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Got it too. Really unique take on composition. Love how you can seamlessly go back and forth between chords, melodies and bass notes. Interesting little journey into the mind of Prof Mugglin. Kind of strange that only a couple of the maps have minor keys but not a big limitation at all.
Yes, Navichord has voicing options, however I find I need to do a lot of tweaking in Navichord to get what ChordMaps2 produces by default.
For me personally, I wish I could get the results I want from Navichord as easily as I can from ChordMaps2.
@johnfromberkeley , In addition to having had no updates since December 2015, in Firo I cannot get anywhere near the gorgeous harmonies, arpeggios and voicing choices I can get in ChordMaps2.
I think this demo shows what I'm trying to describe:
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The video looks really interesting, have a few questions...
A question to experts with knowledge of musical theory -
Does musical theory enforce any inter-dependencies between chords and scales? to be specific - can you play a chord (with note/s outside of scale ) to go along with a series of melody notes in a that scale?
If I understand you correctly, aren't the notes you want already there, from being in the melody? So why would you want/need to reproduce them in unison in the harmony?
The only circumstance I can imagine what you ask being musically useful would be solo unison runs in multiple octaves. Is that what you mean?
The melody and bass keys can be locked to the scale. Unlike keys in a lot of apps however, the black keys don't disappear when you change keys. This can get a little confusing. For major keys, just play the white keys. For minor keys play the keys of the C minor scale. The keys are numbered as guides. Just play the numbered keys and you'll be locked to the scale. In addition, for each "map" there are little note buttons that when pushed play through the notes of the previous chord you played. Very useful feature IMO.
Yes, major scales on all maps, major and minor scales on 2 of the maps (5 and 7)
I'll let the theory gurus tackle this one
I have no musical theory knowledge..so pardon my ignorance..the way i try to make music is - play a chord progression -> this inspires me to create a melody line which goes along with / over the chords.
So for me harmony is what sets the mood or ambiance and the melody is born out of it.
Thanks for the info...this is a feature i was looking for...although i would have liked if we get to choose all the usual scales across all the maps. Well, I took a lot of time to decide ..the sale has ended now :-( anyways will wait for next sale..
Strange. Dev's website says it's on sale till 12/31
Ok, if I understand you correctly, you are referencing your first question about melody notes locked to scales/chords?
My experience of this app is, no matter what scale is chosen, all notes are available for use on the keyboard and in the interval chooser panel in landscape found on the right.
And yes, different scales are selectable.
In my opinion, for creators without formal musical training who have struggled in the past to create progressions sounding how they want, this app is the absolute perfect choice
I have zero affiliations with this or any app, I'm just a regular app user who has wanted an app which does what this does how it does it for a long long time.
Regardless of theory skill level, I'll be very surprised if anyone who gets this app is anything other than really happy with it.
Yes ...there is an orange sticker on his website that says "40% off until Dec 31". I hope Mr Mugglin can honor the sale price for me..this is just a request :-)
Just went up 3 hous ago, oh no! Sad
You can sign up on this app site for email notifications of price drops:
http://appsliced.co/app?n=chordmaps2&l=list
I am just as unaffiliated with the site as I am with the app.
Thanks for your all your help @decibelle. Yes my question was regarding melody notes locked to scale and any significance for that in musical theory.
My pleasure @ipadmussic , I wish I'd been quick enough to have made the sale deadline for you, oh well. I hope the dev can help you with that.
This is a screenshoot how it's look like on iPad Pro 12.9"...
No matter of choice what chord progression app we use, every tool who makes us happy is enough...
Isn't so that the part of us here are still wannabees that has struggle with our playing skills almost since we were kids? ;-)
But, the most important: our iOS devices and our beloved developer out there let us feel so amazing in our musical journey...
Happy new year to all music lovers out there in the big big world!
/Errka from Sweden
Scale and chords relation is significant but not rigid. Same chord may have different harmonic function in different scales. For example C major chord is tonic(I) in C major scale, but it is subdominant (IV) in G major scale.
It is common to have some out-of-scale notes in chords and melody to bring new colors. Its good to stay in scale in the beginning and only use notes and chords from that scale, it will sound all right. Once you are comfortable with that harmonic space, try to add out of scale notes and notice the difference.
Another common practice is using different keys for verse and chorus, this makes a song sound fresh.
I had my first "music theory" lesson at the age of 3, suffered-I-mean-studied bi-weekly right up through my university music studies, spent 30 years making a living composing performing and teaching, and after all that I STILL find the above post impossibly confusing.
So anybody else who is confused, please feel better knowing I am too, totally.
Anybody who knows what that all means, please explain it? For example, how can changing keys back and forth in a song sound "fresh"? To me, most of the time that just sounds messy and choppy, sort of like my own struggles with the Navichord app.
Whereas in ChordMaps2, everything seems perfectly straightforward to me and just works as I want it to.
I think Navichord's post above kind of perfectly sums up my difficulties with Navichord and my preference for the straightforward functionality of ChordMaps2.
I am not confused.
A lot of tunes have a key change in a song to liven it up. Some repeat the same melody and chord progression but in a different key. So, I think Navichord sums it up quite clearly. However, I do find using the Navichord app a bit confusing by comparison with this one to do this. That's why I like Firo but I think ChordMap2 takes this a step further while still keeping that simplicity.
Oooh. ChordMap2 is good isn't it!
Lots of cool stuff you can do with it.
I also bought his old chord app which works on iPhone. But it's more basic.
The only downside is not that much in minor. Maybe I need to start composing some songs in major.
Firo (Fiddlewax Pro) is the Hero of midi controller apps for me. The developer Adam Kumpf after considering it being finished made it free and its running just fine on the newest ios.
It has audiobus, ab remote, iaa and syncs nicely. Midi in is a big advantage and it has formidable midi looping capabilities. There are 15 instrument channels of midi out, selectable individually - there's the difference to Chordmaps2, where the different outputs will send simultaneously - and besides the notes in scale it has plenty of useful options, (midi export, open audio in, chord detection, soundfonts etc., etc.) and is really well thought through designwise.
A great gift imho to musically interested people.
It's great that you are happy with Chordmaps! If it works for you just jam away
Changing keys too much is a problem and indeed sounds messy. If done right it sounds really good.
Take this song - https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/adele/someone-like-you
Verse is in G major, chorus is in A major.
As for Navichord, it is easy to stay in scale if you want to - all notes are colored with the same tone, lighter is in scale, darker is out of scale. Use grid triangles of the same tone and you never leave your scale. Same for melody. You can also enable Roman numerals for chords in the menu.
Could you give more information here? I'm always happy to take feedback.
I got around this limitation by sending midi to, and locking the scale in thumbjam. You can compose in all kinds of crazy scales that way (for better or worse).
I like Navichord too.
Best thing - it works in split screen. That's very useful.
Good idea.
So everything gets filtered into whatever scale you choose to lock in Thumbjam. Interesting.
Only issue would be that you couldn't choose to play the occasional note out of scale.
However, you could route only the melody channel via TJ. And then you could still play out of scale chords.
I can't see any mention about AB compatibility.
This is a midi generator only. It doesnt have its own audio engine.
Btw the 2 buttons that allow you to instantly modulate to relative keys is practically worth the price of admission alone. So cool.
Sorry for my ignorance (my brain is out for holidays), but how do you record out your performance?
Thanks at advance.
If anyone wants this it's back on intro offer, well here in the U.K. AppStore it is.