Circle of Chords

Circle of Chords offers a comprehensive tool for enhancing your musical understanding and skills with a user-friendly interface. Designed for musicians looking to master chord progressions and scales, this app leverages the circle of fifths to simplify music theory concepts. You can visualize the wheel in either Major or Minor modes, facilitating a clear understanding of chord relationships. Accentuating its educational value, the app showcases the relative major with a red rectangle and the root note with a blue rectangle, adapting as you select different scales. Shadows obscure unavailable chords, instantly clarifying your musical choices.

Accurate Transposing and Diverse Scales

Circle of Chords features an intuitive transposing function that highlights potential chords upon clicking any part of the wheel. The inclusion of various scales such as Ionian, Aeolian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Locrian adds depth to your musical exploration. These scales help broaden your composition palette, offering diverse melodic possibilities. The app ensures a practical approach to learning by incorporating many diatonic chords like Major, Minor, Dominant 7th, and more, with interactive chord results that you can adjust for further customization.

Versatile Visualization and Customization Options

The app supports visualization of chords in keyboard, guitar, or hybrid modes, catering to different instrumentalists. Guitar mode provides customizable views, allowing you to adjust guitar tuning with available templates or select custom notes for each string. This customization extends to tuning templates for instruments such as the ukulele, violin, viola, and banjo. Users can also flip the results horizontally for left-handed playing, reinforcing its versatile design.

Interactive Sound Playback and Notation Flexibility

Engage with the sounds of chords within Circle of Chords by touching any chord to hear it played, enhancing the auditory learning experience. The app also offers flexible notation display options, including sharp, flat, or automatic modes, to suit your preference. This functionality enriches the ease of learning and application of music theory, making Circle of Chords an invaluable tool for musicians at various stages of their musical journey.