Clefmap app icon: a treble clef inside a map pin Clefmap Get the app

Sheet music is
a writing system.
Learn to read it.

Twelve units. Sixty-five lessons. You start on the five lines of the staff and finish reading at speed, without ever counting up from the bottom line again.

iPhone and iPad · one payment, no subscription

The Clefmap learning path, showing completed lessons in the bass clef unit with star ratings
65
lessons, in order, so you are never guessing what to practise next
4
clefs, including the alto and tenor most apps skip entirely
10
question types, from naming a note to tapping a rhythm in time
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ads, accounts, trackers, or subscriptions

The lessons

Short rounds, immediate feedback

A lesson is ninety seconds. See a note, name it, find out straight away whether you were right and why. Get one wrong and it comes back before the lesson ends, so the gaps close instead of quietly widening.

Tap the wrong button by accident? Undo it. It costs you nothing.

A Clefmap question: a single note on the treble staff with letter-name buttons below
The Note Explorer: middle C on a grand staff with its position, frequency and piano key shown

The tools

Look anything up without leaving

Drag the slider and watch a note travel up the staff while its name, its position and its piano key all follow. Every key signature, scale, chord, interval and symbol is one tap away, and all of it plays.

Plug in a MIDI keyboard and answer by playing the note instead of tapping it.

The engraving

Notation that is actually engraved

Clefmap draws with Bravura, the reference font for music notation, positioned on true baselines. A treble clef's curl sits exactly on the G line because that is where it belongs, not approximately where it looks right.

It matters more than it sounds. You are learning to recognise these shapes. They should be the shapes you will meet on real paper.

Clefmap progress screen showing streak, total XP, accuracy and a fortnight of practice

One payment. No subscription.

$8.99

Buy it once. It stays bought.

  • All 12 units and 65 lessons
  • Rhythm training and ear training
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • The complete reference library
  • Family Sharing, so the whole house can learn
  • Sheet music scanning when it ships, at no extra cost
Download on the App Store

The first three units, the Note Explorer and the Piano are free forever. Try it before you pay for it.