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iPhone app for identifying chord progressions?
Are there any iPhone apps that can listen to a piece of music, and give you the chord names / progressions? A bit like a Shazam for chords?
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Thanks. That's helpful on my iPad, as I already have it, but my phone is always with me, so I'm looking for an iOS (iPhone) app.
Chord AI:
https://chordai.net/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chord-ai-play-any-song/id1446177109
Thanks Richard. A Facebook friend just recommended both Chord AI and Chordify. I'm exploring both now. It seems my search is done. I just have to budget for the subscriptions now… Maybe just to subscribe at times when I need to use them, as it won't be continuous, I think…
Sorry I didn't realise the app was subscription, I bought it as a one-time purchase years ago, for not very much money. the current price for a lifetime sub is insane.
It sure is. Such a shame. It seems to be the case for all the AI chord recognising apps I've found.
No worries. The iPhone is great for capturing and identifying audio. It has all I need. I also use it for capturing ideas whilst out and about. I'm even learning the iPhone version of Drambo on it, to use as a sketching tool, with samples I create on iPhone, iPad, and laptop. Koala too, I particularly love on the iPhone, along with Ableton Note. I use my phone primarily for note taking, sampling (when out and about), field recording (when I don't have my field recorder), and do the creating on any of the three platforms, whatever is available when the moment strikes. Occasionally, I might even use it as a phone, or for messages, but mostly not. It has been my primary camera since 2010, when I gave up my profession as a photographer, and sold all my gear. I never looked back. It was my first music making device too. I often feel some people underestimate its capabilities, even today.
Have a great evening, and thanks again!
Sorry, It’ll sound harsh, but to me it was no miracle. Knowing the theory, then ability to play those chords and changes, transcribing, and then easy recognizing of almost all progressions. Almost. With different sounds, sometimes MIDI is the only way. It’s like a discussion of the Audio to MIDI.
Cheers.
If you have your song/snippet on a file, you freely can use https://ai-midi.com/ to convert audio to MIDI-file…
It doesn't sound harsh. I just don't understand what you're saying. Much love.
If you know all those things you are clearly not in need of these apps, but it doesn’t mean others are in the same boat lol - I would imagine here that many people do not have the skill set you listed Voytec!
The developer has a similar app that is a bit less expensive. The only difference is that you can’t download directly in the app the songs.
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/music-memos-powered-by-ai/id6446246814?l=fr
Its new and i suppose they will increase the price.
And yeah, chord ai was super cheap. I’m mad I didn’t buy it at the time.
Thanks! Actually the free version of Chords AI already seems pretty decent
I agree that the lifetime sub is pricey, and the price for the annual sub is clearly designed to drive people towards the lifetime sub. I always worry about lifetime subs. Will they really stick around for your lifetime or that of the devs? In many cases, I fear not. The monthly sub for Chords AI is priced at an OK level to dip in and out of from time to time
Didn’t know about the site, cheers!
Tonality, the app that keeps on giving, has an audio chord ID, separate from the midi scale/chord ID AU. This is from the manual. It’s better for playing the chords on an instrument than a song. You can always look up the guitar tab on Ultimate Guitar to see what chords are in the song. There’s also Chordify which is a website and an app. The website gives you like 1 free transcription a day before you need to pay. You can use YouTube for the song as well.
Mazmazika Free online Chord Analyzer
MyChord Music Chord Finder app
Yamaha Chord Tracker
These apps might be useful to help people acquire those skills, if used for the purpose of acquiring the skills. But I suspect most purchasers are looking for a shortcut to avoid acquiring those skills, which means they won’t get any better at those aspects of music.
I tend to stay away from sweeping statements myself — just to add that I am seeking an app for the former reason, not the latter. As a learning tool.
I wasn’t being judgmental though. I was describing a common trap that I have fallen into myself, in the days before the internet. I was always looking for shortcuts or aids. Back then for me it was instruction books or published transcriptions. If I were a kid today it would be apps.
Eventually in middle age I realized two things:
1) there are no shortcuts to ear training or learning to play an instrument. One either puts in the time and the effort, or not. The counter-intuitive thing I eventually realized is that learning aids can actually slow my development to the extent they distract me from putting in the necessary work.
2) art created by means of collage or random/naive methods is just as valid as art created using the traditional skills. It may be that AI renders the distinction entirely meaningless, and that prompt engineering will become the new cutting edge.