How Piano Nova Works

Piano Nova turns any sheet music into an interactive practice session. Upload a score, slow it down, loop the hard parts, and play along on any piano — MIDI keyboard or microphone.

Upload Your Score

Bring any piece you want to learn. Piano Nova accepts three formats:

PDF sheet music — the most common format. Our optical music recognition (OMR) engine reads the notation and converts it to a playable score.
Photos of printed music — snap a picture of a page from a book. The OMR engine handles the rest.
MusicXML / MXL files — the most accurate option. Contains all musical data and imports directly with no conversion needed.

Your uploads are private — only you can see your scores.

Practice at Your Pace

The app renders full sheet music notation on screen — real notation, not falling blocks. You control every aspect of practice:

Listen first — hear the piece played back before you touch a key
Adjust tempo — slow any passage to any speed
Loop sections — select a range of bars and repeat until solid
Hands separate — practice left hand, right hand, or both
Wait mode — the app pauses at each note until you play the correct one, on a MIDI keyboard or heard through the mic

Play Along

Connect any USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard — or let the mic listen to your piano (beta), acoustic pianos included. Piano Nova shows your notes in real time on a piano visualizer below the score and highlights your position in the notation.

High-fidelity piano sound is generated on-device — no latency, no internet required for playback. Works on desktop, iOS, and Android.

I love how the actual sheet music is prominent, helping me to sharpen up my sight reading skills, but the piano keys are also shown for when I need some help. The 'play' mode helps me hear how it should sound, and the 'wait' mode helps me practice at my own pace.

Peter, self-taught pianist

Supported Formats

PDF Converted via OMR

Photos JPG, PNG — converted via OMR

MusicXML / MXL Direct import, highest accuracy

Works With Any Piano

Piano Nova works with any standard MIDI keyboard. On desktop, connect via USB — it's plug and play, no drivers needed. On mobile, connect via Bluetooth MIDI.

No MIDI keyboard? Turn on mic input (beta) and Piano Nova listens to your piano through the microphone — digital or fully acoustic. That's how it works on iPhone too. A MIDI keyboard remains the most precise way to play along.