Compose a melody, lead sheet or chord chart with notes, rests, rhythms, repeat signs, dynamics and jazz markings. Choose Selection cursor in the cursor popup to choose an object and edit its properties, or press Delete or Backspace to remove it. Use the Tool cursor to drag new objects onto the staff or move existing objects.
Select a bar to show its minus button at the beginning. Press it to remove the bar and its contents; later bars move back. One empty bar remains if you delete the last bar. A repeat whose common section or numbered ending becomes empty is removed.
Open Chord Dictionary from the score toolbar to build and invert chords in a narrow panel beside the score. Chords stay in a similar middle register; use Octave down or Octave up to choose a lower or higher register before dragging. The preview plays the same pitches that you drag onto a beat in either cursor mode. Selection mode still prevents dragging objects already in the score. Close the panel to give its space back to the score.
Double-click a score chord to edit it in this panel. Changes to its root, chord, voicing, inversion or octave update that score chord directly, keeping its bar, beat and duration. Close the panel to stop editing the linked chord.
Export a non-empty score to Songbook for harmonic analysis, playback and saving. Songbook can send its current song back to Melody Maker with its melody, chord voicings, rhythms and markings intact. Your draft is kept in this browser. Import or export MusicXML, download MIDI, or print to PDF from Score → File & export. Score editing requires a desktop computer.