MusicKeyRoll: Sight Reading Practice App

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Elevate your piano sight-reading and musical skills with this versatile practice app, compatible with both MIDI keyboards and an intuitive on-screen keyboard.

Explore a wide range of features designed to help you progress step-by-step:

  • Key Signature Selection: Easily choose your key signature using an interactive circle of fifths.
  • Sight-Reading Exercises: Improve note recognition with treble, bass, or grand staff reading drills.
  • Scale Drills & Fingering Guidance: Master scales and appropriate finger techniques.
  • Chords & Progressions: Strengthen your harmonic foundation through focused chord training and chord progression exercises.
  • Hanon Exercises: Enhance agility and technique with classic Hanon drills.
  • Simple Repertoire: Practice short, beginner-friendly pieces to apply your new skills.
  • Authentic Sounds: Experience realistic audio options, including General MIDI instruments or a rich Steinway Grand Piano sound.

Develop your musicianship, speed, and confidence—one note at a time.

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MusicKeyRoll for iOS

Download on the App Store

Sample Screens

MusicKeyRoll: Sight Reading Practice App

Practice typing simple notes.

Each lesson has a range of notes to practice.

Use your MIDI keyboard!

The Circle Of Fifth

Change the key signature to practice any key.

MusicKeyRoll lessons screen

Many lessons to practice:

  • Hanon
  • Various note ranges
  • Scales
  • Chords
  • Chord Progressions
  • Songs
MusicKeyRoll scale practice screen

Practice scales over 2 or 4 octaves.

Left hand, right hand, or both hands.

MusicKeyRoll Hanon practice screen

Practice Hanon with feedback.

MusicKeyRoll chord progression screen

Learn chord progressions.

MusicKeyRoll sound selection screen

Choose the sound you like: either a Steinway piano sound or one of hundreds of General MIDI sounds.

MusicKeyRoll visualization screen

Visualize pitch, strength, velocity, and duration.

MusicKeyRoll song practice screen

Practice simple songs.