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Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator

65 points by ent101 7y ago

jacquesm 7y ago
That's a beautiful tool. I should collect and organize all my music links from the past six months or so there are all kinds of very nice tools out there. For instance this one: http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm
- ent101 7y ago
  Thank you, looks great and it's open source too! This is another favorite of mine: https://grunfy.com/scaler.html https://grunfy.com/scaler.html
pierrec 7y ago
Pretty cool, though it seems there are many common progressions that it can't make, as it forces you to choose a single scale for everything (the block titled "mode" should really say "scale"). For example, minor progressions rarely stick to a single scale like this tool requires. With that said, you can still make a wealth of cool progressions in a single scale, and the limitation is interesting to work with.
- nighthawk454 7y ago
  Perhaps "scale" should be its own block. The first 7 modes listed are in fact modes of the same scale so the name is fitting. But "Melodic" and "Harmonic" are their own scales, each with a corresponding set of 7 modes. It would be cool to select modes of those scales as well. For example Phrygian Dominant (mode of Harmonic minor) is very common in a lot of metal music, some classical, Eastern European, etc. As an aside, the line visual for the arpeggio styles is really cool! It would be neat to select different arpeggios for each chord and see the whole progression drawn out as a line.
- microtherion 7y ago
  > it forces you to choose a single scale for everything That confused me as well, but I think what the author meant was that the scale applies to the I. If, for instance, you enter IV III II I Ionian, you get the Lydian-Phrygian-Dorian-Ionian you'd expect (at least as far as I hear it).
tholman 7y ago
This is straight up lifted from this demo - https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/pen/qNrZyw https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/pen/qNrZyw (previous HN convo - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13273901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13273901) Actually, this whole site is pretty strange. Lots of code and open source projects just kinda copied into an app library.
- master-litty 7y ago
  The website claims it's a monetization method for projects: https://www.outpan.com/developers https://www.outpan.com/developers Not trying to be overly cynical, but I don't know how true that is. It's still possible this was lifted without the creator's consent.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    If you click on the 'i' at the bottom right it shows this dialogue: "Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator by LetsPlayAGame A quick way to sketch out musical chord progressions. Copyright (c) 2019 by Jake Albaugh Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE." So that looks to be mostly in the clear, but it would be nice to know if the uploader really is the creator.
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adamnemecek 7y ago
I'm launching an IDE for music composition soon http://ngrid.io http://ngrid.io
- natecavanaugh 7y ago
  Everything on there sounds pretty interesting, especially if it can deliver the goods :) I signed up to be notified, but is there a rough idea of when you’re planning to launch?
braindongle 7y ago
Great work, Jake Albaugh. Needs one critical revision, though: I, V, VI, IV in major MUST NOT be allowed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
jay-anderson 7y ago
Pretty neat. It'd be nice to be able to choose more chords. For instance with some inversions the voice leading can be improved. Also it'd allow for using secondary dominant and other chords with non-scale notes.

65 points by ent101 7y ago

That's a beautiful tool. I should collect and organize all my music links from the past six months or so there are all kinds of very nice tools out there. For instance this one: http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm

ent101 7y ago
Thank you, looks great and it's open source too! This is another favorite of mine: https://grunfy.com/scaler.html https://grunfy.com/scaler.html

pierrec 7y ago

Pretty cool, though it seems there are many common progressions that it can't make, as it forces you to choose a single scale for everything (the block titled "mode" should really say "scale"). For example, minor progressions rarely stick to a single scale like this tool requires. With that said, you can still make a wealth of cool progressions in a single scale, and the limitation is interesting to work with.

nighthawk454 7y ago
Perhaps "scale" should be its own block. The first 7 modes listed are in fact modes of the same scale so the name is fitting. But "Melodic" and "Harmonic" are their own scales, each with a corresponding set of 7 modes. It would be cool to select modes of those scales as well. For example Phrygian Dominant (mode of Harmonic minor) is very common in a lot of metal music, some classical, Eastern European, etc. As an aside, the line visual for the arpeggio styles is really cool! It would be neat to select different arpeggios for each chord and see the whole progression drawn out as a line.
microtherion 7y ago
> it forces you to choose a single scale for everything That confused me as well, but I think what the author meant was that the scale applies to the I. If, for instance, you enter IV III II I Ionian, you get the Lydian-Phrygian-Dorian-Ionian you'd expect (at least as far as I hear it).

tholman 7y ago

This is straight up lifted from this demo - https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/pen/qNrZyw https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/pen/qNrZyw (previous HN convo - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13273901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13273901) Actually, this whole site is pretty strange. Lots of code and open source projects just kinda copied into an app library.

master-litty 7y ago
The website claims it's a monetization method for projects: https://www.outpan.com/developers https://www.outpan.com/developers Not trying to be overly cynical, but I don't know how true that is. It's still possible this was lifted without the creator's consent.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  If you click on the 'i' at the bottom right it shows this dialogue: "Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator by LetsPlayAGame A quick way to sketch out musical chord progressions. Copyright (c) 2019 by Jake Albaugh Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE." So that looks to be mostly in the clear, but it would be nice to know if the uploader really is the creator.
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adamnemecek 7y ago

I'm launching an IDE for music composition soon http://ngrid.io http://ngrid.io

natecavanaugh 7y ago
Everything on there sounds pretty interesting, especially if it can deliver the goods :) I signed up to be notified, but is there a rough idea of when you’re planning to launch?

braindongle 7y ago

Great work, Jake Albaugh. Needs one critical revision, though: I, V, VI, IV in major MUST NOT be allowed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ

jay-anderson 7y ago

Pretty neat. It'd be nice to be able to choose more chords. For instance with some inversions the voice leading can be improved. Also it'd allow for using secondary dominant and other chords with non-scale notes.