Keys
Play your chords on real keys.
Grand piano, electric piano, organ and pads, with every note of the chord lit on the keyboard.
Your songwriting studio, wherever you go
Your Next Great Song Starts Here.
Every great song begins with an idea. A melody, a few chords, or a moment of inspiration.
Your desk, your studio
One studio. Every screen you own.
Write on the computer, keep playing on the tablet, and plug in your keyboard. Your songs stay with you, ready whenever the idea comes back.
Write a chord. Hear the band.
Meet Notes to Play.
A creative space built around the joy of music. Explore the possibilities, follow your curiosity, and spend more time doing what brought you here in the first place: making music.
Notes to Play is a songwriting app for your tablet, computer or phone. Pick chords, write lyrics under them, and hear piano, guitar, bass and drums play your song back. Then mix it and export a WAV or MP3.
NO AI · RUNS IN CHROME, EDGE OR SAFARI · INSTALLS LIKE AN APP · WORKS OFFLINE · YOUR SONGS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE
Not AI. A real songwriter’s tool.
Write songs and music the old-fashioned way. All the tools in one place, wherever you are.
AI can write a song for you. Notes to Play won’t, and that’s the point. It’s a tool, like a calculator for music, made for people who want to write their own songs instead of taking the easy route.
Get your ideas down fast, on the go. Shape them, jam with them, sing over them and try things out, with a band in the background to guide you. When the song feels right, you’re ready to record.
Every Great Song Starts with an Idea.
Maybe it comes to you at the piano. Maybe you’re holding a guitar, sitting in your backyard, or humming a melody you can’t get out of your head.
You never know when inspiration will strike. But when it does, you want to follow it.
Notes to Play is designed to make exploring music feel natural, creative, and rewarding.
How it works
From Inspiration to Exploration.
See how Notes to Play works and discover what you can do with it.
Watch Notes to Play in Action
- Start with a key and a few chordsTap the circle of fifths. The chords in your key light up, and every chord plays when you tap it.
- Explore how your song playsKeys, guitar, bass and drums follow your chords. Choose Hold, Pulse, Arp or Strum, add a beat, a melody and your lyrics, and record your voice over it.
- Continue to a finished songMix it in Mix & Master with faders, EQ and reverb, then save a WAV or MP3 to share.
Real screenshots, about 5 minutes. Or hear songs made in the app.
Write with chords
Every chord in reach. The right ones lit up.
Tap the circle of fifths to hear any chord. Your key glows green; bolder choices fade to blue and purple. Nothing goes into the song until you say so.
How to choose chords
Chord finder
Stuck? Turn the dial.
The Chord finder ranks the chords most likely to come next, best first. Turn it, tap one, hear it in your song.
- Suggestions follow the key and the bar you’re on
- The Chord editor turns any chord into a sus4, maj7 or add9
- A library of proven progressions, written in your key
Instruments that play your chords
A band that knows every song you write.
Keys, guitar, bass and drums follow your chords from the first tap. Choose how each part plays: held, pulsing, arpeggiated or strummed.
Mix & Master
Then make it sound finished.
Every song opens in a second studio: a mixing desk with a fader per instrument, EQ, pan and reverb, and a master with a one-tap finish. Export it as a WAV or MP3.
- Drums as a group, with Kick, Snare, Hats and Perc
- A full EQ on every channel
- Room, Hall or Plate reverb
- Finish: Clean, Warm, Punchy or Loud
- Every part on one timeline
- Export WAV or MP3
Inside the studio
Made for the Way You Make Music.
Every musician approaches creativity differently. Discover the tools that fit the way you think, play, and create.
Guitar
See the shape. Hear the strum.
Chord shapes on a real neck, strummed or arpeggiated, with solo scales for your key.
Beats
Put a groove under every part.
Drum pads, a step grid, and a different beat for the verse, chorus or bridge.
Melody
Sketch the tune you keep humming.
