Tool for roman numbers chord progressions

[ZooTooK]

Often chord progressions are given in roman numbers which is a great way of analysing them but when playing them in a given key I'd like to have them translated to explicit chords.

So what I'm looking for is a tool where I can type in like I, V, IV give the key C and out comes C, G, F e.g and then change key to Fm and out comes Fm, ... etc

Is there such a tool?

[aquar]

Not a tool as such but this site is useful.
http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chords-key-c.html

and here's a good chordcalc.

http://www.musictheory.net/utilities/html/id95_en.html

Hope it helps.

[ReceptorDamage]

Well you could do what I do and play the root notes in C major, easy peasy, then use MIDI effects to chordify that and then transpose and shift it in to any major/minor key...

[ZooTooK]

Not a tool as such but this site is useful.
http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chords-key-c.html

and here's a good chordcalc.

http://www.musictheory.net/utilities/html/id95_en.html

Hope it helps.

Thank's - very useful.

The info is all there in these tools/pages - but I'd prefered to have them repackaged in a tool/program where I can copy/paste a progression I find in this forum and else where and get the named chords - just to be able to work quickly.

[stardog]

In software there is Cognitone Harmony Navigator: http://www.cognitone.com/products/nav/intro/page.stml

and in paper there is: Chordwheel
http://www.chordwheel.com/ or
http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Wheel-Ultim ... 634021427/
Cheap, simple and very useful! It helps to compose in a certain key and how you can easily switch to an other key. It's always on my desk.

[psenior]

I would use PG Music's Band in a Box.

[karacha]

Please don't get me wrong but... what's difficult about simply thinking about these chords (Roman Numerals) in different keys without any software?

Say, you have a I-IV-II-V chord progressions:

in C this is C, F, Dm, G

in F# it's F#, B, G#m, C#

in Em it goes like this: Em, Am, F# dim, B

It took me 30 seconds to type this.

Here's what you do, and it's better then any software, chord wheel, cheat sheet:

1. Learn the key signatures

2. Learn chord qualities for both major and minor keys

3. Spend one day spelling these chords in random keys with both sharps and flats

4. Profit.

It really doesn't take long. I tell my students to "know the key signatures by next week." It works.

[leighbeynon]

yeah learning the key signatures is handy for each key, think i need to do this i want to be able to play chord progression and just improvise my own ideas but i need to learn scales key signatures etc, alot of this is memory and relaying what you know until its second nature think im gonna be at it for a few years !

[trewq]

there's also chordwarepa

A B C D E F G - C Major
C E G --I M
B D G --V M
A C F --IV M
A D G --II sus4
C F G --I sus4
A D E --VI sus4
C D G --V sus4
A B E --IIIsus4
A D F --II m
A C E --VI m
B E G --IIIm
B D F --VIIdim
A B F --IV b5
B C E G --I M7
A C E F --IV M7
A B D G --VIIm7#5
A C F G --VI m7#5
C D E G --IIIm7#5
A B D F --VIIm7b5
A C D F --II m7
A C E G --VI m7
B D E G --IIIm7
B D F G --V 7
C E F G --I Madd4
B C D G --V Madd4
A C D G --II 7sus4
A D E G --VI 7sus4
C D F G --V 7sus4
A B D E --III7sus4
B C F G --I M7sus4
A B E F --IV M7b5
A D F G --II msus4
A C D E --VI msus4
A B E G --IIImsus4
A D E F --II madd9
A B C E --VI madd9
A B C E F --IV M7#11
A B D E F --II m69
A B D F G --V 9
B C D F G --V 7add4
A C D E G --I 69
A B D E G --V 69
A C D F G --IV 69
B C D E G --I M9
A C E F G --IV M9
A B E F G --IV M9b5
A B C D G --VIIm7#5b9
C D E F G --IIIm7#5b9
A B C D F --VIIm7b5b9
B D E F G --IIIm7b9
A C D E F --II m9
A B C E G --VI m9
A B C F G --VI m9#5
A B C D F G --V 11
B C D E F G --I M11
A B C E F G --IV M9#11
A B D E F G --IIIm11b9
A B C D E F --VIIm11b5b9
A B C D E G --II Dominant7sus
A C D E F G --V Dominant7sus

[psenior]

Please don't get me wrong but... what's difficult about simply thinking about these chords (Roman Numerals) in different keys without any software?

You must realize there are a lot of electronic musicians and DJs here who don't really play an instrument or have studied music theory formally. I would say there are many here whose instrument is their DAW. When software can't offer them a solution, they come here.

[rockstar_not]

I will point you to Chordmaps. The generic Roman numeral map is here for constructing songs in major keys.

http://chordmaps.com/genmap.htm

But if you start at the root page, you'll find this developed out for all of the keys.

Now, to go a little pedagogical on you: Learn them, in every key. Just like you should learn the notes on the fretboard if you are a guitar player wanting to play melodies, learning the chords in every key will only help you become a better composer and/or keyboard player.

End of pedagogy.

-Scott

[coquillo]

I would use PG Music's Band in a Box.

+1

[JoseC.]

Please don't get me wrong but... what's difficult about simply thinking about these chords (Roman Numerals) in different keys without any software?

You must realize there are a lot of electronic musicians and DJs here who don't really play an instrument or have studied music theory formally. I would say there are many here whose instrument is their DAW. When software can't offer them a solution, they come here.

True, but I think karacha does right pointing out that this is not that hard to learn, there are only 12 keys. Besides, I do not believe that he'll care much about Cb or F#.