• Tips for Playing Chords

You probably already have experienced that pressing a chord button will make it play. But there are 2 other nice features for playing as well.

• 1:The piano panel at the bottom of the app

• 2:The Interface Lock

If you play the chords directly from the progression band, you can lock the interface, so you won’t mess around while playing.

•3:Use Chord Inversions
It’s not unimportant how the chord is inverted.
Experiment with the adjustment buttons to optimize the sound of the chords

•4:MIDI Volume
If you use ProChords as a MIDI trigger, be shure to set MIDI Volume right, some sample sounds, can sound very diffirent depending on the MIDI Volume.

• Making A New Song

• Open the file menu and pres +:


• After naming it, go to the settings menu
and set BPM & Key of Song & Notation Style.

NB: Setting Key of Song correctly is very important!

Next: How To Use The Suggestion Tool

• You find the button of the settings menu in the to right corner of the main screen.

• How it works

The top controller indicates what property you want to change and the bottom controller sets the value. You can set both of them by tapping and dragging,

• Drag when you want to make big changes.

• Tap when you want to make small changes.

• Sound on/off
Only affects the audio coming out of your device, Not MIDI Out.

You can also add and change a chord manually, just press the chord edit button.
The modified chord is added to the progression the same way as in the chord suggestion view.

•Using the Name Wheel

• In some situations you may want to use the chord wheel in the edit panel to find the chord you are looking for. There are several thousands different chords in the system, so the list has been split up into 4 wheels, in order to ease accessibility.
• Start from the left by entering the key
• Second wheel contains (add, aug, dim,m,maj, mMaj, sus)
• Third wheel contains the numbers (2,4,6,7,9,11,13)
• Fourth wheel contains all the rarely used extensions
The wheel will have been programmed so it’s only shows possible combinations.
If you don’t find the chord you where looking for it most likely because you name the different (Read: “ProChords naming standard”)

•Using the NotesView

If you don’t know the name of the chord you’re looking for, you could try the notes wheel.
It will look for the a chord that correspond to the chosen notes.
NB: You can only submit note combinations recognized as chords.

• Copy, Paste & Delete Chords

All selected chords in the progression can be copied and deleted.
When you paste them again, they will be placed in front of the red pointer.
Pasting will eventually overwrite a chord if the pointer isn’t standing in between two chords.

• Choose your action.

“MIDI Export” (to E-mail) is explained in the MIDI tutorial.

•Drag the progression in position.

• Press the "Chord Suggestion" button and your specific chord progression is matched up with the 12.600 songs in Pro Chords pattern recognitions engine.

NB:The suggestions depends on the key of the song.
So be sure to set the key right in the settings menu.

• Star Ratings Explained

The suggested chords are rated by popularity and similarity to your progression.

As a thumb rule you could say that:
5 Stars = Very common.
4 Stars = Common.
3 Stars = Happens.
2 Stars = Rarely happens
1 Stars = The match is not perfect, but could work.

• Adjustment Buttons Explained

In both the Suggestion View and Edit View it’s possible to change the bass node, octave and inverse the chord.
If you lock the Suggestion/Edit View, the result won’t change as you drag the progression band around.

• How to tweak a Chord

A chord can obviously be played in numerous ways. ProChords does not cover all combinations, but with the tweak buttons you will get pretty far.

• The bass buttons:
If you take a look at the piano on top of the screen while you press the bass buttons.
+ and – will move the bass note. You will see that the symbol on the piano above appears either in black or red. Black indicates that the note is part of the chord you have chosen. Red is for notes that are not part of the chosen chord. If you prefer no bass note at all, just press – till the note disappears en the left side of the piano.

• The octave buttons:
Let’s say you have a C chord in your progression band and want to go down to a B chord. ProChords will suggest a chord upwards almost an octave higher.
Then press the -1 button, And the chord will be placed an octave lower.
The octave buttons affects all the chord suggestions you are about to add.

• The inversion buttons:
If you press either the + button or – button the chord will roll up or down on the piano.

• Adding a Random Chord

If you press “Random Chord”. Pro Chords will randomly pick one of it’s suggestions.
So you could say the chord isn’t completely random. It’s suppose to make sense in some way.

• Make A Recording Of Your Chord Progression

Before you make a recording, be sure that the settings are right.
Check the BPM in the settings menu and decide if you want to hear a beep for every beat. From there on, it’s straight forward.

NB:
If you change the chords of the progression afterwards. The recording will be lost. Unless you have made a MIDI Export.

• Alternatives / Supplements To Internal ProChords Recording

Connect via WIFI to your computer. And record from your DAW application.

