Symphony Pro — Symphony Pro for iOS

How do you change the repeat bracket number above the measure? (Alternate Endings)

SrJox — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:22:20 +0000

I want to repeat a section three times, starting at measure 4 and ending at measure 23. However, on the third repetition, I want to jump from measure 19 to measure 24. I know this is possible using repeat endings (the horizontal line with a number above the measure). Yet, the app doesn't let me change this number beyond the standard presets like 1 and 2. This is really frustrating for more complex musical pieces.

I’ve drawn my intended layout using red and green lines.

update from 6.7.6 to 6.7.7 issues on ipad

Piero_pro — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:06:23 +0000

Today I've updated as in title.
It keeps asking to update but from app-store it says it's updated
After the 1st update, i modified a couples of documents but it gave me an error message when I saved and infact I cannot open them anymore saying that the internet connection doesn't work. I can still open the previous one but I cannot save any file more.

please help me

Can’t change staff spacing, just immediately reverts

kohlrabi — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:51:53 +0000

The app won’t let me change staff spacing. I finally figured out how to even do it, but it just immediately goes back to where it was. I don’t know if there is a setting somewhere that I need to change for it to let me do this?? I have turned off justified staff spacing already (tried with it on and off just in case). I really need to create more space, I have too many layered instruments.

Width adjustment of the last measure in each line of the staff

longxijun — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:52:11 +0000

The small square directly above the bar line on the right side of the last measure in each line of the staff is missing.
Hello, I usually use Symphony Pro on my iPad Pro and have been using version 6.2.2. However, after upgrading to the latest version, the "small square" that used to be right above the bar line on the right side of the last measure in each line of the staff has disappeared. Previously, when it was there, tapping it could control the width of this last measure. Now that this "small square" is gone, I don't know how to control the width of the last measure. Could any teacher who sees this kindly help me understand how to do this in the new version? Thank you.

the control point of the last measure

longxijun — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:43:03 +0000

Thank you very much for taking the time to address my question, but what I really want to express is that the width of the last measure in each line cannot be adjusted. In version 6.2.2, like every other measure, there was a handle on the right-side barline of the last measure. However, in the latest version 6.7.7, this handle has disappeared only for the last measure of each line, while the handles for all other measures in each line are still present.

Handwriting

lpires445 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:42:12 +0000

Dear Symphony Pro Support,

I purchased Symphony Pro and later bought the handwriting extension to write directly on the score using the Apple Pencil. The feature worked correctly for some time.

Recently the app started showing some notation issues (for example, the Coda and Segno symbols appeared extremely large on the page). I saw a suggestion to reset the cache and reopen the app, so I did that.

However, after clearing the cache and reopening the app, the handwriting extension disappeared. Inside the app it now asks me to purchase the extension again, even though in the App Store it shows that the item has already been purchased.

I tried restoring the purchase but the extension still does not activate.

Could you please help restore the handwriting extension on my account? If possible, I would appreciate it if you could unlock the feature via a promo code or another method.

Update 6.7+ and iPadOS 26 issues

Wolfi — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:55:10 +0000

After updating to version 6.7 on every startup after closing app completely a reminder to update to 6.7 is shown on every new start.

I have removed the app from the ipad, did a fresh install from the app store, same again. Please fix this, it is annoying...

I hope this app can do it or grant it.

ROB3RT — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:31:59 +0000

Excuse me, greetings to everyone. I'm a Symphony Pro app user and a music arranger specifically for marching bands. I'd like to ask a question and make a suggestion. Is it possible for Symphony Pro to have specific percussion features for marching bands in the future, such as a snare drum with high pitch, multi-tom, and a bass drum with five sound characteristics?

Ryan Foxley

ryan — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:45:43 +0000

Hello- I cannot get the app to end a piece on a second ending. I can have a first and second ending with the repeat in the second to last bar, but the final bar will not have the solid bar line, just a thin one as if the music is going to go on. If I add a first ending to the second to last bar, and then add a repeat, it deletes the first ending. I have tried every combination imaginable. After I somehow (it seems random) successfully added a first and second ending with the proper repeat I cannot add a heavy final measure line. The movement wizard box isn’t helping. I don’t have another movement. I just want to end this piece with the first and second ending. Nothing fancy. Thank you for any help you can give.

Two voices

mac — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:17:03 +0000

I want to typeset two voices for a piano. In a single beat, one note‘s stem should go up and the other note below it, the stem should go down. How do I do it?

Edit: I solved the problem.

Annotation cannot be deleted!

quemoy2017 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:08:41 +0000

Hi, I’m using version 6.7 on iPad. Annotations can be circled by using Apple Pencil. The ‘delete’ shows, after touch the ‘delete’, the annotation still remains.
Dear support-team, could someone help me, please? Thank you!

Piano reduction

waltergreenwood — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 05:06:51 +0000

I run SP 6 for iPad. How can I turn multiple vocal staves into a 2-stave piano reduction?

Symbols for ‘brevis’ and ‘longa’ notes

Maarten — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:36:51 +0000

I can’t find symbols for ‘brevis’ (square note without stem, duration 2 whole notes) and ‘longa’ (idem with stem, duration 4 whole notes). These occur in renaissance music. Can these be made available?

Stemless notes or hidden stems?

