Turn ideas into sheet music, instantly.

What should we write today?

Import a MusicXML scoreImport MusicXML.musicxml, .xml, or .mxl → the editor
Record from a MIDI keyboardRecord MIDIPlay it — Notate writes the score
or start from guided options
Pick the options that matter most — they steer the piece.0/5 options

Sounds & styles.

Stack up to three sounds that don't usually mix. The stranger the pairing, the better.

0/3

Inspired by.

Optional — name an artist or composer (or a few) and the piece leans into their idiom and energy. In the style of, not a copy of.

0/3

Set the mood.

Feelings, images, twists — pick what the piece should be about.

0/3

Easter eggs.

Sneak a famous riff into the piece — the real notes get woven in, transposed to fit the key. Selecting one plays it.

0/2

The essentials.

Optional — leave any of it alone and the composer decides.

How long? · up to 8 bars

Tempo & feel

Fine-tune tempo≈ 108 BPM
Instruments
0/4

Key

For the theory nerds.

All optional — every field defaults to the composer's choice.

Creative constraints
0/3

A single limitation can focus a piece and reveal ideas open-ended freedom hides.

Motivic development
0/3

How the main idea grows — pick a technique or two and the piece works its motif through them.

Here's the pitch

A short, characterful piece — a bold, specific idea waiting to happen.

8 barsMedium · 108 BPM

Type an idea, roll the dice, or shape it above — then compose.

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From the community.

Pieces published by other composers. Listen, peek at the score, love, and comment.

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