Or use the Export MIDI via E-mail function

ProChords es una aplicación para iPhone desarrollada para escribir canciones con progresiones de acordes profesionales de una manera fácil.

En el proceso de escribir una canción, ProChords ofrece una extensa variedad de opciones para la selección del siguiente acorde, de acuerdo a la secuencia ya elegido durante el proceso de escribir una nueva canción.

Estas propuestas se basan en miles de canciones exitosas y puede inspirar a encontrar y elegir nuevos acordes, que normalmente, no habría utilizado en un contexto particular.

ProChords es muy útil para los compositores que quieren crear canciones con estándars profesionales, sin tener que pasar años estudiando teoría de música. Pero es igualmente útil para los profesionales que buscan nuevos caminos e ideas alternativas.

“ProChords es una aplicación para escribir progresiones de acordes – con un poco de ayuda de los compositores más importantes del mundo.”

ProChords está cargado con más de 9000 modelos de progresión extraídos de los últimos 50 años de música rítmica.

Estos patrones se utilizan para sugerir posibles movimientos en cualquier punto dado en su canción basada en la secuencia anterior de acordes.

Pero ProChords no escribe la música usted. Se limita a sugerir una gran variedad de opciones a partir de las alternativas más comunes.

ProChords fue creado para ayudar con nuevas ideas creativas, pero no para escribir la canción. Software que componen para usted, está disponibles en el mercado, pero no son realmente creativos.

ProChords ha sido desarrollado para inspirar y ciertamente, lo hace.

Ser creativos en todas partes.
Usted para elaborar nuevas ideas para melodías. Usted puede, trabajar en cualquier lugar. Con o sin auriculares. Y tener ProChords su lado, cuando se está instrumento es una fuente inagotable de inspiración, y sin duda impulsará creatividad.

ProChords簡単かつ直観的な方法でプロのコード進行で歌を書くためのユニークなiPhoneアプリケーションの開発です。

曲を書いている過程で、ProChords和音次に何をプレイされる可能性としては、既に新しい曲を書く過程で選択して和音のシーケンスの後にオプションのバラエティー豊富。

これらの提案は成功し、数千曲に基づいて検索する方法を鼓舞しれないが、これは通常、特定のコンテキスト内で考えているwouldnt新しい和音を選択します。

ProChords非常にソングライターの専門的基準の歌を作成するためにお探しの方、音楽理論を勉強し年間を費やすことなく便利です。しかし、同じように人は、新しいパスと代替のアイデアを探している専門家のために有用です。

“ProChordsコード進行を書くためのアプリケーションです – 世界から少し助けを借りて偉大な作曲家。”
ProChords 9000以上のさまざまな進行パターンがリズミカルな音楽の最新情報を50歳から抽出さで読み込まれます。
これらのパターンは、曲中の任意の時点で和音の前のシーケンスに基づいて可能な動きを示唆するために使用されます。

しかし、ProChordsがあなたの曲を書いていません。それは単にオプションの膨大な種類の最も一般的な選択肢で始まる示している。

ProChords新しい創造的なアイデアに曲をあなたの記述を行わないことにお手伝いするために作成されました。ソフトウェアのすべての構成を別の場所で利用されことが、実際には非常に創造的ではありません。

ProChordsを刺激するために開発されており、それは確かにありません。

どこでもクリエイティブください
あなたの楽器でメロディーのための新しいアイディアを動作するように座っている必要はありません。文字通り、どこでも動作することができます。とやヘッドフォンはありません。そして、それはあなたの横にあるときに、楽器を演奏していることのインスピレーションの無限の源であり、完全にあなたの創造的なアイデアを促進します。

Wenn Sie einen Song schreiben, legen Sie schriftlich eine Folge von Akkorden fest. ProChard bietet beim Prozess des Song-Schreibens eine umfangreiche Reihe von Optionen für den Akkord, der als nächstes gespielt werden soll.

Die Vorschläge basieren auf Tausenden von erfolgreichen Songs. Sie sollen dazu inspirieren, neue Akkorde zu finden, auf die Sie von alleine nie gekommen wären.

ProChords ist für einen Songwriter dann von großem Nutzen, wenn er Songs nach professionellen Standards komponieren möchte, ohne dabei Jahre lang Musiktheorie zu studieren. Die Anwendung ist aber auch hilfreich für Profis, die auf der Suche alternativen Ideen sind.

