App Detail » MusicJOT

What's New

New Features

* Voices selector controls are larger now and easier to select.
* Help balloons arrows are more translucent making the labels easier to read.
* Added an on-screen zoom lock/unlock button for fast access (mimics control in the display dropdown menu).


Bugs Fixed

* Fixed an issue where the pencil shortcuts action menu was not updating the action menu selected checkmark.
* Fixed an issue where pencil shortcuts menu was not appearing for some iPad models.
* Fixed an issue where handwriting was not respecting the option, “Edits With Pencil Only (vs finger).”
* Illegal bar count in display dropdown now reflects the correct number regardless of its show/hide status.
* Illegal bar buttons now correctly displaying the same for voice 1 and voice 2.
* Dragging a lyric syllable no longer resets its line positioning.
* Long runs of beamed notes with interior short durations better adjusts to maintain minimum distance from note to beams.

App Description

MusicJOT is a powerful, easy to use music notation app. Write with your own handwriting and watch MusicJOT render it into beautifully notated music ready for playback. Interact directly, quickly dragging notes around to change their pitch or duration. Included is a full-featured audio playback engine, featuring unlimited tracks and 128 built-in General MIDI instruments.

General
• Natural Handwriting Recognition
• Support for Split Screen mode
• Support for Dark Mode
• Supports Apple Scribble
• Support for chord symbols and fretboards
• Export to MusicXML®
• Export to MIDI
• Export as an image attachment
• Staffs limited only by memory
• 128 General MIDI sounds
• In-app sound library purchaes available
• Cut, copy, paste, undo and redo
• Paste Special with filters
• Two voices per staff
• Print to a wireless printer
• Definable Regions
• Custom beaming with beam breaking and joining
• Alternate notes/rests/tools palettes for non-handwriting music entry
• Searchable, context-sensitive reference manual
• On-line tutorial while working in Split Screen
• Auto rehearsal letters/numbers.

Navigation
• Unlimited view sizes
• Scroll, page and presentation views
• Live spacing
• Go to measure #
• Search for specific text
• Change music spacing

Notes
• Drag up/down for pitch
• Drag left/right for duration
• Double flats to double sharps
• Grace notes
• Floating rests
• Half step transpositions
• Octave transpositions
• Tuplets
• Courtesy accidentals
• Cross-staff notes

Dynamics
• Crescendo, decrescendo
• ppp - fff, sfz, fp P

Tempos
• Tempo text P
• Font, size, style
• Beats per note duration

Articulations & Ornaments
• Staccato
• Marcato
• Accent
• Dynamics
• Tenuto
• Harmonic
• Tremolos
• Guitar symbols
• Left hand pizzicato
• Fermata
• Up and down bows
• Roll chord
• Turn P
• Mordent
• Trill, Trill flat, natural, sharp
• Cesura
• Breath
• Pedal on/off
• L.H., R.H.
• Roman numerals (I - V)
• Numbers (0 - 5)

Shapes
• Glissando
• Bend hat
• Dotted line
• Solid line
• Tie
• Slur
• Slur Flipping
• 8va, 8vb
• 15ma, 15mb
• Accelerando/Ritardando

Lyrics
• Free, verse, chorus of unlimited number
• Auto flow into score
• Duplicate
• Find in score
• Span notes, group words, melismas
• Layers

Bars
• Normal, double, solid, dotted, final
• Repeats (playback enabled)
• Show repeat map
• Backwards, forwards, 1st and 2nd endings
• DC, DS, Del Segno, Coda, Finé

Text
• Free form text
• Placement - above/below staff
• Border option for rehearsal letters
• Font, size, style

Clefs, keys, meters
• Change selected only
• Change selected to next change
• Change selected to end
• Mid-measure clef changes
• Keys transpose up, down or none
• Measure duration clipping
• Automatic transpositions

Audio
• Change tempo, volume, pan, gain, mute and solo
• Scrub forwards and backwards
• Fretboards and chord symbols playback
• Create loops with visual feedback
• Playback with or without repeats active
• Change any staffs instrument sounds
• Add reverb
• Set playback range
• Dragging notes up or down to change pitch sounds note(s)

App Changes

• January 26, 2017 Initial release
• May 14, 2017 New version 1.1.2
• May 14, 2017 Price decrease: $49.99 -> $29.99
• June 14, 2019 New version 1.3.7
• June 26, 2019 New version 1.3.8
• September 05, 2019 New version 1.3.9
• September 24, 2019 New version 1.3.10
• September 16, 2023 New version 2.6.1
• September 16, 2023 Price increase: $29.99 -> $49.99