Chord Progression Generator
Build chord sequences for songwriting, practice, and production. Pick chords manually, describe a musical direction in text, adjust tempo and arrangement options, then preview the result and export audio or MIDI for your next step.
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How the Chord Progression Generator Works
Pick a mode
Manual chords, AI text description, jazz/classical riffs, or wind chimes — each mode builds a different kind of progression.
Set tempo & options
Adjust BPM, repeats, full arrangement, and optional chord-chart video before you generate your progression.
Generate & download
Listen in-browser, then download MP3, MIDI, and optional MP4 chord-chart video of your finished progression.
Tools for Building and Exporting Chord Progressions
Manual chord picker
Choose up to 8 chords per loop — major, minor, 7ths, and more. Set BPM, time signature, and repeats to shape your progression exactly how you want it.
AI chord from text
Describe a mood, genre, key, or tempo — for example, a slow jazz idea in A minor — and the text mode maps those hints to a matching progression template that you can preview and refine.
Full arrangement mode
Enable drums and bass for a complete backing track, not just block chords — ideal when you need a fuller progression to write or practice over.
MIDI export
Download Standard MIDI for your DAW, piano roll, or guitar tab software — take any generated progression straight into your production workflow.
Riffs & wind chimes
Advanced modes for melodic riff sequences and ambient chime textures when a standard chord loop is not what you need.
18 languages
The interface is localized for multiple languages so musicians can work with the progression builder using the language version that is most comfortable for them.
How to Build a Chord Progression That Fits Your Song
A useful progression gives a song harmonic direction without deciding every creative choice for you. Start with the key, mood, and musical role you need, then treat the generated sequence as a sketch. You can keep it simple for a verse, increase tension before a chorus, or export the MIDI and change voicings, rhythm, instrumentation, and note lengths in your DAW.
Start with a key and tonal center
Choosing a key gives the progression a home base and makes it easier to understand which chords feel stable, tense, or transitional. If you already have a melody, choose a key that supports its important notes. If you are starting from harmony, try a familiar major or minor key first and transpose later when you know the vocal or instrumental range you need.
Use chord function to create movement
Many progressions feel coherent because they move between chords with different harmonic roles. A tonic chord can feel settled, predominant harmony can create motion, and dominant harmony can build a pull back toward home. You do not need formal theory to experiment: listen for where the loop feels resolved and where it feels as if it wants to continue.
Match the number of chords to the section
A four-chord loop can support an entire pop section, while a shorter two-chord vamp may work well for groove-based writing. Longer sequences can create more harmonic movement for jazz, cinematic, or through-composed ideas. The right length depends on tempo, harmonic rhythm, and how often each chord repeats rather than on a fixed rule.
Change tempo and arrangement separately from harmony
The same chord sequence can feel completely different at another BPM or with another rhythmic treatment. Test the harmony first, then use tempo, repeats, drums, bass, and arrangement options to hear it in context. If a sequence seems wrong, try simplifying the accompaniment before replacing the chords; sometimes the rhythm rather than the harmony is creating the problem.
Export MIDI when you want deeper control
MIDI is useful when the progression is only the beginning of the production process. Import it into a compatible DAW or notation application, choose your own instruments, edit note lengths and velocities, change inversions, add extensions, or rearrange the chord rhythm. Audio export is better when you simply need a reference track for practice, writing, or sharing an idea.
Treat text suggestions as a starting point
Words such as mood, genre, key, and tempo can help select an appropriate pattern, but musical descriptions are subjective. A phrase such as 'dark cinematic minor progression' does not have one correct harmonic answer. Generate a starting idea, listen critically, then change chords or settings until the sequence supports the emotion and structure you actually want.
Ways to Use a Chord Progression Generator
Songwriting sketches
Build a quick harmonic loop before writing a melody, topline, or lyric. Trying several sequences can help you get past a blank session without committing to a complete arrangement too early.
Piano and guitar practice
Create repeatable chord changes at a comfortable BPM and practice transitions, rhythm, improvisation, or accompaniment. Increase the tempo only after the changes feel consistent.
DAW production and arranging
Export MIDI and continue editing the harmony inside your production software. Change instruments, voicings, inversions, timing, and extensions while keeping the original harmonic outline as a reference.
Harmony experiments
Compare major, minor, seventh, riff, and other progression ideas to hear how chord choice changes the character of a loop. Use the result as an ear-training and creative exploration aid rather than a rule for what a song must contain.
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Build Your Next Chord Progression
Return to the generator above, choose a mode, set the tempo and arrangement, preview the sequence, and export the version you want to keep.