“ProChords ist eine Anwendung für das Schreiben von Akkordfolgen – mit ein wenig Hilfe von den größten Songwritern der Welt.”
ProChords ist bestückt mit mehr als 9000 unterschiedlichen Progressionen (Akkordfolgen) aus den letzten 50 Jahren der Musik. Diese Patterns werden dazu verwendet, um mögliche Bewegungen zu jedem möglichen Punkt der vorangehenden Akkordfolge vorzuschlagen.

ProChords schreibt aber nicht die Musik für Sie. Die Anwendung schlägt nur eine große Vielfalt an Optionen vor und zeigt Alternativen auf.

ProChords möchte Ihnen nicht das Songwriting abnehmen, sondern hilft Ihnen dabei, neue kreative Ideen zu finden. Software zum Komponieren gibt es überall, aber sie ist wirklich nicht sehr kreativ.

ProChords möchte Sie inspirieren. Genau das leistet die Anwendung.

Sie können mit ProChords kreativ sein, wann und wo immer sie wollen! Um Ideen für neue Melodien zu finden, müssen Sie nicht mehr vor Ihrem Instrument sitzen. Sie können praktisch überall arbeiten – mit oder ohne Kopfhörer. ProChords ist eine unerschöpfliche Quelle der Inspiration. Erleben Sie einen noch größeren Output kreativer Ideen!

ProChords Download bei iTunes

I processen med at skrive en sang, forslår ProChords, hvilke akkorder man kan bruge i den pågældende situation.

Disse forslag er baseret på en analyse af 9000 succesfulde sange og kan forhåbenligvis inspirere dig til at finde og vælge nye akkorder, som du normalt ikke ville have tænkt på at bruge.

ProChords er meget nyttigt for sangskrivere som ønsker at komponere sange på højt niveau, uden at skulle bruge år på at studere musikteori. Men det er lige så nyttigt for professionelle , der er på udkig efter alternative ideer.

Man kan sige at ProChords er et program til at skrive akkordforløb – med lidt hjælp fra verdens største sangskrivere.

ProChords indeholder mere end 9000 forskellige progression mønstre hentet fra de seneste 50 års rytmiske musik. som bruges til at vise dig de harmoniske muligheder der er på ethvert givent tidspunkt i din sang baseret på den foregående sekvens af akkorder du har skrevet.

Men ProChords skriver ikke musikken for dig. Det viser blot , de mulige akkorder man kan bruge I en given situation, og sortere dem efter hvor populære de er.

Jeg har skrevet ProChords for at inspirere dig i den kreative proces, ikke for skrive sangene for dig. Der findes adskillige programmer derude som kan gøre arbejdet for dig, men dem finder jeg ret kedeligt og uinteressant.

Du behøver ikke at sidde ved dit instrument eller computer for at arbejde med nye ideer til melodier. Du kan bogstaveligt talt arbejde hvor som helst. når som helst.

Jeg håber du vil få lige så meget glæde af ProChords som jeg har.

Mvh.

Balder Olrik

ProChords kan downloades fra iTunes

If you have any questions or good ideas for improvements, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best regards

Balder Olrik

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Db7#5b9 Db7#9 Db7b5 Db7b5b9 Db7b9 Db7sus4 Db9 Db9#11

Db9#5 Db9b5 Db9sus4 Dbadd2 Dbadd4 Dbadd9 Dbaug Dbaug7

Dbdim Dbdim7 Dbm Dbm#5 Dbm(add4) Dbm(add9) Dbm11

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Dbm9 Dbmaj7 Dbmaj7#5 Dbmaj7sus4 Dbmaj9 DbmMaj7 DbmMaj9

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The Arrow Pointer:
The arrow in top of the screen indicates which of the chords above will be affected by your action.

The Progression Band:
When you open the interface, you will find that there is a single chord pre chosen. This chord constitutes the first chord in the song you are about to write. And the first of any number of chords you can add from here on. The sequence of chords you choose is referred to as your Progression Band. The chosen chords can be dragged back and forwards by using your finger on the screen.

Read How to add a chord or Download ProChords for your iPhone

Drag the pre chosen C chord on top of the screen to the left by using your finger. Press the “find match” button. Press the chord you want next from the list. Press green push button.
Drag this chord left to make space for at new chord. Add a few more chords if you like, and you have a Progression Band!

How to change a chord in your song
Drag the progression band from side to side and you will notice the arrow pointer can be positioned in three places in relation to the chord.

The Progression band can be dragged, so you can add and edit as you please.
• To extend the chord progression – Drag the Progression Band to the far left and press the Find Match button, as described above.
• To insert a chord between two chords – Drag the band, so the arrow points at the space between the chords and press the Find Match button
• To insert a chord in the beginning – Drag the band to the far right and press the Find Match button
• To substitute a chord with an alternative chord – Drag the band so the arrow points at the chord and press the Find Match button
• NB: If you only want to adjust the way the chord is played, or change a single note in the chord. the Edit Feature is likely to be the convenient option.

