Songneer: Royalty-Free Music

Ever hear a song and wonder, "What makes this work?" Songneer tells you — then helps you build something new from public-domain building blocks. WHAT IT DOES Songneer is a public-domain 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 3,000+ public domain works — classical, folk, hymns, ragtime, 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 new composition is built from public-domain material rather than copying the song you started with. 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 ragtime classic. Apply genre transforms — 25+ styles, from pop and jazz to lo-fi, cinematic, synthwave, chiptune, reggae, and raga. Adjust creativity sliders to control how far the composition departs from the originals. Or let Composer Classic write an all-new melody and chords from your song's character (key, tempo, meter, feel) — your song's notes aren't used — in three versions to choose from. 4. EXPORT — Preview your composition with multi-track MIDI playback (melody, chords, bass), review every proposed change, then export as audio (M4A) or a standard MIDI file ready for your DAW. WHY SONGNEER - Private by design. Analysis and composition run on-device — no accounts, and your audio files are never uploaded. (Optional Shazam song ID — off by default — sends a short audio fingerprint to Apple; Apple Music search uses Apple's services when you choose to use it.) - Built from public domain. Catalog building blocks are public-domain or CC0 works: traditional tunes and music published by 1930 whose composers died by 1955 (full scores: composers who died by 1930) — public domain in the US and in life+70 countries. - 3,000+ catalog entries — 2,100+ with melody, bass line and chords from the score's opening — spanning Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Folk, Hymns, Ragtime, and World traditions. - Real music theory. Not random generation — Songneer understands keys, scales, chord functions, voice leading, and tension curves. - Composer Classic. All-new pieces in the spirit of your song, in lyrical, energetic and dramatic versions. - 25+ genre transforms. Turn a Baroque melody into a pop anthem or a folk tune into an electronic track. - Audio & MIDI export. Share your finished track as audio, or bring the MIDI into GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton, or any DAW. WHO IT'S FOR - Songwriters looking for 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 FREE & PRO Analyzing songs, browsing the catalog, and comparing sound signatures are free. Your first 5 compositions include every genre, plus 3 audio or MIDI exports — no time limit. After that, keep composing free in 6 genres, or get Songneer Pro — a one-time purchase, no subscription — for every genre and unlimited export. PRIVACY Songneer analyzes and composes on your device. Your audio is never uploaded, no data is collected, and no account is required. If you turn on Shazam song identification (off by default), a short audio fingerprint is sent to Apple to name the song. Your music stays yours.