Tap notes into a piano roll on any channel, or play them in from a MIDI keyboard.
Chord by chord
Shape each chord the way you hear it.
See every note of every chord, and give any chord its own pattern.
Lyrics
Keep the words with the music.
A lyric line under every bar, with a rhyme finder for when you’re stuck.
Mix & Master
Finish it, then share it.
Faders, EQ, reverb and a one-tap finish. Export a WAV or MP3.
Concert
Take it to the stage.
Full-screen chords and lyrics, big enough to read from the mic stand.
Who it’s for
Wherever Music Takes You.
Whether you’re exploring your first musical ideas or developing your own creative process, the right tools should help you stay focused on the music.
Songwriters
Turn a hummed idea into a song with chords, lyrics and a band playing it back.
Musicians
Play along with your own arrangement, or plug in a MIDI keyboard and record the melody.
Students
Hear how the circle of fifths and chord numerals sound, instead of just reading about them.
Teachers
Tap a progression in class and let everyone hear it in any key, on one tablet.
Hobbyists
Write for fun with no theory needed: chords that fit your key glow green.
What level do you need to be? Any.
Never played a note
No music knowledge needed.
Chords that fit your key glow green, the Chord finder suggests what usually comes next, and every chord plays the moment you tap it. You choose by ear. No reading music, no theory.
Writing songs for years
Room for real songwriting.
Roman numerals on every chord, sus4, maj7 and add9 in the Chord editor, lead sheets and sheet music for each part, MIDI keyboards, recorded takes, and a mixing desk with WAV export.
Photos are illustrations of fictional musicians. Image credits
Sample songs
Made in Notes to Play. Press play.
Recorded straight from the app’s own playback. No editing, no extra plug-ins.
Demo song · pop / folk
Paper Lanterns
3:38
The demo that ships with the app: ten parts, drum fills, lyrics under every chord, ideas and a to-do. Open it from the Start screen.
Demo song · winter ballad
First Frost
1:10
The second demo in the app: a melody played in on a keyboard, a warm pad, and a beat and drum fill for every part. Open it from the Start screen.
R&B / neo-soul
Velvet Hours
0:25
Seventh and ninth chords on electric piano over a laid-back boom-bap groove.
Education
Theory you can hear.
The circle of fifths, numerals and real progressions, played back the moment students tap them.
Offline and private
Your Music. Your Space. Your Rules.
Creativity doesn’t always happen at a desk or in a studio. Here is exactly what works where.
Works offline
Once it’s installed, the whole studio and its sounds are stored on your device. Writing, playing, recording, mixing and exporting all work with no connection.
Needs a connection for
The first install and sign-in, app updates, buying or managing a plan, and extra rhyme suggestions (a built-in word list works offline). Feedback waits and sends when you’re back online.
Your songs stay yours
Songs and recordings are saved on your device and never uploaded. No ads, and no third-party tracking. Export or share a song only when you choose.
Runs in Chrome, Edge or Safari on iPad, Android tablets, Windows, Mac, Chromebook and phones. Tablets first. Install steps
Coming soon: sync with your own Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive, straight to your account, never through ours.
Pricing
Make More Room for Music.
You have ideas worth exploring. Find the Notes to Play option that fits your creative needs and get back to what matters most: the music.
Free
$0
All the chord tools, every sound, 3 saved songs.
Pro$7.99/mo
Or $59.99 a year. Unlimited songs, recording, WAV, MP3 and MIDI export. Renews until you cancel.
Founders$129
Pro for life, one payment. Only for the first 100 buyers.
Students$29.99/yr
Pro with a school email. Renews yearly until you cancel.
Prices in US dollars. The free plan needs only your email, no card. 14-day refund policy.
The Music Is Yours.
Make It Happen.
That melody you’ve been thinking about. Those chords you keep coming back to. The idea you haven’t explored yet.
Give your creativity the space it deserves.