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Sketch chord progressions before you open your DAW
CHORD DAW is a free chord progression maker for producers. Tap pads to hear chords with real instrument sounds, string them into progressions, and try substitutions until the harmony feels right — the fast sketching layer that a full DAW is too heavy for.
Open the progression makerFree, in the browser. No sign-up to start.
What it does
Layer pads together to invent new chords and save the ones you find. Because it runs in the browser, an idea on the couch is one tab away from being the bed of your next track.
- Tap-to-hear chord pads with real instrument sounds
- Build and audition full progressions
- Combine pads into new chords and save them
- Free, in the browser — nothing to install
Not sure which chords go together? Songs are the best teacher — steal the moves from the chord charts of 672 real songs.
The rest of the toolkit
Learn piano chords, the musical wayFree · in the browserLearn rhythm by playing it, not by counting itFree · in the browserSight reading practice, with music worth readingFree · in the browserWrite music in the browser, on a real pageFree · in the browserFinish the songs you keep startingFree · in the browser
Song library672 play-along chord charts