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- Songwriting with chord-theory guidance
Hooktheory makes Hookpad, a browser-based sketchpad for writing chord progressions and melodies with theory hints built in, plus the Theorytab database of analysed songs, two interactive theory books and the Chord Crush ear-training app.
Features
- Hookpad chord and melody editor with colour coding
- Magic Chord next-chord suggestions from 75,000+ songs
- Theorytab database of 80,000+ analysed songs
- 500+ instruments; MIDI, MP3 and sheet export (Standard)
- MIDI input and recording mode (Standard)
- Aria generative-AI songwriting add-on
Pricing
Hooktheory has free and paid options.
Hookpad Free tier; Hookpad Standard US$7.99/month or US$199 lifetime; Aria AI add-on US$14.99/month; Hooktheory I and II books US$14.99 and US$19.99 (or US$34.98 bundle).
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