meet notei.
it reads your score.
this phrase ends on D, so the score sounds unfinished. the next one wants to land on C.
things people actually ask.
notei's answers.
what can notei's assistant actually do?
it answers music-theory questions about the score you have open, runs edits you describe in plain words, and on notei+ and full score it helps harmonise, arrange or vary a line. asks like “what key is this in”, “harmonise this to C9” or “make bar 4 softer” all run against your actual notes, and the result lands on the staff as editable notation.
is it just ChatGPT for music?
no. it reads the actual notes in your open score and runs edits inside the editor. it's grounded in your music, not a generic chatbot guessing from a text prompt.
can notei explain music theory to me?
yes, and it explains it against your own music rather than a textbook example. notei can name the key you're in and say what gave it away, explain why a voicing sounds thin, or walk through a chord progression it just suggested. it's closer to a tutor looking over your shoulder than a reference book.
will it write the whole piece for me?
it can draft and continue ideas, but it's built to help you write, not replace you. you accept, tweak, or throw out every suggestion — nothing lands on your score without you.
what won't the assistant do?
it won't restructure anything you didn't ask it to touch. notei edits the selection you give it and leaves the rest of the score alone, so it can't quietly rewrite bars you were happy with. it also never commits a change on its own, every suggestion waits for you to accept it.
does notei use my music to train its ai?
if we know you're 18 or older, notei keeps your requests to the assistant to improve its own models and to fix faults. a kept request can include your prompt, the notes you gave it, the settings, what it generated, whether you kept it, and any error, and it's linked to your account. this is on by default for those accounts, and you can turn it off any time in settings > privacy > “help improve notei”. it's never on for anyone under 18 or for an account whose age we don't know. the outside model providers notei sends requests to don't train on your content under their terms, and education-edition work is never used for training.
can i use notei for a school composition assignment?
that's your teacher's call, and notei is built so the answer can be yes. every suggestion arrives as editable notes you accept, change or reject, so the finished score reflects your decisions rather than a generated output you never saw. check the assignment's rules on software first.
can it be wrong?
yes. treat it like a sharp first draft and check everything by ear. it's a fast second opinion, not the final word.
what does it cost?
plain writing and playback are always free. notei's actions use a set of credits each month, with more on the paid tiers, and harmonise and arrange are on notei+ and full score. see the tiers page.