When You have decided what part of the Progression Band you want to elaborate, press the Find Match button and ProChords will make a search in its extensive database looking for similarities to the chord sequence you are focusing on.

A list of suggestions will appear. The list can be scrolled.

All the chords suggestions are rated, based on similarity to the huge number of successful songs in the database.
• 5 stars are the most common choices in the song database
• 4 stars common choices
• 3 stars are chords with an edge, but still commonly used
• 2 stars are chords that are unusual, but has been used occasionally.
• 1 star: ProChords found a related match

It’s up to you to decide, what chord you prefer to insert. To make your choice, tab on any of the different suggestions you find after pressing the find match button. To hear what they sound like before choosing them just press the chord. It may be helpful to hear them in immediate context with the chords you’ve already chosen for your chord progression. So this is what you could do:

There are two different techniques for playing the chord progression:

• Press the visible chords in the progression band, one by one, and then press the chord from the Find Match options you’re thinking of.
• Alternatively, add the chord to the progression band by pressing the round green push button , just below the arrow pointer. Then use the three play buttons in the bottom of the screen to hear the progression.
• The left play button, plays the first chord in the progression
• The center play button, repeat the current chord
• And the right play button, plays the next chord in the progression.
If You have reached the end of the progression, the right play button will loop it.

You can close the find match screen again, either by pressing the green check mark button or the red X button.
The green check mark button saves the changes you’ve made and the red X button cancels them.
You don’t have to close the find match panel
You can drag the progression band one step and go on searching for the next chord.

Read: How to tweak a chord or Download ProChords for your iPhone

A chord can obviously be played in numerous ways. ProChords does not cover all combinations, but with the tweak buttons you will get pretty far.

The bass buttons:
If you take a look at the piano on top of the screen while you press the bass buttons.
+ and – will move the bass note. You will see that the symbol on the piano above appears either in blue or red. Blue indicates that the note is part of the chord you have chosen. Red is for notes that are not part of the chosen chord. If you prefer no bass note at all, just press – till the note disappears en the left side of the piano.

The octave buttons:
Let’s say you have a C chord in your progression band and want to go down to a B chord. ProChords will suggest a chord upwards almost an octave higher.
Then press the -1 button, And the chord will be placed an octave lower.
The octave buttons affects all the chord suggestions you are about to add.

The inversion buttons:
If you press either the + button or – button the chord will roll up or down on the piano. (Until further development of ProChords, chords containing a 9, 11 or 13 can’t be inverted).

Read: How to find or modify a chord using the chord wheel or Download ProChords for your iPhone

Read: How to hear the chords in connection or Download ProChords for your iPhone

Either
- Press the play button below – press again for next chord – this allows you to make some chords cling on longer and other shorter.
- Pres each of the chords in the Progress panel directly.

Read: How and why to use the lock function or Download ProChords for your iPhone

How to use the lock function in the find match panel:
Assume you’ve been clicking around among the suggestions in the find match panel for a new chord in a sequence, and you hear several chords you would like to use in your progression but in different places in the song.
Normally Find Match will come up with chords that are likely to follow the one the arrow above is pointing at. Using the lock function allows you to keep all chords suggested at a different chord, which allows you to place a particular chord you like anywhere in the Progression Band.

Read: How to make a new chord progression or Download ProChords for your iPhone

Either transpose only this chord by pressing NO, with the consequence that following chords you add will be proposed in this new key
or press YES which will lead to, that the entire song is transposed to the key you have chosen
The NO function can be helpful in the case that you have typed your chords into ProChords manually through the edit panel. but have forgotten to set the key of the song initially.

9. How to import a song into ProChords
Let’s say you have a chord progression you would like to import into ProChords.
At the moment ProChords doesn’t support import from other sources, so you will have to type them in manually.
In most songs you will find the vast majority of chords among the find match suggestions – and often among the first 5.

If You don’t find exactly the chord you where looking for, pick another one closely related.
When you have entered them all, use the edit panel to fine tune them. I use to be the fastest method.

Related reading:
“How to find or modify a chord using the chord wheel” on how to use the edit feature
“ProChords naming standard” for a details on chord names
“How to tweak a chord” on how to make the chords sound more interesting
“How to find at a matching chord” on how to use the “Find Match” feature
“How to copy / paste a chord” very useful if you use the same chord many times

Read about: ProChords naming standard or Download ProChords for your iPhone