Chord Variations for Web

Quick summary

Chord Variations is an AI-assisted utility that helps musicians and composers come up with new chord progressions quickly. It streamlines the process of building progressions by letting you pick a starting note and chord types, then generates creative variations using a machine-learning model.

How it functions

• Choose a root/pedal note for your progression and select the chord types you'd like to include (examples below).
• Build a progression by adding up to five chords; any chord can be removed or replaced at any time.
• The generator uses GPT-4 to propose alternate progressions and voicings based on your selections.
• If the creation process is taking longer than you want, you can interrupt it by pressing the Stop control.

Core advantages

• Quickly produces fresh harmonic ideas when you’re stuck or experimenting.
• Simple, editable progression construction that supports incremental edits.
• Integration with a state-of-the-art language model for varied and unexpected suggestions.
• Manual control to halt generation when you prefer to keep the current result.

Chord type examples supported

• Minor, diminished, suspended and other variations
• Major, dominant seventh, major seventh and similar genres
• Extended chords (9ths, 11ths, 13ths) and altered options for more color

Who benefits most

Composers, songwriters, producers, and music students who want efficient ways to explore new harmonic sequences or generate starting points for arrangements.

Suggested alternative

SEMrush — Free tier