Learn about supported instruments, My Instrument, built-in microphone calibration, MIDI, practice modes, performance reports, Judges, piano support, Progress, Awards, and Achievements.
See Music Pro is a sight-reading practice app for single-line instruments. Create exercises around your instrument and the skills you want to practice, perform them through the device’s built-in microphone or MIDI, and get detailed feedback on the score and in a final report.
It also includes Note by Note practice, Rhythm Practice, Practice Dictation, instrument-aware calibration, configurable Judges, Progress, Awards, and Achievements.
See Music Pro is designed for students, teachers, returning musicians, and experienced players who want structured sight-reading practice on a melodic instrument.
The exercise settings can begin with very simple note recognition and expand into longer exercises with broader ranges, harder rhythms, faster tempos, more keys, rests, syncopation, and irregular meters.
See Music Pro includes 29 built-in instrument and clef profiles covering woodwinds, brass, strings, guitar, voice, piano, and MIDI.
The built-in profiles include Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Recorder, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello in Bass, Tenor, or Treble Clef, Double Bass, Guitar, Soprano Voice, Alto Voice, Tenor Voice, Bass Voice, Piano Treble, Piano Bass, MIDI Treble, and MIDI Bass.
My Instrument adds one customizable profile for an additional single-line instrument.
My Instrument is a customizable instrument profile. You choose the instrument name, clef, transposition, lowest written note, and highest written note.
The profile is shared wherever My Instrument is selected, so editing it updates every instrument slot that uses it. Because the acoustic definition has changed, the app may require calibration again before judged microphone practice.
No. See Music Pro currently provides one shared My Instrument profile in addition to the 29 built-in profiles.
You can edit that profile whenever you need to practice with a different custom instrument.
No. See Music Pro’s acoustic analysis and instrument calibration are designed and tuned for the device’s built-in microphone.
External USB microphones, audio interfaces, Bluetooth microphones, and headset microphones are not currently supported for judged acoustic performances. For microphone-based practice, use the built-in microphone on the iPhone, iPad, or compatible Mac.
You can use MIDI instead when practicing with a connected MIDI device.
Yes. Select the appropriate instrument profile, use the device’s built-in microphone, complete calibration, and perform the exercise normally.
For judged acoustic exercises, See Music Pro records the performance first and then analyzes the complete recording.
Yes. MIDI Treble and MIDI Bass profiles use MIDI note data for exact pitch and note-on timing.
MIDI is useful for single-line treble- or bass-clef practice and can also provide timing input during Rhythm Practice.
Different instruments produce different attacks, harmonics, sustain patterns, register behavior, and transitions between notes and rests. Calibration records controlled examples through the device’s built-in microphone so the analysis can adapt to the active instrument and current environment.
The calibration process includes short guided steps for attacks, sustained notes, notes and rests, and other evidence needed by the performance analysis.
Calibrate again after changing instruments, substantially changing the custom My Instrument definition, or moving to an environment where the acoustic conditions are noticeably different.
See Music Pro may also recommend recalibration when the recorded evidence no longer appears compatible with the saved calibration.
A reasonably quiet room improves microphone recognition. Keep the device’s built-in microphone unobstructed and use the Tuner and Mic tools to check the input and noise level before practicing.
Persistent background music, conversation, television, and other pitched sounds can interfere with acoustic analysis.
See Music Pro includes Melodic Sight Reading, Note by Note, Rhythm Practice, and Practice Dictation.
Each mode focuses on a different part of music reading: complete melodic performance, written-note recognition, rhythm without pitch, or matching a heard example to its notation.
In Melodic Sight Reading, you shape a single-line exercise by choosing the instrument, clef, written range, melodic shape, key, rhythm level, meter, length, tempo, and other practice settings.
Perform the complete exercise and then review the score markings and final performance report.
Note by Note removes the pressure of continuous rhythmic reading and focuses on identifying written pitches.
See Music Pro waits for each note before advancing, making the mode useful for beginners, new clefs, unfamiliar ranges, and transposing instruments.
Rhythm Practice ignores pitch and evaluates the timing of the written rhythm.
You can perform with the on-screen Tap Pad, a keyboard key, or MIDI timing input. Because pitch is not part of the exercise, the report focuses on rhythmic performance rather than note identity or intonation.
