Weekly campaigns
A new set of pieces, every week.
Campaigns give a stretch of the week a theme and a set of levels to work through.
Play the music. Write the music.
A rhythm game built on real music notation. Play a piano solo, a string duet or a full quartet, then open the editor and compose levels of your own.
Coming soonSee how it plays
- voices played at once
- 4
- ensemble sizes
- 3
- plans, including free
- 3
- Classical looks: dark and light
- 2
How it plays
The score is the interface.
There is no invented shape language to learn. Levels are written in notation, and each voice in the music gets a touch zone of its own.
One zone for every voice
Every voice in a piece has its own coloured touch zone. A solo has one; a quartet has four, each in its own colour so you always know whose line you are playing.
The zone warms up before you need it
A zone signals that its moment is coming, sweeping around its edge in time with the music, and then lights fully when it is your turn. You are cued by the tempo itself.
Play several at once
Up to four fingers can be down at the same time, which is what playing more than one voice actually asks of you.
The room answers the music
The backdrop breathes with the piece. It opens out at forte, draws in at piano, follows the tempo and carries a faint trace of whichever voice sounded last.
Try it: press and hold
On a touchscreen, press several zones at once. On a keyboard, focus a zone and press Space.
Ensembles
From a lone piano to a full quartet.
Levels are written for solo instruments, for duets and for quartets. Choose a size to see how many voices you would be playing.
Voice one
Voice two
Voice three
Voice four
Accompaniment
One instrument, one line, all of your attention.
A level can also carry an accompaniment: music that plays underneath your voices without asking anything of you.
- PianoKeys
- OrganKeys
- Electric pianoKeys
- ViolinStrings
- ViolaStrings
- StringsStrings
And more. Solo instruments, duets and quartets all draw from the same instrument family.
Always something to play
A reason to come back every day.
Contrapunctus is account-based, so your progress and your library follow you. Around the core levels sits a rhythm of things to play.
Daily challenge
One piece, today.
A fresh challenge every day: a short reason to open the app and play.
Season pass
A season to progress through.
A season pass gives your play across a season a track of its own to advance along.
Levels from other players
A store full of made levels.
Players publish levels they have made in the editor. Browse the user store, search it and play what others have written.
Create
Write a level in music notation.
The editor works in notation, the same language the levels are played in. What you write is saved as a .jj level file you can keep, share and publish.
Compose in notation
Place notes on the staff for each voice you want in your level.
Save it as a .jj file
Your level is a single .jj file that belongs to you.
Publish to the store
Put it in the user store and other players can find it and play it.
Community
Follow the people behind the music.
Every level in the store has an author. Find the creators and composers you like and keep up with what they publish.
The user store
Browse and search levels made by other players, and put your own in the store.
Follow creators
Follow the people whose levels you enjoy, so their new work is easy to find.
Follow composers
Follow composers too, and play their music the way it was written.
Themes
Dress the whole game.
Themes change the look of the entire game, from the frame around the screen to the cards and buttons. Themes are offered for purchase, and the first is Classical.
- A five-line staff runs around the edge of the screen.
- Matte surfaces, engraved hairline rules and a fine laid-paper grain.
- Restraint is the whole idea: nothing shouts over the music.
Classical
Classical
The first theme. Ink, ivory and gold, built to stay out of the way of the score.
More themes are planned.
Plans
Start free. Go further when you want to.
Contrapunctus has three plans. The game is free to start with, and there are options for players, students and schools.
Free
Everyone, to begin.
- Play Contrapunctus with a free account
- A place to begin, at no cost
Pro
For players who want more.
Student discount available
- Everything in Free
- A subscription for players who want to go further
- A student discount
Education
For schools and universities.
.edu discount available
- The most complete plan
- For schools and universities
- A discount for .edu accounts
Themes are offered as separate purchases.
Pick up a line.
Free to start. Play what is there, then write what is not.
Coming soon