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- Version: 4.0.3, 3/12/2007 06:41AM PST
sanshao720
As a beginner in music I found this software fantastic for sketching out basic chord structures extremely quickly. Also the support and registration process gets top marks for quick and personal relpies to questions.
Excellent, Very Musical Tool - Version: 4.0.1, 12/3/2006 11:18AM PST
kevin.olson
SimpleChord is one of my favorite apps. It allows me to learn chords, apply them to progressions, move them around within progressions, and export them out to GarageBand for further use. The developer is great and is working on even more improvements to an already terrific Mac app. Try it!
Great "sketch tool" for composers - Version: 3.3.1, 6/21/2006 12:55PM PST
ed.perry
I have used SimpleChord for a year now and find it to be really valuable as a sketch tool to rough out ideas to be fully developed later in Logic Pro. First, it's rock solid; it's never crashed on me. With low machine overhead, it runs on my fairly old portable, so i can work anywhere. The user interface is simple letting me get a lot of work done quickly on developing chord progressions. I can play with some ideas, get a good idea of what I want, then go to Logic Pro to flesh out the songs.
A nice, inexpensive utility. Wish list:- 
- Version: 3.3, 3/12/2006 12:58AM PST
grh-svo
Wish there were more octaves. And wish the dang Tempo Finder/Metronome floating above everything including finder windows could be made optional. And wish the time delay in arpeggio could be made variable. In fact, playback mode is somehting that does not really belong in options, it should be a manistream pull-down or radio button. A one-trick pony but useful and reasonably-priced.
Bugs & typos getting fix - now how about going the next stage? - Version: 3.2.2, 9/11/2005 04:33AM PST
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lucytune
This application could be even more useful as an analysis aid and composition tool, if as well as the chords, it also named the scales, and scalecodings etc.
see:
http://www.lucytune.com/new_to_lt/pitch_05.html
for the music theory info.
see:
http://www.lucytune.com/new_to_lt/pitch_05.html
for the music theory info.
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- Bugs & typos getting fix - now how about going the next stage? (1 replies)
Getting better but..... - Version: 3.2, 8/24/2005 08:45PM PST
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lucytune
The first chord I happened to look at was F#/Gb Aug.
It told me that the notes were F# - A- D.
That's D major in my book.
So I looked at the reverse which told me that those notes make F#Aug and D Major.
This one is very obvious. I won't start again on about the difference between sharps and flats - you get my drift.
Back to the music theory books kids;-)
It told me that the notes were F# - A- D.
That's D major in my book.
So I looked at the reverse which told me that those notes make F#Aug and D Major.
This one is very obvious. I won't start again on about the difference between sharps and flats - you get my drift.
Back to the music theory books kids;-)
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Getting better - Version: 3.0, 7/12/2005 08:13AM PST
nuttdangrover
It's been exactly a year since version 2.0 was released. At that time, the darn thing couldn't even spell chords right. But that was resolved a long time ago, and users have continued to suggest improvements to the application. I've listened to all the suggestions sent to me, and in version 3, I've implemented three of the most requested features, in hopes of making the app better. Be sure to check out this upgrade (it's free for registered users!)
One Glaring Omission - Version: 2.3.2, 2/11/2005 03:01AM PST
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freevito
As handy as this neat little application is, it is not what I'm looking for in a chord reference app. It does what it does well enough, but there is one glaring omission: is doesn't allow me to play the notes that I hear in my head and then tell me the name of the chord!
I'm not going to hunt through the pre-programmed chords list one at a time looking to find the chord I'm hearing. By the time I've heard 2 or 3 completely different chords, the chord I'm hearing in my head is erased.
To make this app vastly more useful, simply provide a reverse functionality, wherein the user can play the notes on the application's keyboard, and then have the app cough up the name of the chord.
I'm not going to hunt through the pre-programmed chords list one at a time looking to find the chord I'm hearing. By the time I've heard 2 or 3 completely different chords, the chord I'm hearing in my head is erased.
To make this app vastly more useful, simply provide a reverse functionality, wherein the user can play the notes on the application's keyboard, and then have the app cough up the name of the chord.
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That darned 11th interval - Version: 2.3.1, 11/8/2004 09:50AM PST
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agua_dotmac
Shouldn't the 11th interval on major and dominant chords also be #11s and not diatonic (which equals a supended interval from the tonic and clashes with the major 3rd)?
improvements? - Version: 2.2.1, 8/14/2004 06:39AM PST
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hkim
How about being able to create and store unconventional chords that cover more than two octaves? Most of my work is with quasi-tonal sounds that could never be explained by Piston. That would make it a really useful tool for the composer and Jazz musician.