Schutz — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:12:28 +0000

I am a new Symphony Pro user in the iPad. I want to know if there is a way to write notes without stems, to hide stems, to change the length of stems etc.

movements within a score: adding, editing, deleting

Maarten — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:27:22 +0000

I note that currently the only way to create a new movement is to place an end bar in a measure, after which the dialog box asks whether you want a new movement. It's a bit quirky because sometimes that section also needs a repeat.
Also, the new movement will not have a time signature at the beginning if the signature stayed the same. Can creating a new movement be turned into a proper command?

Transposing Chord Symbols & Concert Pitch Issue

noestoysebas — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:08:20 +0000

Hi everyone,

I have two questions regarding Symphony Pro:

I added chord symbols while writing for guitar, then copied and pasted them onto a clarinet part. However, I can't figure out how to transpose all the chord symbols at once. Is there a way to do this?
I'm having trouble with the concert pitch setting. I enable and disable it for the clarinet, but the notes don’t change, and the playback sounds the same. Am I missing something?

I’d really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!

Time Signature display at the beginning of new movements

chopekies — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:23:05 +0000

I would like to display the time signature at the beginning of every movement. At the moment, I only have the option of displaying the time signature at the beginning of every line, or when the time signature changes.

I have found a way to display the time signature when I want to by creating a meter-less bar in the measure before the new movement, but that unfortunately creates a courtesy time signature to show that the time signature is about to change, at the end of every movement.

Is there a solution to resolve this time signature display issue? Thank you!

pickup/anacrusis

Maarten — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:07:07 +0000

Hi,
I'm exploring and working with this wonderful product.
I'm a bit stymied by the anacrusis feature. I can get the anacrusis in (although the manual incorrectly states that in the 'Measure Dialog' the bottom menu must have the 'Bars' option selected, where in fact it is the 'Time/Key' option). However, I succeeded in getting both the anacrusis and main time signature in only once. On the second try, the time signature disappears when I place the anacrusis (so there is no time signature at all at the beginning), or I get both the custom time signature (for the anacrusis) AND in the next measure, the main time signature.
Please help.
Thanks.

Synchronizing with audio

Wajsar — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:53:20 +0000

Hi all! I often arrange for recordings and it's a shame that Symphony Pro doesn't have the ability to import audio files. Is there any other way to synchronize Symphony Pro with an audio recording, for example via Audiobus or another system? Does anyone have experience with this problem? Thanks!

Import

Drew — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:57:15 +0000

I have all my music written in Musescore and can easily export to musicxml files but I do not have iTunes on my MacBook or iPad but only Music. I cannot find a way to add these files into Music as described in the manual. so is there another way to import musicxml files into Symphony 6?

Drew

Recorder instrument voicing as SATB, ATTB, TTTB, SATTB

al565 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:49:20 +0000

I have noticed there is no break down for recorder into Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. How can I do the voicing, voice=recorder on each stave?

I have just purchased SP6

Drew — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:36:49 +0000

I am a Mandolin & Tenor Guitar player and have just purchased SP6.
I'm starting the adventure of learning it.
I have used MuseScore for years but want to have something to use on iPad.
After importing my first .xml I discover that I cannot change the instrument to Mandolin or Tenor Guitar. Can you advise how to do this or changes a guitar toMandolin etc.

Drew

SP Won’t Import MP3 Files

JimmyGahl — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:17:46 +0000

Until yesterday, I was able to import an MP3 file into SP and it would be intact. That quit working. Now when I see the list of apps for import, SP is not on the list. It used to be! I’ve tried importing as XML and MIDI, but the score is messed up and no way resembles the original. Is there a way to get an MP3 into SP? Thanks! Jimmy

Guitar Tab. Open G. Note on particular string

Terry — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:46:48 +0000

Guitar Tab. I have tab set up for open G and want the d note to play on the second string third fret but the app puts it open on the first string. How do I place it where I want it? (on 2nd string 3rd fret)

Change Instruments Mid-Score

JimmyGahl — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:16:21 +0000

I thought it was possible to change instruments mid-piece on a staff. An example, I’d like to change a bass line from "Grand Piano" to "Wurlitzer" and back several times in a piece. I searched the old manual, but couldn’t find anything. I’d appreciate any help. Thank you! Jimmy

Simulating Applause

JimmyGahl — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:44:37 +0000

I would like to add applause as an end to some of my compositions. There is the "hand clap" in instruments. Does anyone have any ideas how I can create the effect? I’m only learning SP’s elaborate features, so a simple explanation and sample would be all I need. Thanks alot. Jimmy

A measure where I can’t add notes or rests properly

muzikmakur — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:33:05 +0000

'i have a measure that is not representing all 4 beats from an XML import

. The first 2 beats are represented by notes and then the rest of the bar is blank. When I draw in any notes or rests they default to the beginning of the measure on top of the existing notes.it won't let me put anything in that space.

SP6 Backup-iCloud

JimmyGahl — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:38:28 +0000

SP6 wont back-up yo iCloud. Everything is "on" correctly in SP6 settings. Can anyone help, please? Jimmy

Insert Tempo Changes?

Jesse — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:43:02 +0000

Is it possible to insert tempo changes at various measures in a score? The only thing I've found so far is the Metronome button that generates a single tempo at the start of a score only.

Thanks in advance!

Time signature

Marcdoomen — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:04:13 +0000

I need 6/4 time signature. How do I create that? Thanx