A new app is in town!
http://youtu.be/Ql37AHvxDgc
I'm the developer, will answer you questions.
Navichord is a powerful instrument for exploring chord progressions. Play rich saounding chords easily on the harmonic grid; play along on the classic piano keyboard below. Every note pressed is highlighted for all octaves on both views. Learn chord names from the automatic chord detector.
• Play simple chords with one finger from any root (minor, major)
• Play complex chords with just two or three fingers from any root (sevenths, ninths)
• Use the same chord shape for any root
• Discover interesting chord progressions
• Find chords matching a melody
• Find a melody matching chords
• Learn chord names easily
• Learn chord structure from the piano keyboard and play along
https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/navicho ... 52748?mt=8
https://www.facebook.com/navichord
HOW TO USE THE APP:
On chord progressions:
With the grid layout good chords are geometrically close to each other. For example, C major is right next to F major and G major. Harmonically distant chords are further away on the grid. This makes it very easy to select good next chord. For subtle chord variations, pick the chords sharing the same notes, for dramatic variations pick the chords a bit away from each other.
Harmonic grid makes it very easy to play chords. For example a major chord is always has a shape of a triangle facing up (as on the app logo). A minor chord is a triangle down. To play major or minor chords just touch the triangle center. The notes will light up and the chord name will be shown above the harmonic grid. Augmented and diminished are played with 3 touches on diagonals. Sixths, sevenths and ninths is a combination of a minor/major triad (one touch) + 6,7,9 or another triad, i.e. 2 touches.
Same chord shape can be reused for any root.
On melody creation:
When you press a chord on the grid, the notes will be highlighted on the piano keyboard, so you can create a melody using those notes.
