Generate melody ideas from any chord progression


Use this free melody generator to create melodic ideas from your chord progression. Paste in your own chords or build a progression manually, then choose a style, rhythm, range, and phrase shape to generate a melody that follows the harmony.

The generator works by prioritising chord tones on strong beats while allowing passing notes and rhythmic variation on weaker beats. This helps create melodies that feel musical, balanced, and more natural than completely random note generation.

You can experiment with different styles such as Pop, Lofi, House, Trap, and Jazz, preview the melody using the built-in playback engine, and export the result as MIDI for use inside your DAW.

Useful for:

  • Writing vocal toplines
  • Generating synth lead ideas
  • Beat making and songwriting
  • Breaking creative block
  • Learning melody and harmony relationships

Every generated melody is based on your chosen chord progression, helping you explore how rhythm, repetition, motif development, and resolution work together in real music.

Choose or paste a chord progression, pick a style and rhythm, then generate a melody that follows the harmony. Strong beats favour chord tones, weaker beats use scale-based passing notes, and the phrase logic creates motif, answer, variation and resolution. You can play the idea back, copy the notes, or download the result as MIDI.
Enter chords separated by dashes, commas or arrows. Example: Am - F - C - G. The melody generator treats each chord as one bar of harmony. The key/scale setting controls the passing notes used between chord tones.
Try a preset progression if you want a quick starting point. Presets update both the pasted chords and the chord builder.
A – E – A – A – A – E – A – A – E – E – E – A – G – E – B – G
Am → F → C → G
Am
F
C
G
A
E
A
A
A
E
A
A
E
E
E
A
G
E
B
G
Am
Motif
Chord tones: A – C – E
A – E – A – A
F
Answer
Chord tones: F – A – C
A – E – A – A
C
Variation
Chord tones: C – E – G
E – E – E – A
G
Resolution
Chord tones: G – B – D
G – E – B – G
A Natural MinorPassing-note key and scale
Simple HookMelody style
StraightRhythm pattern
Motif + VariationThe first bar creates a motif, the next bars reuse its rhythm, and the final bar resolves to the last chord.

Need help writing chord progressions? Then try out our Chord Progression Generator.


How Does This Melody Generator Work?

This melody generator creates note patterns based on your chord progression rather than choosing notes completely at random. Strong beats typically land on chord tones such as the root, third, fifth, or extensions like the 7th and 9th.

Between these stronger notes, the generator can introduce passing notes from the selected scale to create movement and melodic flow. This helps produce melodies that feel musical and harmonically connected to the chords underneath.


Tips for Writing Better Melodies

A strong melody usually combines repetition with variation. Repeating a short motif gives the listener something memorable, while small changes keep the phrase interesting.

  • Start simple with 3 to 5 notes
  • Use repetition to create hooks
  • Resolve important phrases to chord tones
  • Leave space instead of filling every beat


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