Questions and answers

The player is for music-school students, adults learning on their own and anyone working out a new piece. The editor is for teachers, arrangers, authors of teaching materials and bloggers.

Button accordion with a B or a C griff (5 rows, 106 buttons) and piano accordion (41 keys). The left hand has the 120 basses of the Stradella system with a switch to the free bass.

Yes, if the author added the piano accordion under “Also for the player” in the editor. The player settings will then show an “Instrument” switch.

The player does not: it works offline, and the internet is needed only for downloads and updates. The editor needs an account: you sign in through the browser, and the app checks the subscription every few days. Without the internet it works for up to seven days after the last check.

Yes. The player demo is open to everyone on the home page. The full player in the browser is free after you sign in, and the editor in the browser comes with a subscription. Both pages are in your account: the “Player” and “Editor” sections.

Ukrainian and English. The language is switched in the settings.

It is a closed collection of arrangements for the player that editor users submitted and we approved. Pieces are played right on the site in the web player, with highlighted buttons and finger numbers. Subscribers can also download the files for the apps. More in the documentation.

Prepare the piece in the editor, export the player file (.accplay) and send it in your account, in the “My pieces in the library” section. The administrator reviews the piece by hand and lets you know by email. Users who have the editor can submit.

The library comes with an editor subscription. After a one-time purchase of the editor it is free for 12 months, and after that a separate monthly “Library” subscription is needed. While the library has few pieces, it is open to everyone who signs in to the site.

The demo pieces are built in. Others are .accplay files made in the editor: from your teacher, from teaching sites or your own.

No, the player opens only .accplay: it already settles which buttons and fingers to play with. Scores are imported into the editor first.

There is too little room under the instrument on a phone. Turn on “Full-screen mode while playing”: the staff is shown in it.

Yes. Recording a video of your playing with sound is free on all platforms. You can choose horizontal 1920×1080 or vertical 1080×1920 video, with the title of the piece and your site across the top. More in the player guide.

It is the price of free recording: a small link to our site is added automatically at the bottom of every video. This way video lessons help others find the player. It cannot be turned off.

Wherever you choose in the save window that opens right after you stop recording. A notification at the bottom of the screen shows the path to the file.

Press pause and then “Play” again: the player will restart the sound.

Any that saves MusicXML: MuseScore (free), Sibelius, Finale, Dorico. MuseScore files can be opened directly.

Select the notes, click the right button on the instrument and press the right finger 1–5. A manual choice is locked. The general logic is changed under “Fingering…” → preferences.

The left hand has notes that no button of the Stradella system gives. Switch the bar to the free bass (the mode track above the piano roll) or simplify the chord.

Press “Sign in with the browser”: a page of our site with a code opens. Sign in or create an account and confirm the device, and the app will sign in by itself. You never type a password in the app. You can sign out of the account and see all your devices in the “My apps” section.

It shows a window offering to renew. Open projects do not disappear: the window only covers them until the subscription is renewed.

Only to import .ly files, and only in the desktop app. For MusicXML, MuseScore and MIDI you do not need to install anything extra.

The editor is a desktop program (macOS, Windows, Linux): precise editing needs a mouse and keyboard.

Right-click the app → “Open” → “Open”. You only need to do this once, until the releases are signed with an Apple certificate.

Click “More info” → “Run anyway”. Signed versions will appear with the release in the Microsoft Store.

Close the app and try again through “Settings” → “Apps”. If an NSIS error appears, delete the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Accordion Player and write to us: we will help.