diff --git a/src/components/piano-roll/PianoRollContent.tsx b/src/components/piano-roll/PianoRollContent.tsx
index 957f4f1..bae4605 100644
--- a/src/components/piano-roll/PianoRollContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/piano-roll/PianoRollContent.tsx
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ const PianoRollContent: React.FC<PianoRollContentProps> = ({
                   keySignature={sheetKeySignature}
                   instrument={sheetInstrument}
                   quantization={sheetQuantization}
-                  noteScrollRef={noteScrollRef}
                   onMetricsChange={onSheetMeasureMetricsChange ?? NOOP_SHEET_METRICS_CHANGE}
                 />
               ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.test.tsx b/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..789073a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import SheetMusicView from './SheetMusicView';
+import { getSheetPlayheadPixel, parseSheetQuantization } from './sheetNotation';
+import type { SheetMeasureMetric } from './sheetNotationTypes';
+import { createMockMidiNote, createMockMidiRegion } from '../../test/utils/mock-data';
+
+const setPlayheadPosition = vi.fn();
+const requestMainContentScroll = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('../../stores/projectStore', () => ({
+  useProjectStore: (selector: (state: {
+    playheadPosition: number;
+    setPlayheadPosition: typeof setPlayheadPosition;
+    requestMainContentScroll: typeof requestMainContentScroll;
+  }) => unknown) => selector({
+    playheadPosition: 0,
+    setPlayheadPosition,
+    requestMainContentScroll,
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../common', () => ({
+  Playhead: ({ pixelPositionOverride }: { pixelPositionOverride?: number }) => (
+    <div data-testid="playhead" data-pixel={pixelPositionOverride ?? 0} />
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('vexflow', () => {
+  class MockRenderer {
+    static Backends = { SVG: 'svg' };
+
+    private readonly host: HTMLElement;
+
+    constructor(host: HTMLElement) {
+      this.host = host;
+    }
+
+    resize() {}
+
+    getContext() {
+      const svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
+      this.host.appendChild(svg);
+      return {};
+    }
+  }
+
+  class MockStave {
+    constructor(
+      _x: number,
+      _y: number,
+      _width: number
+    ) {}
+
+    setBegBarType() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    setEndBarType() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    addClef() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    addKeySignature() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    addTimeSignature() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    setContext() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    draw() {
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  class MockStaveNote {
+    constructor(_options: unknown) {}
+
+    isRest() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    getTieLeftX() {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    getTieRightX() {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    getYs() {
+      return [0];
+    }
+  }
+
+  class MockVoice {
+    constructor(_options: unknown) {}
+
+    setStrict() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    addTickables() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    draw() {
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  class MockFormatter {
+    joinVoices() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    formatToStave() {
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  class MockBeam {
+    static generateBeams() {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    setContext() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    draw() {
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    Accidental: { applyAccidentals: vi.fn() },
+    BarlineType: { SINGLE: 1, NONE: 0 },
+    Beam: MockBeam,
+    Dot: { buildAndAttach: vi.fn() },
+    Formatter: MockFormatter,
+    Renderer: MockRenderer,
+    Stave: MockStave,
+    StaveNote: MockStaveNote,
+    Voice: MockVoice,
+  };
+});
+
+describe('SheetMusicView', () => {
+  const quantization = parseSheetQuantization('16,48');
+  const onMetricsChange = vi.fn();
+
+  const getLatestMetrics = (): SheetMeasureMetric[] => {
+    const latestCall = onMetricsChange.mock.calls.at(-1);
+    expect(latestCall).toBeDefined();
+    return latestCall?.[0] as SheetMeasureMetric[];
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setPlayheadPosition.mockClear();
+    requestMainContentScroll.mockClear();
+    onMetricsChange.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it('maps header clicks in region scope without adding scroll offset', () => {
+    const activeRegion = createMockMidiRegion({
+      startFromBeat: 16,
+      length: 8,
+      notes: [],
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <SheetMusicView
+        activeRegion={activeRegion}
+        midiRegions={[activeRegion]}
+        maxBars={8}
+        sheetMusicTrackScopeEnabled={false}
+        timeSignature={{ numerator: 4, denominator: 4 }}
+        keySignature="C major"
+        instrument="acoustic_grand_piano"
+        quantization={quantization}
