Save the Staff to a Composition

In Play mode the grand staff above the keyboard engraves the notes as you play them — stems, chords, and ledger lines included. There's nothing to arm: by the time you finish a phrase, it's already written out on the staff, ready to keep.

Bring up the staff menu directly on the grand staff:

• iPhone and iPad — touch and hold the staff
• Mac — right-click (or Control-click) the staff

The menu offers Show / Hide Ghost Notes, Save to Composition, and Clear Notes.

Tip The menu acts on whatever is currently on the staff, so play your phrase first — then open the menu.

Pick Save to Composition. A short sheet appears — "Add the notes on the staff as a new composition" — with two ways to land. A title is generated for you automatically, so there's nothing to type.

Choose Open in Compose to save the notes as a new composition and jump straight into the Compose editor on it. The exact notes you played are laid out on the piano roll, ready for you to keep building — add tracks, adjust timing, or arrange it into a full piece.

Tip Rename the composition while you're in Compose — an auto-generated title is harder to spot in your library later than something like 'Verse idea'.

Choose Quick Save & Continue to save the composition and stay in Play. A toast confirms it's saved, and the staff keeps your notes so you can carry on. It's the fast path when you're on a roll and want to bank an idea without breaking your flow — every save lands in Compose for you to revisit later.

When you want a clean staff for the next idea, open the staff menu again and choose Clear Notes. This only clears what's drawn on the staff — anything you've already saved is safe in Compose.

Tip Save first, then clear. Clearing the staff doesn't undo, so bank anything worth keeping before you wipe it.