Web 2.0 Music Construction Set?

June 3, 2008 9:57 AM

Does a basic, online "Web 2.0" app exist for creating music notation?

Google Notebook has been a real boost to my songwriting process. Being able to enter lyric snippets or other ideas for songs and access them wherever I have internet access has been wonderful.

Of course, lyrics aren't the only part of songwriting. Often, I'll get little bits of melody and counterpoint going thru my head during the day when I'm at work (or otherwise don't have access to a keyboard or guitar).

It would kick all kinds of ass if there were some kind of webapp where I could store these ideas - preferably in standard notation.

I've played with the Splice sequencer. It's close, and I could probably get used to the piano roll editor, but I'm really envisioning something like the old Music Construction Set software, only onlne, and, preferably, free. No need for Sibelius levels of complexity - just simple drag and drop onto a couple of staves.

Does such a site exist? Or should I just admit defeat and start carrying staff paper with me everywhere?

posted by anthom to computers & internet (3 comments total)

I don't have an answer for you, unfortunately, but I am definitely interested if something like this exists. Specifically for tablature, in my case, but anything would be helpful. I've got a stack of riffs and other music stuffs on paper that I'd love to digitize.
posted by SamuelF at 12:24 PM on June 3, 2008

Would you guys/gals need to share these notes with others?

This is a three week project for someone who has the ability to program up a simple game. The legalities of sharing music *notation* would be problematic if the site started to get big...
posted by sleslie at 8:32 AM on June 4, 2008

Then you double the estimate of project completion once you start thinking about it. You'd probably want to hear the music, wouldn't you?
posted by sleslie at 8:35 AM on June 4, 2008