+        onMetricsChange={onMetricsChange}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const header = document.querySelector('.sheet-music-header') as HTMLDivElement;
+    expect(header).not.toBeNull();
+    const metrics = getLatestMetrics();
+    const expectedLocalBeat = 6;
+    const headerPixel = getSheetPlayheadPixel(expectedLocalBeat, metrics);
+
+    Object.defineProperty(header, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+      value: () => ({
+        left: 100,
+        top: 0,
+        right: 540,
+        bottom: 20,
+        width: 440,
+        height: 20,
+        x: 100,
+        y: 0,
+        toJSON: () => ({}),
+      }),
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(header, { clientX: 100 + headerPixel });
+
+    expect(setPlayheadPosition).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(requestMainContentScroll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(setPlayheadPosition).toHaveBeenCalledWith(22);
+    expect(requestMainContentScroll).toHaveBeenCalledWith(22);
+  });
+
+  it('maps header clicks in track scope to absolute beats', () => {
+    const activeRegion = createMockMidiRegion({
+      startFromBeat: 16,
+      length: 8,
+      notes: [
+        createMockMidiNote({ id: 'note-1', startBeat: 0, endBeat: 1, pitch: 60 }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const anotherRegion = createMockMidiRegion({
+      id: 'region-2',
+      startFromBeat: 24,
+      length: 4,
+      notes: [
+        createMockMidiNote({ id: 'note-2', startBeat: 0, endBeat: 1, pitch: 67 }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <SheetMusicView
+        activeRegion={activeRegion}
+        midiRegions={[activeRegion, anotherRegion]}
+        maxBars={8}
+        sheetMusicTrackScopeEnabled={true}
+        timeSignature={{ numerator: 4, denominator: 4 }}
+        keySignature="C major"
+        instrument="acoustic_grand_piano"
+        quantization={quantization}
+        onMetricsChange={onMetricsChange}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const header = document.querySelector('.sheet-music-header') as HTMLDivElement;
+    expect(header).not.toBeNull();
+    const metrics = getLatestMetrics();
+    const expectedBeat = 3;
+    const headerPixel = getSheetPlayheadPixel(expectedBeat, metrics);
+
+    Object.defineProperty(header, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+      value: () => ({
+        left: 100,
+        top: 0,
+        right: 300,
+        bottom: 20,
+        width: 200,
+        height: 20,
+        x: 100,
+        y: 0,
+        toJSON: () => ({}),
+      }),
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(header, { clientX: 100 + headerPixel });
+
+    expect(setPlayheadPosition).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(requestMainContentScroll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(setPlayheadPosition).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3);
+    expect(requestMainContentScroll).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3);
+  });
+
+  it('renders the playhead container', () => {
+    const activeRegion = createMockMidiRegion();
+
+    render(
+      <SheetMusicView
+        activeRegion={activeRegion}
+        midiRegions={[activeRegion]}
+        maxBars={4}
+        sheetMusicTrackScopeEnabled={false}
+        timeSignature={{ numerator: 4, denominator: 4 }}
+        keySignature="C major"
+        instrument="acoustic_grand_piano"
+        quantization={quantization}
+        onMetricsChange={onMetricsChange}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('playhead')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.tsx b/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.tsx
index 3620b0c..8329ba0 100644
--- a/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/piano-roll/SheetMusicView.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ interface SheetMusicViewProps {
   keySignature: KeySignature;
   instrument: InstrumentType;
   quantization: SheetQuantization;
-  noteScrollRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
   onMetricsChange: (metrics: SheetMeasureMetric[]) => void;
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ const SheetMusicView: React.FC<SheetMusicViewProps> = ({
   keySignature,
   instrument,
   quantization,
-  noteScrollRef,
   onMetricsChange,
 }) => {
   const setPlayheadPosition = useProjectStore(state => state.setPlayheadPosition);
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ const SheetMusicView: React.FC<SheetMusicViewProps> = ({
     }
 
     const rect = headerRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const relativeX = event.clientX - rect.left + (noteScrollRef.current?.scrollLeft ?? 0);
+    const relativeX = event.clientX - rect.left;
     const metric = metrics.find(candidate => (
       relativeX >= candidate.leftPx && relativeX <= candidate.leftPx + candidate.widthPx
     ));
@@ -365,7 +363,6 @@ const arePropsEqual = (previous: SheetMusicViewProps, next: SheetMusicViewProps)
     previous.quantization.raw === next.quantization.raw &&
     previous.timeSignature.numerator === next.timeSignature.numerator &&
     previous.timeSignature.denominator === next.timeSignature.denominator &&
-    previous.noteScrollRef === next.noteScrollRef &&
     previous.onMetricsChange === next.onMetricsChange
   );
 };