Treble Trouble: Read Music
Notes, piano keys and rhythm
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Treble Trouble teaches you to read music one small step at a time: the piano keys, the treble and bass staff, rhythm, musical signs, listening, instruments and famous tunes to play. And every lesson comes with a worksheet you can print.
PRINT & PRACTISE
• A printable worksheet for every lesson, with new questions each time, an answer key and a page for grown-ups
• Sheet music for all 20 tunes, with the note names shown, boxes to write them in, or neither
• A practice log, staff paper, a keyboard chart in your note names, and a certificate for every path you finish
• Print, save to Files, email or share as a PDF, on A4 or Letter, with the player's name on the sheet
• Each sheet's QR code opens its lesson in the app, and listening sheets play their questions when you scan them
LEARN
• Eight paths: Piano keys, Treble, Bass, Beats, Signs, Listening, Tunes and Instruments, with 82 short lessons
• Every lesson goes learn, practice, quiz, with a helper when you need one and no timer or lives
• A recorded grand piano: tap any note on the staff or any key to hear it
• Beats with a soft metronome: tap rhythms, count rests and read time signatures
• Theory: nine short chapters to read or hear read aloud, each with a quiz that explains every answer
• 20 public-domain tunes, from Ode to Joy and Oh! Susanna to Für Elise, at full, ¾ or ½ speed
• A bonus track: 20 common instruments by their shapes and sounds, in five families
• Free play: a big piano to play however you like, with recording
PLAY
• Practice notes on the staff, keys on the piano, or beats
• Treble, bass or both, with plain notes, sharps and flats, one note or four at a time
• Three challenges: race the clock, run a 10, 20 or 30 question drill, or play survival
• Best scores, streaks and badges
PLAYERS
• Optional players, each with a name, an animal picture and, if they like, a lock of three secret pictures
• Progress is kept in your iCloud, so it comes back after a reinstall and is shared between iPhone and iPad
• Optional practice reminders, set by a grown-up: at most one a day, never on a day already practised
YOUR NOTE NAMES, YOUR LANGUAGE
• Letters (C D E), solfège (Do Re Mi) or German names (H for B), matched to your language and easy to change; worksheets and sheet music use them too
• 16 languages: English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Русский, Türkçe, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, हिन्दी, العربية, فارسی, עברית
FREE TO START
The piano keys, the staff basics, the first treble notes, the first signs and listening lessons, Ode to Joy and Oh! Susanna, the whole Instruments bonus, and the treble notes and keys games are free, worksheets included. One in-app purchase unlocks everything else, once: the rest of treble, signs and listening, all of bass and beats, 18 more tunes, and the bass, sharps and flats, and beats games. No subscription. Family Sharing is on, so one purchase covers your family.
PRIVATE AND AD-FREE
No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your progress stays on your device and in your own iCloud, and sheets are made on the device.
Works on iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape, in light or dark mode.
Ratings & Reviews
• Ready for iPhone Duo: on the outer screen the tabs and buttons move to the side, and the piano keys part around the fold so no key sits on it. Free play turns sideways only on a narrow screen, with one big octave on the outer screen.
• Twos and threes: the question underlines the group to find, like the lesson cards.
• Uses much less battery while the app sits quiet.
The developer, Zubin Khavarian, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Zubin Khavarian
- Size
- 18.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 15 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Full Version $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zubin Khavarian

