# Dotty Sheets

> Dotty Sheets is a sheet music reader for iPhone and iPad. Everything a musician needs on the stand, and nothing to learn first. https://dottysheets.com/

# Just the *music*.

Dotty Sheets is a sheet music reader for iPad and iPhone. It has everything you need on the stand and nothing you have to learn first.

Coming soon to the App Store
See the whole manual

Made for iPad, at home on iPhone and iPhone Duo. Your scores sync through your own iCloud.

[Screenshot: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, page 1, full screen on iPad in portrait in Dotty Sheets]

[Screenshot: Page 2 of the same score]

[Screenshot: Page 3 of the same score]

Tap the right edge to turn the page.

The whole manual

## Three gestures. Then you play.

Most sheet music apps grow menus until you need a tutorial. Dotty Sheets has four tabs and one plus button. This is everything you need to know to read a score.

### Tap an edge

The page turns. A swipe or a Bluetooth pedal does the same.

### Tap the middle

Every control disappears. Only the music stays, and the screen stays awake.

### Pull down

You are back in your library, on the score you just played.

Library

## Everything on your stand, in one place.

Paper, PDFs and photos all end up in the same tidy library. What you played last is always at the top.

- **Scan**: Photograph paper scores. Pages are straightened and rotated for you.

- **Import**: PDFs and images from Files, Photos, Mail or AirDrop.

- **Download**: Free, newly engraved scores from the Mutopia Project.

- **Find**: Search by title, composer or your own tags.

[Screenshot: The Library on iPad: recently opened scores as covers, and all scores in a list]

Annotate

## Mark it up like *paper*.

Circle the hard bar, pencil in a fingering, drop in a real *mf*. The tools sit in one bar that stays out of the way, and you can move it.

- **Pens**: Pen, pencil, highlighter and eraser. Each remembers its own color and width.

- **Symbols**: Dynamics, bowings, fingerings, fermatas and breath marks, placed with a tap.

- **Layers**: Keep your teacher's markings apart from your own.

- **Apple Pencil**: Touch the page and you are writing. No mode to switch on.

[Screenshot: Annotation mode on iPad in portrait with the music symbols panel open: dynamics, slurs and crescendos, fermata, breath mark and trill, bowings and articulation, accidentals and fingerings]

Stage

## Walk on with one *playlist*.

Put tonight's pieces in order and play straight through. The last page of one score turns into the first page of the next.

- **Playlists**: Whole scores or just the pages you need, in concert order.

- **Text pages**: Intermission, encore, a spoken introduction. They sit between the scores.

- **Repeats**: Mark a repeat once. One tap jumps back and returns you.

- **Half pages**: Turn half a page at a time and always see the next line.

- **Hands free**: Bluetooth page-turn pedals work as soon as they are paired.

[Screenshot: The Stage tab on iPad: the upcoming Spring Recital with a Continue button, and all playlists below]

Practice

## Hear what you *actually* played.

Record yourself with the score still in front of you, then listen back at the speed you can learn from.

- **Record**: One tap starts it. Keep turning pages while it runs.

- **Slow down**: From 50% to 150% without changing the pitch. Loop a passage.

- **Transpose**: Shift a recording by semitones to play along in your key.

- **Tuner**: Tunings for your instrument and reference tones to tune by ear.

- **Metronome**: Accents, time signatures, tap tempo. It keeps ticking while you read.

[Screenshot: Playback panel on iPad in portrait: speed from 50 to 150 percent, key, loop, bass, mids and treble, next to the score]

[Screenshot: Recording on iPad while the score stays visible above a small recording panel]

[Screenshot: The metronome on iPhone at 100 beats per minute in four-four time]

Also on iPhone

## Your whole library in your *pocket*.

The same scores, annotations and playlists, synced through your iCloud. Check a fingering on the bus, or play from your phone when the iPad stays home.

[Screenshot: The Library on iPhone]

[Screenshot: Cello Suite No. 1 by Bach open on iPhone]

[Screenshot: The tuner on iPhone with violin strings G, D, A and E]

What we left out

## The best feature is the missing ones.

### No account

Nothing to sign up for. Open the app and add a score.

### No ads

Nothing ever sits between you and the page.

### No tracking

Your scores stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.

### No tutorial

If a screen needs explaining, we redesign the screen.

Also included

## The small things, done properly.

- Two pages side by side on iPad

- Crop margins and clean up scans

- Print parts or share them as PDF

- Cover art for every score

- Works without a connection

- Sample scores to try right away

- Split a long PDF into pieces

- Tags for programs and students

- English, Čeština, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語

Questions

## Asked and answered.

### What is Dotty Sheets?

Dotty Sheets is a sheet music reader app for iPhone and iPad. It keeps scanned paper scores, PDFs and photos in one library and shows them full screen for practice and performance.

### Who is Dotty Sheets for?

Classical and orchestral musicians, students and teachers who play from sheet music: violinists, pianists, singers and anyone who wants their scores on a tablet or phone.

### Do I need to read a manual to use Dotty Sheets?

No. Tap the edge of a page to turn it, tap the middle to hide the controls and pull down to return to your library. The app has four tabs and one plus button.

### Can Dotty Sheets turn pages with a Bluetooth pedal?

Yes. Bluetooth page-turn pedals work as soon as they are paired in the device settings.

### Can I annotate scores in Dotty Sheets?

Yes. Pen, pencil, highlighter and eraser, real music symbols such as dynamics, bowings, fingerings and fermatas, separate layers, and Apple Pencil support.

### Does Dotty Sheets have setlists for concerts?

Yes. Playlists put scores or selected pages in concert order, with text pages such as intermission between them, and play straight through.

### Does Dotty Sheets include a tuner and metronome?

Yes. A chromatic tuner with instrument tunings and reference tones, and a metronome with accents, time signatures and tap tempo.

### Can I record myself and slow down the recording?

Yes. Record while reading the score, then play back from 50% to 150% speed without changing pitch, loop a passage or transpose by semitones.

### Where are my scores stored?

On your device and, if you turn on iCloud Drive, in your own iCloud account. Dotty Sheets has no account, no ads and no tracking.

### Which devices does Dotty Sheets support?

iPhone and iPad, including two pages side by side on iPad and the foldable iPhone Duo. The app is available in English, Czech, German, Spanish, French and Japanese.

[Screenshot: Dotty Sheets app icon]

## Open it and *play*.

Dotty Sheets is on its way to the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

Coming soon to the App Store