Sketch your first songs
A simple sketchpad for songwriters. Pick chords, write lyrics, record your voice.
Everything you need to start
Add Chords
Layer chord progressions with key-based suggestions
Record & Play
Capture ideas instantly with multi-take recording
Organize Sections
Structure your song with verse, chorus, and bridge
How it works
Create & pick chords
Start a song, choose a key, build your progression
Record your ideas
Sing over the chords, keep multiple takes
Add lyrics
Write words, find rhymes, try variations
Publish & share
Make your song public with its own page and visualizer, export to MP3, or download MIDI for your DAW
Song Structure & Templates
The main editor for your song. Add sections, rearrange them, break them apart, put them back together. Each section holds its chords, rhythm, drums, bass, and recordings. Start from a template or build your own.
Lyrics Editor
A focused writer's view: section-by-section lyrics aligned with your chords, with syllable counts, inline rhyme suggestions, a notes pane for ideas, and compact recording takes right under each section so you can hum a melody as you write. Keep alternative versions per section. Paste a chord sheet and the key, BPM, and chords pre-fill.
Rhyme Suggestions
Stuck on a lyric? Get rhyme suggestions in English and Spanish, right there in the app.
Chord Picker
Pick a key, get chord suggestions, randomize progressions, or type any chord you want. Control voicing per chord to rearrange notes and octaves. Toggle Do Re Mi solfège names if you prefer Lam over Am.
Recording
Record section by section or play through the whole song and let it auto-slice into parts. Stack multiple takes, layer harmonies on top. A chord teleprompter keeps you on track while you perform.
Melody Creator
Draw melodies on a grid, layer multiple instruments, and use the audio-to-pitch detector to record a melody and paint over it. Plays your chord progression underneath so everything fits. Works for bass and drum patterns too.
Strum Patterns
Pick a strumming pattern and your chords play with that rhythm. Down and up strums sound different, with accent and role per step for a natural feel. Build your own or pick from a growing library of presets across genres.
25+ Instruments
Piano, acoustic & electric guitar, rock guitar, organ, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, violin, cello, harp, xylophone, music box, and more. Pre-built sounds that download in seconds. No synthesizing, no waiting.
Guitar Tab Generation
Play guitar? Generate tabs for your chord progression right there. No need to look them up somewhere else.
Audio & Text Scratchpad
Got a loose idea that doesn't belong to any song yet? Drop it in the scratchpad. Voice memos, text notes, color-coded. Grab them later when you need them.
Voice Effects
Reverb, delay, and other processing on your recordings. Try different sounds before picking a take.
Export to MP3
Adjust timing, tweak effects, and export when you're ready to take it somewhere else.
Publish & Share
Make your song public with its own page. Anyone can listen with a visualizer, see the chords and lyrics. Your own artist profile included.
Export to MIDI
Download your song as a standard MIDI file with all tracks: chords, melodies, bass, drums. Ready for Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, or any DAW.
Drums
30 preset patterns for pop, rock, jazz, latin, electronic, hip-hop and more. Or build your own in the drum sequencer. Each pattern adapts its rows to show only the instruments it uses.
Bass
Bass lines that follow your chord progression automatically. Pick from genre presets or draw your own patterns in the shared sequencer.
Transpose & Voicings
Shift your entire song to a new key. Custom chord voicings let you rearrange individual notes and octaves. Melodies and bass patterns get duplicated in the new key automatically.
Everything else? Free. Fully functional. No walls.
What's new
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Once on melodoodle.app, you can install it as a desktop app. In Chrome or Edge, look for the install icon in the address bar. On macOS Safari, go to File > Add to Dock.