Build a progression by ear.
Try chords on the words of your verse and hear each one.
Free, with unlimited songs and no account to create.
Chords in your key
Writing in G? The seven chords of the key are listed, with the two from outside it that songs in G borrow most. Pro
The chord wheel
Some chords you can hear but can’t name. The chord wheel sets the major and minor chords in rings round a circle for you to try by ear. The chords of your key are lit. Pro
Hear it first
Guitar players hear their chords strummed as real shapes, and piano players hear them struck on a piano. Before a chord goes in, you can hear it in its place, after the chord before it.
Loop and sing
You have the verse’s chords and no tune yet. Sonetta Studio plays them round at the verse’s tempo while you sing over them, and keeps going while you record. Pro
Verse one’s chords play round while you keep writing.
Nashville numbers
Many session players read chords as Nashville numbers. Each number is the chord’s place in the key. A song in G can show its G, D, Em and C as 1 5 6m 4. Pro
Verse one in numbers: 1, 5, 6m and 4 in place of G, D, Em and C.
Questions about chord progressions
Does it suggest chords?
Yes. On Free and Pro, Sonetta Studio suggests variations of the chord you have, such as Em7 or Esus4 for an Em. On Pro it lists the key’s chords as well, and Review, the notes the app keeps on a draft in the panel beside it, names each section’s harmony.
Can I take the chords into a music program?
Yes, on Pro. Sonetta Studio saves a MIDI file with the chords, the words and a marker for each section. The tempo, time signature and key go with them, and so does a melody whose notes you’ve detected. Beta GarageBand, Logic and Ableton open it.
Can I use a capo?
Yes. With a capo set, the guitar sound strums each chord as the shape you play from that fret. Capo charts and printing are on the lyrics and chords page. More about lyrics and chords →
Is it free?
Yes, with unlimited songs. Hearing any chord, its variations, the whole wheel and naming a chord from its notes are free. Pro adds the key’s chords, chords as numbers, the loop to sing over and MIDI export. Bars of chords for an intro or solo are free, and Pro lets a chord last part of a bar.
Verse one: each chord sits on the word it belongs to, with a take under the verse.
Picking a chord: the song’s own chords, the variations and the key’s chords come first; the wheel opens only when asked.
The full box, opened when asked: any chord built on the wheel, the key’s chords lit on Pro.