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Music Banana Support & User Guide
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Overview 1. Scan & Import 2. Practice & Keys 3. Sheet Editor 4. Multi-Page & MIDI 5. Catalog & Chords FAQ Support Info
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Music Banana Support & User Guide

Turn sheet music into interactive piano playback with AI.

Music Banana helps pianists, music students, and teachers scan sheet music with their iPhone or iPad camera, immediately listen to accurate audio playback, isolate left and right hands, follow synchronized visual piano keys, and practice challenging bars at their own tempo.

Instant Sheet Scanner

Point your camera or pick a score image. Advanced AI turns printed bars into notes on-device.

Dual-Color Guides

Parrot Green LEDs for Right Hand and Pink LEDs for Left Hand with Do-Re-Mi or C-D-E pitch names.

In-App Sheet Editor

Fix misread notes, edit durations, add accidentals with our innovative circular tool palette.

Multi-Page & MIDI

Combine pages by dragging cards in your library and export standard format-1 MIDI files directly to DAWs.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

How to Use Music Banana

Master sheet scanning, interactive practice, note corrections, and music library features.

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Scan or Import Sheet Music

Get your physical sheet music into the app in seconds using your iPhone or iPad camera or by choosing an existing score from your photo library.

  1. 1 Open the app to the Home tab.
  2. 2 Tap Camera to photograph your sheet music, or tap Gallery to select an existing saved image or scan.
  3. 3 In the review screen, tap Edit to crop margins or rotate the score if necessary, then tap Process.
  4. 4 Our AI analyzes the staves, clefs, notes, rests, and meter, saving the sheet directly to your library.
Pro-Tips for the Best Scan Recognition:
  • Even, bright lighting: Place your sheet music flat under natural daylight or bright, uniform overhead light.
  • Avoid glare & shadows: Ensure your phone does not cast a dark shadow across the musical staves.
  • Straight alignment: Hold your phone parallel to the paper so the horizontal staff lines are straight and unwarped.
Scanner Checklist
✓ Sheet flat & uncreased
✓ Clefs & key signature visible
✓ Zero page rotation or tilt
✓ High contrast (black on white)
Runs directly on your device with high-accuracy Optical Music Recognition.
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Interactive Playback & Practice

Once processing finishes, the interactive Player opens instantly. Hear the score, follow along visually note by note, isolate hands, and slow down challenging passages.

Play & Sync Transport & Playhead
  • • Play / Stop: Tap the green Play pill on the bottom transport bar to start or pause.
  • • Synchronized Playhead: A vertical playhead line glides across the score in real time.
  • • Note Highlights: Active sounding notes are highlighted right on your original score.
Tempo BPM & Metronome
  • • Adjust Speed: Tap BPM Up / Down arrows to alter tempo in increments of 5 BPM.
  • • Metronome & Count-in: Toggle the Metronome icon on or off, with an optional count-in lead-in.
  • • Continuous Loop: Tap the Loop icon to replay the entire piece continuously.
Looping Targeted Practice Boundaries
  • • Start Anywhere: Tap any note on the sheet to instantly jump playback to that bar.
  • • Practice Boundaries: Tap any bar line to set an orange bracket; playback automatically stops or loops at that exact measure.
Hands Isolate Left & Right Hands
  • • Mute Staves: Tap the checkbox beside any staff system to mute or unmute specific staves.
  • • Play Along: Mute the Right Hand (treble) while the app accompanies your Left Hand on acoustic piano.

Dual-Color Keyboard Guides

Synchronized visual keys indicate which hand plays which note in real time.

Parrot Green = Right Hand (Treble) Pink = Left Hand (Bass)
Interactive Keyboard Preview Supports Do-Re-Mi & C-D-E pitch naming
C
D
Mi / E LH
F
Sol / G RH
A
B
🔍 Pinch-to-Zoom: Use two fingers to enlarge complex or dense sheet measures.
↕️ Show/Hide Keyboard: Flick downward on the transport bar to tuck away the keyboard for maximum score view; flick upward to restore it.
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Edit & Fix Notes (In-App Sheet Editor)

Sheet music print can be faint, hand-annotated, or worn. Music Banana includes a complete, intuitive notation editor so you can perfect any measure with just a tap.

