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A free browser-based sheet music maker with visual note durations, chord symbols, piano keyboard, and live score preview. Write chords above the staff and export everything — notes, lyrics, and chords — as MusicXML or PDF. No sign-up needed.

Everything You Need to Compose

A complete melody creation toolkit — designed for music teachers, students, and anyone who loves children's music.

Visual Duration Editing

Click any note to set its duration — whole, half, quarter, eighth, or sixteenth notes. Dotted notes and rests are fully supported. See beat counts update in real time.

Piano Keyboard Input

Assign pitches by clicking an on-screen piano. Navigate octaves and step through notes automatically. Edit any pitch inline too.

Lyric Syllable Alignment

Paste full lyrics and have them automatically split into syllables mapped one-to-one onto note boxes. Edit inline with a double-click.

Chord Symbol Editing

Add chord symbols above each bar. Split bars into multiple chords and choose from a comprehensive chord palette per key signature.

Live Score Preview

See your melody rendered as professional sheet music in real time, powered by the Verovio music engraving engine. Resize, page through, and drag the preview.

Instant Playback

Play your melody directly in the browser to hear how it sounds. Tempo control lets you play back at any speed from 40 to 240 BPM.

Key & Transposition

Set key signatures from E♭ major to E major (and minor keys). Transpose all notes up or down with one click — auto, up, or down direction.

Time Signatures & Pickup Bars

Choose from 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 2/2, 6/8, 9/8, or 12/8 time. Set anacrusis (pickup) bars for songs that start on an upbeat.

Undo & Redo

Every edit is tracked with a 100-level undo stack. Use Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z or the toolbar buttons. Never lose your work.

How It Works

1

Create or Pick a Song

Start from scratch by pasting your lyrics, or choose from the built-in library of nursery rhymes.

2

Set Notes & Rhythms

Click each note block to set its duration. Use the piano keyboard to assign pitches.

3

Preview & Play

Watch the score render live. Hit play to hear your melody. Adjust tempo, key, and chords.

4

Export & Share

Download as MusicXML for any notation app, or export a printable PDF for your chosen instrument.

5 Instruments, One Click

Export arrangements automatically transposed and annotated for each instrument.

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Piano

Treble + bass clef with chord accompaniment

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Guitar

Standard notation with chord symbols

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Violin

Treble clef with fingering positions

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Trumpet (B♭)

Transposed up a major 2nd with valve charts

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Alto Sax (E♭)

Transposed up a major 6th with fingerings

Flexible Export Options

MusicXML (.mxl)

Industry-standard format compatible with MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius, Dorico, and dozens more notation apps.

All Instruments ZIP

Export one song for all 5 instruments × all difficulty levels in a single download.

PDF Sheet Music

Export your song as a printable PDF for any instrument — with all difficulty levels on one clean page.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Practito Sheet Music Maker is a free, browser-based tool for creating and editing sheet music online. You can set note durations, pitches, lyrics, and chord symbols — then export your composition as a printable PDF or professional MusicXML file compatible with MuseScore, Finale, and Sibelius.

No. The Sheet Music Maker runs entirely in your web browser. There's nothing to download or install — just open the page and start creating. It works on any modern desktop or laptop browser.

You can export arrangements for piano, guitar, violin, trumpet in B♭, and alto saxophone in E♭. Each instrument automatically gets the correct transposition, clef, and fingering annotations appropriate for beginner to advanced levels.

Yes. You can export individual songs as MusicXML (.mxl) files compatible with MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius, and other notation software. You can also export any song as a printable PDF with all difficulty levels for your chosen instrument.

Yes, the Sheet Music Maker is completely free to use with no sign-up required. You can create, edit, preview, and export sheet music at no cost. Community members can also submit new melodies for review and inclusion in the shared library.

Yes. Click the "Import MXL" button to upload a MusicXML or compressed .mxl file. The editor will parse the melody and lyrics so you can continue editing from there. This is great for refining music exported from other notation apps.

Ready to Create Your First Melody?

No account needed. Open the editor and start composing in seconds.

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