Browse the catalog

The Catalog tab of the library holds a shared collection of about 25,000 classical works, ranked by how central each work is to the repertoire. Browsing it never adds anything to your own library — it is a place to look things up and read from.

Find a work

1. In the library, switch to the Catalog tab.
2. Use the same grouping and filter chips as My Library: period, form, instrument, tonality, difficulty (Beginner to Virtuoso), and importance.
3. The importance sliders read the catalog's editorial score — 50 marks a notable work, 75 a major one, 90 the canon.
4. Tap a work to open it; tap its info button for the same Properties panel your own pieces use.

The All tab shows your library and the catalog together in one alphabetical list.

What you can do with a catalog piece

• Read it when the catalog holds a score for it.
• Follow it — catalog pieces with a score work with live Follow like your own pieces.
• Collect it — add it to any collection; the row keeps living in the cloud until you open it.
• Hide it — Remove from view hides a row you never want to see; the work itself stays in the catalog.

Limit A catalog row is not a file on your iPad. Reading and following need a network connection the first time a piece's score is fetched.

Next: Library overview or Collections.