Squeezebox Studio: Melodeon

Squeezebox Studio turns any tune into melodeon tab: which button to press and which way the bellows go, worked out for your own box. Open an ABC or MusicXML file and start practicing.

FOR YOUR BOX
• 48 layouts built in: one-row, two-row, 2½-row and three-row melodeons in the common keys, Irish B/C and C#/D, club boxes and trikitixas
• My Boxes: copy a layout and change it to match your own box, button by button, bass side included
• Any pitch: a D/G tuned down a fourth becomes an A/D

TAB AND NOTATION
• Push above the line and pull below, in color, with P and D letters if you like
• Inside-row marks or row letters, and note names as letters or solfège
• Staff notation above the tab, note for note, with ornaments, slurs, ties and repeats
• A keyboard diagram that lights the button to press

FINGERING YOU CAN QUESTION
• Fingering worked out for the whole tune, in the style you prefer
• "Why this button?" shows what each other way of playing a note would cost
• Pin a button and the rest of the tune re-plans around it
• Transpose, with suggestions of the keys that suit your box

LEFT HAND
• Chords as written, or suggested from your box's own bass buttons
• Oom-pah, off-beat chords, held chords and more, always going the way the bellows go

PRACTICE
• Playback with a two-reed melodeon sound, bass and chords
• Slow it down, loop a bar or a phrase, and speed up a little each time round
• Metronome and count-in
• Hear the tune on its own, or just the bass and chords to play along with
• Step through with the keyboard or a page-turner pedal, with spoken cues if you want them
• Glance mode: just the button and bellows, big enough to read from a music stand

YOUR TUNES
• Import ABC (including files of many tunes) and MusicXML from Files, the share sheet, drag and drop or paste
• Search, favorites and collections for your session sets
• Print or share the tab as a PDF or picture, or export MusicXML with the buttons for MuseScore

ACCESSIBLE
• VoiceOver reads every note with its button and bellows direction
• Larger text throughout, and push and pull shown by position as well as color

FREE TO TRY
Try everything with your first tune. When you want more, one purchase unlocks unlimited tunes on iPad and Mac. No subscription.

iPAD AND MAC
Your library, boxes and fingering choices sync between iPad and Mac through iCloud.

PRIVACY
No account, no tracking and no data collected. Your tunes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.

Squeezebox Studio doesn't come with tunes: bring your own in ABC or MusicXML.