ChordPulse Alternatives

Impro-Visor

Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. There are other, secondary, things it can do, such as improvise on its own. It has also been used for transcription. Because rhythm-section (e.g.

Band-in-a-Box

Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band. Just type in the chords for any song using standard chord symbols (like C, Fm7 or C13b9), choose the style you'd like, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest.

Features:

• Accompaniment
• Generative acompaniment
• Music Composer

MMA

“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives. MMA is very versatile and generates excellent tracks. It comes with an extensive user-extendable library with a variety of patterns for various popular rhythms, detailed user manuals, and several demo songs. MMA is a command line driven program.

Features:

• Midi
• Music Composer

JJazzLab

JJazzLab is a free Midi-based application which automatically generates backing tracks (a musical accompaniment) for any song. It’s a jam buddy to have fun improvising, learn new stuff or just practice your instrument. It’s also a great tool for teachers.

Features:

• Backing track
• Music Composer

Chord Pad

A chord sequencer with 300+ great sounding styles. Allows you to create chord progressions and backing tracks in minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBRlJDuavk0 .

Ludwig

The music software Ludwig automatically arranges your songs with a few clicks. Accompanying parts fit the melody well. Automatic Chords. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Classic.

Busker

Busker is a complete set of tools to create musical arrangements from sheet music (chords + melody staff). It uses Yamaha compatible styles (thousands can be downloaded for free) for auto-accompaniment. Once you entered the song you can easily play it with many different styles and try different multivoices with auto-harmonies.

ChordPad

Whether you are a composer producer or just want an new way of practicing your instrument this application is for you. Create songs, and chord progressions ins seconds, Choose between hundreds of styles. Practice your scales and improvisation in new exciting way. Tired of practicing soloing over E minor progression? Just a click and you can practice A minor or any other key or tempo.

Microsoft Songsmith

Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music videos.