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Enter Edit Mode: Tap the ✏️ Pencil (Edit) button in the top navigation bar of the player.
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The Circular Tool Palette: Tap any note, chord, or rest to summon the palette:
  • Inner Ring (Rhythm & Delete): Switch note durations (quarter, eighth, sixteenth, half, whole), convert notes into rests, or delete unwanted symbols.
  • Outer Ring (Pitch & Articulation): Shift pitch (Do-Re-Mi), insert accidentals (♯ sharp, ♭ flat, ♮ natural), toggle augmentation dots, tuplets, ties, and shift octaves.
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Measure Beat Check Diagnostics: Measures whose total beat count doesn't match the time signature are outlined with an intuitive red warning box, pinpointing missing rests or mismatched note durations instantly.
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Save & Rebuild Audio: Tap Done. Music Banana recalculates and re-synthesizes the playback audio on the fly with your edits.
Circular Tool Palette
♯ ♭ ♮ Ties / Dots Pitch 8va
Inner Ring 𝅘𝅥 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅯 𝅗𝅥 Delete / Rest
Red Box: Warns of beat-count mismatch
Done: Re-synthesizes audio instantly
4

Library, Multi-Page Songs & MIDI Export

Manage single or multi-movement scores easily in your Saved Library, and share your music files with external notation software and digital audio workstations.

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Drag-to-Merge Multi-Page Songs

In the Saved library tab, simply drag one song card on top of another to merge them into a single, seamless multi-page piece.

During playback, the app smoothly transitions across page turns while preserving your tempo, hand balance, and instrument settings.

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Standard MIDI (.mid) File Export

Tap the Export / Share icon on any saved song card to generate a standard format-1 MIDI file.

Open your exported scores directly in professional notation programs (MuseScore, Sibelius, Dorico) or DAWs (GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton).

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Built-in Catalog & Chord Reference

Discover pieces right inside the app, and analyze harmonic structures with our built-in music theory tools.

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Curated Classical & Practice Pieces

Visit the Songs tab to explore a rich collection of beloved classical piano pieces and progressive learning tracks arranged for players of varying skill levels.

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Chord Reference Guide

Tap the Gear icon in the player header during playback to open the Chord Reference Guide. View a measure-by-measure harmonic breakdown of all chords and notes assigned to each hand.

Help & Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about scanning, instruments, and subscriptions.

Why did the scanner miss a note or misread a measure?
Optical Music Recognition (OMR) works best with clean, evenly-lit scans. If a sheet has faint print, angled photography, shadows, or pencil annotations, some symbols may be misdetected. You can quickly fix any misread notes by tapping the Edit (Pencil) icon in the player and using the circular tool palette to adjust pitch or duration.
How do I practice with only one hand?
On the player screen, look for the small green checkboxes located to the left of each staff line. Tap the checkbox to mute that staff so you can play that part live on your acoustic piano or keyboard while the app plays the other hand.
How do I change between "Do-Re-Mi" and "C-D-E"?
Navigate to the Settings tab in the app, locate the Notes Naming section, and select your preferred format between Do Re Mi (solfège) and C D E (standard pitch letter names). Your choice updates key guides and sheet markers immediately.
What instruments are available?
Tap the musical note icon on the player transport bar to choose from over 10 realistic soundfont instruments (including Acoustic Grand Piano, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Guitars/Basses) and fine-tune the volume balance between hands.
What is the difference between Free and Premium?
  • • Free Plan: Includes 5 sheet music scans, access to starter catalog songs, and standard piano audio.
  • • Premium Plan: Unlocks unlimited sheet music scans, full catalog access, 10+ soundfont instruments, and standard MIDI (.mid) file export.
How do I restore my purchase?
If you reinstall Music Banana or switch to a new iPhone or iPad, go to the Settings tab, tap Restore Purchases, and sign in with the Apple ID used to make the original purchase.
How do I manage or cancel my subscription?
Subscriptions are managed directly by Apple through your Apple ID:
  1. Open your iOS device's Settings app.
  2. Tap your Apple ID name at the very top.
  3. Tap Subscriptions.
  4. Select Music Banana and choose Cancel Subscription.