SheetCue turns your scores into a practice flow

Our Overture series of first looks has already taken in a tool that files your scores. This time, it’s one that helps you practice — without trying to automatically recognize the music or follow along with your playing.

SheetCue, a free app for iPhone, iPad, and Android from developer Kwangho Bae, calls itself a “measure-first score viewer.” You bring in a score you already own — a PDF, or photos of the printed page — and instead of simply paging through it, you turn it into a structured practice flow. You define the measures, tell the app the order you will actually play them in, set a tempo, and then rehearse measure by measure while a timed cue moves you along.