The interactive notation allows you to follow along with synced video and TAB and/or standard notation. It includes customizable layout and playback settings to optimize for your device and preferences.
Video tutorials
Choose your instrument below to learn how to use the interactive notation and explore its features.
Guitar & Bass
Piano
Playback and navigation controls
Timeline scrubbing
Click and drag the progress bar to move through the lesson.
Playhead navigation
Click anywhere in the music to re-position the playhead.
Playback speed control
Slow down or speed up the lesson by adjusting the playback percentage.
Keyboard shortcuts (desktop)
There are also a range of keyboard shortcuts that you can view in the settings menu. The most useful of these include:
Spacebar: Play/pause the video.
Left/Right arrow keys: Shift the playhead by one note at a time, or one measure at a time (using control/command).
Enter: Jump back to the start.
Customizable layout options
Adjust how the video and notation appear on your screen to suit your practice preferences.
Basic layout controls
Adjust the height: Click and drag the divider between the video and notation to allocate more space to either section.
Full-screen mode*: Expand the video and notation for the most space.
*The iOS app has key differences when it comes to full-screen mode.
iPhone: Full-screen mode is not available for videos synced to notation.
iPad: Full-screen mode is available for videos synced to notation in both portrait and landscape.
Advanced settings
The settings menu provides additional customization to fit your preferences. Explore the options and adjust them as needed. These include:
Zoom tool: Enlarge the notation
Horizontal notation: Displays the notation in a continuous left-to-right scroll — useful when you want to maximize video size.
Paged layout: Spilts the notation area into multiple pages.
Video options
When you hover over the video (or tap it on a tablet, or phone), a pop-up appears with the following options:
Move video to the left: Move the video to the left for a side-by-side layout.
Flip video: Mirrors the instructor’s movements for left-handed guitarists and bassists.
Hide the video: Not recommended! If you need to recover the video, you can do so by dragging the divider handle.
Adjust video quality: Change resolution for smoother playback.
Practice features
Looping and focus mode
Click and drag over measures to repeat specific sections. When looping, you can select focus mode to clear the rest of the score and concentrate solely on the selected section.
Please note: for the smoothest playback in looping, switch from the instructor's video to synthetic playback for more precise looping and tempo adjustments.
Metronome
This offers functionality for two specific use cases:
When using the synthetic playback (as opposed to the video), the metronome can provide additional context for the timing/rhythm.
When viewing the video, you can add a count-in to any part of the score.
Please note: the metronome itself is not intended to be used in conjunction with the video. The instructor and/or the track that they are playing over will lead the timing in this case.
Instrument-specific features
Guitar & Bass
TAB vs. standard notation
The default view is TAB, as most guitarists and bassists are familiar with it.
You can switch to notation only or enable both TAB & notation via Settings.
Visual Fretboard
Visualize notes on a virtual fretboard in real time. It can be flipped for left-handed players.
Piano
Standard notation
Piano lessons use standard notation with treble and bass clefs. Under More settings > Instruments, you can show, hide, or solo either clef.
Under More settings > Appearance, you can also show or hide notation, chord symbols, and fingering information when available.
Virtual keyboard
Enable the animated keyboard to see which notes are being played in real time.
You can display both hands, the right hand only, or the left hand only. This is especially useful when the lesson video doesn't include a top-down keyboard view or when you're using synthetic playback.
On mobile, the virtual keyboard option can be found in More settings.
Backing tracks for performance pieces
Some songs and performance pieces include backing tracks that let you play along without the instructor's instrument.
Use the instrument selector in the player to choose the backing track version:
Guitar: Select "No guitar".
Bass: Select "No bass".
Piano: Select "No piano".
If the performance features a live band, the backing track will appear as a video. If it uses a pre-recorded track, playback will be audio-only.