Standard Scores vs. Interactive Scores

Why are there two types of sheet music?

In short: they're made for different needs.

What's the difference?

To put it simply: standard sheet music is more for playing; interactive sheet music is more for learning and practicing. Of course you can use both to play and to practice.

Standard sheet music is our huge collection of piano sheet music with more than 20,000 pieces from all genres. Perfect for every skill level, from beginners who know a bit of reading music to advanced players. With this sheet music, playing is what it's all about and you can use simple features (like metronome, annotations, etc.) in the digital player.

Interactive sheet music is available for nearly 2,000 of our most popular songs and is a real game changer for anyone learning to play piano. With helpful interactive features you’ll learn and play songs faster, easier, and with more fun. Listen to the music and play along, loop parts and repeat them, or use the virtual piano while you follow the playhead. If you’re still getting the hang of reading notes, try out the animated falling notes mode. You can also view all interactive sheet music in standard notation.

All sheet music is officially licensed through partners like Universal Music Publishing, Faber Music, Schott Music, …

Is interactive sheet music included in all subscription options?

Yes. You’ll find interactive sheet music in both the OKTAV Playing and OKTAV Learning subscriptions.

Why isn’t all sheet music interactive?

Every song we offer interactively gets extra technical prep. We want to offer a big and interesting selection for all levels, especially to support those learning piano.

Our selection of interactive sheet music keeps growing, so we can offer new songs or especially popular ones, too.

Don't see your favorite track yet? Just contact us and we'll make the song interactive for you within 7 business days.

What features do I have with each type of sheet music?