Seven songs in different styles, each made in the app and recorded straight from its own playback. See the chords, read how each was built, and open them yourself.
Demo song · pop / folk
Paper Lanterns
G major84 BPM4/410 parts
0:33
The demo that ships with the app: ten parts, lyrics under every chord, ideas and a to-do. Open it from the Start screen.
Intro
G D Em C
Verse
G D Em C G D C C
Pre-Chorus
Am C D Dsus4
Chorus
C G D Em C G D D
Bridge
Em C G D Em C Dsus4 D
Final chorus ×2
C G D Em C G D D
Outro
G D C G
How it was made
Built into Notes to Play as “Paper Lanterns (demo)”. Keys, guitar and bass play as Pulse, with an arpeggiated intro, strummed choruses, a held bridge and a double final chorus with its own lyrics. Start screen → Demo song.
A four-chord ballad on grand piano. The chorus lifts by starting on G, the IV chord.
Intro
D A Bm G
Verse
D A Bm G D A G G
Chorus
G D A Bm G D A A
Bridge
Em G A Asus4
Final chorus ×2
G D A Bm G D A D
How it was made
D major at 72 BPM. The verse is the classic I–V–vi–IV (D A Bm G); the chorus starts on G, the IV chord, for lift, and the bridge leans on Em before an Asus4 sets up the last chorus. Grand piano plays Pulse (Arp in the intro, Hold in the bridge), guitar muted, Rock beat, bass on the roots.
Three-four time, steel-string guitar strumming, and the Waltz beat. Campfire simple.
Intro
G C G D
Verse
G C G D G C D G
Chorus
C G D Em C G D G
Outro
C D G G
How it was made
G major in 3/4 at 104 BPM with the Waltz beat. Keys are muted so the steel-string guitar carries it; the bass follows the roots. Three chords (G, C, D) plus Em in the chorus, and the outro holds.
Seventh and ninth chords on electric piano over a laid-back boom-bap groove.
Intro
Gmaj7 F♯m7 Em9 A7sus4
Verse
Gmaj7 F♯m7 Em9 A7sus4 Gmaj7 F♯m7 Bm9 A7sus4
Chorus
Dmaj7 Bm9 Gmaj7 A7 Dmaj7 Bm9 Em9 A7sus4
How it was made
D major at 86 BPM. Plain chords turned into sevenths and ninths in the Chord editor (Gmaj7, F♯m7, Em9, A7sus4, Bm9). Electric piano plays Pulse over the Boom Bap beat, guitar muted; the intro holds each chord.
Power chords on distorted guitar, driving eighths and a straight rock beat.
Intro
E5 C5 G5 D5
Verse
E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 D5
Pre-Chorus
Am C D D
Chorus
C G D Em C G D D
How it was made
E minor at 128 BPM. Power chords (E5, C5, G5, D5) from the Chord editor’s triads, guitar set to Distortion, keys muted, Rock beat. The pre-chorus holds Am – C – D and the chorus strums C – G – D – Em.
A looping four-chord lo-fi progression, arpeggiated on electric piano.
Loop A
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
Loop B
Fmaj7 Em7 Am9 G7sus4
How it was made
C major at 78 BPM: four jazzy chords stepping down (Fmaj7, Em7, Dm7, Cmaj7), then a turn through Am9 and G7sus4. Electric piano plays Arp, guitar muted, Boom Bap beat. Made for Loop part: write a melody over it.
Warm organ chords held under a slow, simple beat. Built to sing over.
Verse
C F C G Am F C G
Chorus ×2
F G Em Am F G C C
Bridge
F G Am Am F G C C
How it was made
C major at 66 BPM. Organ plays Hold so every chord sustains under a slow Rock beat, guitar muted. The chorus repeats twice and the bridge climbs F – G – Am to set up the last chorus.
About the audio: each preview is the first 25–33 seconds of the song, captured from the app’s own audio output in a browser: the same sounds you hear when you press Play. The six example songs were written for this page and the demo ships with the app; none are by real artists.
Open one yourself
Every song here is a song code away.
Copy a song’s code, then in the app tap Open a song someone shared with you on the Start screen and paste it. Paper Lanterns is already in the app under Demo song.
