A cursor bar follows real, engraved notation in time with the music — not a metronome, not a game. Real piano sound, one hand at a time, at whatever tempo you need.
The wide highlighted bar is the actual cursor — it doubles as playback position
Built around one idea: show, don't quiz. Etudia keeps your eyes on the page and lets the score teach the rhythm.
A wide, semi-transparent bar sweeps across real engraved notation, paced by each note's own written duration and tempo — so you're always looking exactly where you should be.
Every note previews with an actual sampled piano, not a beep — on auto-play or stepping through manually, so you learn what the passage should actually sound like.
Isolate the right hand, the left hand, or play both together — the score, cursor, and on-screen keyboard all follow whichever you choose.
Slide from a quarter speed up to double time. Slow a hard passage all the way down, then build it back up — the same score, the same fingering, your own pace.
The Learn tab explains staff & clef, note durations, rests, time signatures, key signatures, and triplets — each one pointing at a real piece in the library that uses it.
Import any MusicXML score — from MuseScore, Finale, or elsewhere — through the Files picker or "Open in Etudia." It's copied privately into the app; nothing leaves your device.
Browse a curated library of public-domain classics — Bach, Beethoven, Satie, Clementi, Burgmüller — filtered by difficulty, plus original studies built for specific techniques.
The score scrolls vertically, several lines at a time, just like a printed page — so you can glance ahead at what's coming while the cursor tracks what you're playing now.
Dial in tempo, isolate a hand, toggle note names, and run it again. Real repeat barlines are followed correctly, cursor and all.
A growing set of curated, public-domain classical repertoire — freshly engraved for Etudia, not scanned — plus your own scores.
Curated pieces are sourced from the Mutopia Project and the MuseTrainer public-domain library and re-checked against their original editions before they're added. Nothing curated is proprietary or scanned from a copyrighted print edition.
Etudia opens with a beginner library at no cost. Unlocking the full curated library is a one-time purchase or subscription, billed and managed entirely through the App Store — exact pricing is set at checkout and may vary by region.
Etudia is in development. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment it's ready for TestFlight or the App Store.