Practice Dictation presents three written examples based on your current exercise level and musical settings. The app plays one example, and you choose which of the three scores matches what you heard.
This connects the same rhythmic and melodic material used for sight reading with ear training and notation recognition.
The Designer lets you shape exercise length, written range, melodic shape, key, rhythm level, tempo, meter, rests, swing, target rhythm, and other challenge settings.
Start with recommended settings when you want guidance, or use the full Designer to create exactly the material you want to practice.
Yes. You can shape the difficulty through note range, melodic movement, key choices, rhythm complexity, tempo, meter, rests, and exercise length.
A beginner can start with short, stepwise exercises in a narrow range, while an advanced player can create longer material with broader ranges, harder rhythms, faster tempos, syncopation, and irregular meters.
Yes. Built-in profiles include the appropriate written range, clef, and transposition for supported transposing instruments.
My Instrument also lets you define a custom transposition in semitones, so the written exercise and the sounding pitch can be interpreted correctly.
See Music Pro supports the clefs required by its built-in profiles, including Treble, Bass, Alto, and Tenor Clef.
My Instrument lets you choose the appropriate supported clef for the custom profile.
Yes, for single-line reading. Choose Piano Treble for right-hand melodic practice or Piano Bass for left-hand practice.
See Music Pro does not create grand-staff piano exercises and does not judge polyphonic chordal performances. Piano practice is one melodic line and one clef at a time.
No. See Music Pro is designed for monophonic, single-line sight-reading exercises.
It is not a chord-recognition system and does not evaluate multiple simultaneously performed notes or grand-staff piano music.
Depending on the exercise and enabled judging options, the report can summarize Pitch, Intonation, Rhythm, Duration, Rests, and an Overall result.
The score markings connect those summaries to specific notes and rests so you can see where the performance was correct, early, late, missed, out of tune, too short, too long, or played through a rest.
When intonation judging is enabled and the acoustic recording provides enough reliable pitch evidence, See Music Pro can identify notes that were sharp, flat, or unstable.
Intonation is intended for microphone-based acoustic practice. Exact MIDI note numbers do not represent the continuous tuning behavior of an acoustic note.
Rhythm feedback compares the performed note attacks with the expected musical timing and distinguishes correct, early, late, missed, and severely misplaced events according to the selected Judge.
The report summarizes the result while the notation shows where the timing differences occurred.
Duration feedback looks at whether notes were held for approximately the intended length when the recording contains enough ending evidence.
Rest feedback can identify correct silence, notes held into a rest, early entries, and extra notes. When the acoustic ending is not clear enough, the report can keep the result neutral instead of forcing an unsupported judgment.
Judges are scoring profiles that control how relaxed or strict the performance evaluation should be.
You can choose a preset Judge or use Your Own Judge to adjust areas such as intonation, early timing, late timing, and note length. The written exercise does not change; the Judge changes how the performance is evaluated.
Yes. The main Switchboard includes Tuner and Mic tools for checking the built-in microphone and input level, plus a Metronome for independent tempo practice.
The exercise screen also keeps quick access to these practice tools.
Progress summarizes practice activity such as completed exercises, accuracy, practice days, and streaks for the selected instrument.
Awards and Achievements recognize milestones and show goals that are still in progress, giving you a record of continued practice rather than only the most recent score.
Headphones can help prevent exercise playback or the metronome from being recorded by the device’s built-in microphone.
They are especially useful when practicing in a quiet room at lower instrument volume. Keep the built-in microphone itself unobstructed.
Yes. See Music Pro is available for iPhone and iPad and can also run on compatible Macs.
On the Mac App Store, search for See Music Pro and select “iPhone & iPad Apps” to find and install it. For acoustic practice on Mac, See Music Pro uses the Mac’s built-in microphone rather than an external microphone or audio interface.
See Music Pro is the modern successor to the original See Music, rebuilt with a redesigned interface, guided setup, instrument-aware calibration, more precise audio analysis, detailed performance reports, new practice modes, My Instrument, Progress, Awards, and Achievements.
Use the App Store button on the See Music Pro landing page or this FAQ page to open the current App Store listing.
For support, contact [email protected] and include the device model, operating-system version, selected instrument profile, practice mode, and a brief description of what happened.
Create sight-reading exercises for your instrument and turn every performance into useful feedback.
For support, contact [email protected].