Sheet music maker
A short melody, ready for paper. Free to use, no sign-up.
A little beginning
Single-voice score. Check notation and page breaks before use. Created with Stavelet.
This paper preview and your print use the same notation layout. The preview scales to fit your screen.
Score setup Title, composer, clef, key and time
Click a line or space to add a note.
Pitch follows height; notes append in time order. Keyboard users can use the Note controls or turn keyboard input on.
Bottom line E4 · top line F5
New notes go at the end. Select a note below to change or insert before it.
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Notes in this score
Select a note to edit it. “Add note” inserts before a selection; “Append at end” returns to the end. The printed score has no editing marks.
A final partial measure stays partial. Notes crossing a barline split into tied notes; rests split without ties. “From key” uses the key signature for that note, restoring it after an explicit accidental.
Saved on this device
No account and no score-count paywall. Saved works exist only in this device’s browser. Use Save after editing; changes are not saved automatically.
Browser cleanup, private browsing or a full storage allowance can remove or block saves. Export MusicXML to keep a separate copy. Each short score supports up to 256 notes/rests.
Write a few bars
- Choose the clef, key and time signature.
- Choose a duration. Click the staff or use Note and Add note.
- Listen, then print or export. In the print dialog choose Save as PDF.
Learn how to write sheet music or print blank staff paper.
Keyboard shortcuts
Turn Keyboard input on, then press A–G to add notes and R for a rest. 1 whole, 2 half, 3 quarter, 4 eighth, 5 sixteenth. . toggles a dot; ↑/↓ changes entry octave. Ctrl/Cmd Z undo, Ctrl/Cmd Shift Z redo. Shortcuts never take over text fields.
Timing, tuning and limits
A whole note = 4 quarter notes; half = 2; eighth = ½; sixteenth = ¼. A dot multiplies a value by 1.5. A bar holds numerator × 4 ÷ denominator quarter-note units: 4/4 holds 4, 3/4 holds 3, 2/4 holds 2, and 6/8 holds 3. In 6/8 the usual two dotted-quarter pulses are not a different total duration.
The tempo control always counts quarter notes per minute, including in 6/8. At 120, one quarter lasts 60 ÷ 120 = 0.5 seconds. Playback uses equal temperament: frequency = 440 × 2^((MIDI note − 69) ÷ 12); A4 = 440 Hz. It is a simple synthesized preview, without instruments or expressive timing.
One melodic line only: no chords, lyrics, multiple voices, tuplets, repeats, articulations, pickup settings or manual slurs. Changing clef redraws the same pitches; changing key changes notes marked From key. Printing uses your browser. MusicXML exports a single part with explicit durations, signatures, accidentals and boundary ties for editing elsewhere. Review the imported notation in your destination app.