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slug: how-to-loop-a-section
question: How do I loop a section of a song?
category: playing-and-practicing
related:
  - how-anything-piano-makes-tutorials-for-any-song
screenshots:
  - id: loop-additional-settings
    description: The piano roll with the Settings gear expanded, showing the Additional settings panel with Loop visible.
  - id: loop-pick-start
    description: The piano roll in loop-selection mode showing the "Tap the first note of the loop" instruction.
  - id: loop-active-marker
    description: An active loop on the piano roll with the "Loop start" marker line and the Cancel button beside the hand toggles.
lastUpdated: 2026-08-20
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# How do I loop a section of a song?

You set a loop with two taps on the piano roll itself. Tap the **Settings** gear, tap **Loop**, then tap the note where the loop should start and the note where it should end. That section repeats until you cancel it, so you can play a tricky passage over and over until muscle memory kicks in.

## Set a loop

1. Open the song and tap the **Settings** gear in the piano roll header.
2. In the **Additional settings** panel, tap **Loop**.

![loop-additional-settings](screenshot: The piano roll with the Settings gear expanded, showing the Additional settings panel with Loop visible.)

3. The app asks you to "Tap the first note of the loop." Tap the note where you want the repeat to begin.
4. Next it asks you to "Tap the last note of the loop." Tap the note where it should end.

![loop-pick-start](screenshot: The piano roll in loop-selection mode showing the "Tap the first note of the loop" instruction.)

The section between your two notes now plays on repeat, and a **Loop start** marker on the roll shows you where each pass begins.

## If the app says "Pick a note a little further away"

A loop needs a little room between its endpoints, slightly more than a single chord. If your second tap lands on the same chord as your first, the loop would be too short to practice against, so the app asks you to pick a note a bit further along. Tap one and the loop sets normally.

## Turn the loop off

While a loop is active, a **Cancel** button sits beside the hand toggles, and tapping it lets the song play straight through again. Tapping **Loop** in the **Additional settings** panel clears an active loop too.

![loop-active-marker](screenshot: An active loop on the piano roll with the "Loop start" marker line and the Cancel button beside the hand toggles.)

## A tip: loop it slow

Loops pair well with the speed control. If a passage keeps tripping you up, set a loop around it and drop the speed a preset or two, then bring the speed back up as it starts to feel comfortable. Once it feels easy at **Normal**, remove the loop and play the section in context.