A small place for a big idea

GROOVE QUIP

A melody in your head. A rhythm on the table. Get it down before it disappears.

Groove Quip is a quick, touch-friendly music notation sketchpad for anyone with an idea to capture. It is made for musical sparks, riffs, and short grooves—not for writing or engraving big, finished pieces.

Start a quick sketch

Melody & piano
Drum grooves
Named patterns
Hand annotations

Groove Quip showing a short melody score with chord symbols and no pen annotations — 01 A melody, clean and clear

Start with the score

Catch the tune while it is still in your head.

Tap notes onto a treble staff, choose their length, and add chord symbols above the measure. Piano mode gives you a grand staff when your idea needs both hands.

Build a groove

Find the pulse one hit at a time.

Tap a simple instrument grid and see the rhythm appear in notation above. Start with a small kit, then add the parts that belong in your groove.

Groove Quip drum mode showing percussion notation above a step grid for hi-hat, snare, and kick — 02 A drum pattern in the grid

Two separate two-bar melody patterns in Groove Quip, named Riff 1 - Verse and Riff 2 - Chorus, with different notes and chords — 03 Two riffs, each with its own two bars

Keep ideas in sections

Give each musical thought its own place.

Make named patterns for a verse, chorus, or alternate riff. Each one keeps its own measures, notes, chords, and annotations; switch between them as the idea takes shape.

Think on the page

Leave a handwritten thought beside the music.

Circle a note, sketch a reminder, or leave a question for later. Pen marks stay attached to their measure as the score changes shape, and can be hidden without deleting them.

Groove Quip melody score with several red handwritten circles, arrows, and marks across the music — 04 Make a note in the margin

Your next idea is waiting

Open a blank page and see where it goes.

Open Groove Quip