SongScribe

About this app

Write songs the way you play them. SongScribe is a songwriting and performance app built for musicians. Write lyrics with chords exactly where you play them. Capture ideas the moment they happen. Practice with confidence. Step on stage knowing everything is ready. Offline by default. Cloud if you want. Songwriting that stays in flow • Place chords inline with lyrics, naturally • Organize verses, choruses, bridges, and notes • Set key, tempo, time signature, and metadata • Clean, readable layouts designed for musicians Built for live performance • Performance Mode with large text and auto-scroll • Adjustable font sizes for stage visibility • Hands-free scrolling with MIDI or foot control • Distraction-free fullscreen view Chords that match your hands • Chord builder with voicings and inversions • Slash chords, extensions, and variations • Support for guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and piano • Chords designed for real instruments, not theory charts Capture ideas instantly • Built-in multi-take audio recorder (experimental) • Waveform editing with loop, trim and playback • Record ideas without leaving your song Practice with confidence • Chromatic tuner • Metronome with tap tempo • Circle of fifths and harmony tools Import anything. Export everything. • Import ChordPro, text files, PDFs, and more • Export to PDF, ChordPro, plain text, and printable formats • Flexible layouts for rehearsal, sharing, or printing Offline by default. Cloud if you want. • No account required • Your songs live on your device • Optional backup to iCloud or open cloud providers (Dropbox, Google Drive, WebDAV, Nextcloud, more) Made for musicians, by musicians. SongScribe is built by musicians who write, practice, and perform. No subscriptions forced. No clutter. Just the tools your songs need. Local web access (coming soon) Share songs with bandmates on the same network, or open and edit them from your computer using a web browser. No accounts required. Your songs stay local. Terms of Use: https://songscribe.io/terms

Chords got a rebuild in 2.1. They now have their own tab to write lyrics in one, place chords in the other. Capo support works everywhere: every diagram moves up the neck, shows where the capo sits, and names the chord you're really hearing. The picker adds 6ths, minor 6ths, half-diminished, 11ths and 13ths, remembers the fingering you picked, and mirrors for left-handed players. Behind that, a long list of corrections - fixed fingerings, accurate playback, and chord detection that now recognizes inversions like C/E. Improved the auto-scroll speed control in Performance Mode. Recording warns you before a take if the metronome or a backing track might bleed into your mic. Missing songs after upgrading from an older version? Settings > "Re-import from Previous Version".

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1. First observed Aug 24, 2026 · 12:06 PM Free