Songneer

Ever hear a song and wonder, "What makes this work?" Songneer tells you — then helps you build something new from it.

WHAT IT DOES

Songneer is a legal inspiration engine for musicians, songwriters, and producers. Give it any song, and it reverse-engineers what makes the music tick: the melodic contour, harmonic progression, rhythmic feel, and tension arc. Then it searches 800+ public domain works — classical, folk, jazz standards, and world music — to find pieces with a similar sound signature. Finally, it helps you compose a new piece using those public domain building blocks, so your creation is 100% legally safe.

HOW IT WORKS

1. ANALYZE — Import an audio file or search Apple Music. Songneer uses on-device ML to transcribe the audio into notes, identify the key and chords, detect instruments, and extract the song's four-dimensional sound signature.

2. COMPARE — See exactly how your song's contour, harmony, rhythm, and tension stack up against public domain matches, with side-by-side visual breakdowns.

3. BUILD — Mix dimensions from different sources. Take the melodic contour from a Bach piece, the rhythmic feel from a folk song, and the harmonic richness from a jazz standard. Apply genre transforms — pop, jazz, electronic, ambient, and more. Adjust creativity sliders to control how far the composition departs from the originals.

4. EXPORT — Preview your composition with multi-track MIDI playback (melody, chords, bass), review every proposed change, then export as a standard MIDI file ready for your DAW.

WHY SONGNEER

- 100% on-device. Your music never leaves your phone. No cloud, no accounts.
- Legally safe. Every building block comes from verified public domain works.
- 800+ catalog entries spanning Classical, Romantic, Baroque, Folk, Jazz, and World traditions.
- Real music theory. Not random generation — Songneer understands keys, scales, chord functions, voice leading, and tension curves.
- Genre transforms. Turn a Baroque melody into a pop anthem or a folk tune into an electronic track.
- MIDI export. Bring your compositions into GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton, or any DAW.
- Built with Spotify Basic Pitch ML for accurate polyphonic audio-to-MIDI transcription.

WHO IT'S FOR

- Songwriters looking for legal inspiration from the masters
- Producers who want unique starting points for beats and arrangements
- Music students studying song structure, harmony, and composition
- Anyone curious about what makes their favorite songs work

PRIVACY

Songneer processes everything on your device. No audio is uploaded, no data is collected, and no account is required. Your music stays yours.