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Hands-Free Page Turn Support

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The Musicnotes Player app for iOS supports hands-free page turns with a variety of Bluetooth pedals. AirTurn offers a 10% discount to Musicnotes.com customers. Purchase pedals from AirTurn and other pedal manufacturers below. 

In order to enable your Bluetooth pedal for use with the Musicnotes app, you must first sync it with your phone or tablet.  Please also keep the following in mind:

  • Bluetooth pedals act as a connected keyboard, and therefore will hide the on-screen keyboard during use.  For this reason, you will not be able to  sign in to your Musicnotes account or use text markup while a Bluetooth pedal is on and synced with your device.  Simply turn the pedal off if you need to use the on-screen keyboard for any reason.
  • During Playback within a piece of music, page turns are controlled by the timing of the music, and not your Bluetooth pedal.  Therefore, you will not be able to turn pages while your music is Playing or Paused (only when Stopped or in Viewing mode).

Supported Pedals (Tested)

The following list of pedals have been tested with the Musicnotes Player app, and are supported for the modes listed. To change modes or enable your Bluetooth pedal, please refer to your owner’s manual or contact the manufacturer directly.

PageFlip Cicada

  • Supported Modes: 2, 3, and 5

AirTurn BT-105 & BT-105 DIGIT

AirTurn BT-106 DUO

AirTurn PED

AirTurn PED is only compatible with Bluetooth Smart-Ready devices.

Other Pedals (Not Tested)

Please note: Other hands-free devices may work with the Musicnotes Player App if they are switched to a mode that allows for the following commands (please refer to your owner’s manual for more information about which mode you may need to use to enable functionality):

  • Left Arrow/Right Arrow
  • Up Arrow/Down Arrow
  • Spacebar/Enter

 

Users with iOS / iPadOS 15.1 or Newer

If your hands-free device does not have a mode with support for Spacebar/Enter, and instead uses Arrow Up/Arrow Down and/or Arrow Left/Arrow Right, and you are using iOS 15.1+ or iPadOS 15.1+, please read the following.

 

Musicnotes Player v.2.18.2 or newer:

Musicnotes Player for iOS version 2.18.2 includes a bug fix that addresses the prior hands-free page turn pedal issue. If you have not yet installed this update, you may download it from the App Store.

 

Please note: If you had previously enabled "Full Keyboard Access" under Accessibility → Physical and Motor → Keyboards → Full Keyboard Access - and you do not require this feature be enabled on your device - you may turn this off.

Instructions

    1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open Settings.
    2. Tap on Accessibility.
    3. Tap on Keyboards, located under Physical and Motor.
    4. Tap on Full Keyboard Access, then turn off Full Keyboard Access on the next screen.

 

Musicnotes Player v.2.18.1 or older:

The instructions below are retained for app users using Musicnotes Player for iOS app version 2.18.1 or older, so that if you had previously used these steps, you will be able to reverse the changes on your device.

 

Starting with iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, Apple had modified how the Operating System handles external keyboards, in conjunction with Accessibility settings and controls. With this update, hands-free pedals that use Arrow Up/Arrow Down and/or Arrow Left/Arrow Right, the hands-free pedal will cycle a cursor through the various buttons when you are viewing a song, rather than turning pages.

 

The following instructions will walk you the steps to allow you to use the Arrow Up/Arrow Down and/or Arrow Left/Arrow Right to turn pages in the Musicnotes app.

Disclaimer:

Please note: If you use any accessibility settings, these settings may affect other keyboard settings with your iOS/iPadOS device. We would recommend checking your hands-free device's user manual, and use the Spacebar/Enter mode; if your hands-free device does not support the Spacebar/Enter mode, we would recommend using a different hand-free device.

Instructions

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open Settings.
  2. Tap on Accessibility.
  3. Tap on Keyboards, located under Physical and Motor.
  4. Tap on Full Keyboard Access, then turn on Full Keyboard Access on the next screen.
  5. Tap on Commands. This will open a page of various, default keyboard shortcuts.
  6. Tap on the first command, and tap Clear. Repeat this process for all commands, one at a time.
  7. After clearing out all of the commands, tap Back. Tap on Auto-Hide.
  8. Ensure Auto-Hide is turned on, and decrease the auto-hide time to 1 second.
  9. Connect your hands-free pedal, and open the Musicnotes app to view a song.
    1. Once you have opened and are viewing music, you will briefly see the cursor. However, the cursor will automatically hide, and you will then be able to use your hands-free pedal to turn pages in the Musicnotes app.

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