• Hundreds of instrument sounds
• Import your own SF2 SoundFonts

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EXPERIMENT

• Change the key at any time — even after recording
• Instantly hear your music in a different key
• Experiment with custom accidentals
• Real-time note and chord recognition

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PLAY & EDIT

• Metronome
• Non-destructive quantization
• Change or remove quantization at any time
• Unlimited undo and redo

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IMPORT & EXPORT

• Import MIDI files
• Change instruments
• Export MIDI, WAV, and M4A

Your MIDI projects can be opened in your favorite DAW.

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NEVER LOSE AN IDEA

Your musical work is continuously saved as MIDI, so your ideas remain available even when you're not recording.
Return to a session whenever you want. Refine it, change the key, adjust the timing, experiment with instruments, or export it to your favorite DAW.

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FAIR PRICING — NO SUBSCRIPTION
Buy once. Keep it forever.

Tap The Tone Pro includes all current features and 12 months of new feature updates at no extra cost.
After that, you can continue using everything you own indefinitely.

Bug fixes and compatibility updates will always remain free. If you want access to future feature updates later, you can optionally purchase an Update Pass — but you'll never need one to keep using the app.

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PRIVATE BY DESIGN

No ads. No tracking. No analytics.
Your recordings stay on your device or in your own cloud storage.

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NO AI. JUST MUSIC.
Tap The Tone doesn't generate your music for you.
You play, experiment, listen, and learn.

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CAN'T AFFORD TAP THE TONE?

Feel free to contact me — I'll see what I can do.

Manual for Pro
https://tapthetone.experimental.function.li/manual/

Support
[e-mail]

Support Community
https://t.me/TapTheTone

Hear music, not just notes.

What’s new

- New Light / Dark / System appearance switch in Settings.
- Starter: cleaner control bar – accidentals are now set via the key selector, leaving more room for the staff.
- All tracks now start at full volume.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.