Chord Wheel : Circle of 5ths

Chord Wheel helps you to perceive how music works. Also, it helps you to get some musical ideas in your personal songs.

The Interactive Chord Wheel is an implementation of one of the primary and significant music concept, 'Circle of fifths' on Android. This app is uniquely designed to characterize the connection between a scale and a chord.

In the display of this app, the Circle is made up of a quantity of concentric rings, which supplies numerous info. By rotating the 2 rings, internal and outer, the needed data could be got simply.

The outer most ring exhibits information on the scale such as a tonic, a dominant, a sub-dominant, a relative minor, a relative major, and a development of the degree. The next outer ring exhibits a series of notice's name ordered by the development of fifth, and the foundation observe of a scale may be set by rotationg this ring. When rotating the outer ring, the inner ring rotates additionally. The next ring reveals a degree of a observe and a diatonic chord in that scale. By rotaing the following ring, a chord may be set. If a note identify of the outer ring is touched, then a diatonic chord, of which the root observe is the note, is about. Instead of the internal chord ring, a key progression ring could be displayed which could be very useful when transposing a track to another key. At the center of the concentric rings, a signiture of the scale is displayed.

The path of the circle

The course of the vital thing progression on a circle could be set to a CW or a CCW course by a consumer.

Switchable Inner Wheel

The internal wheel could be switched when it's wanted. A chord wheel, a transpose wheel, and a interval wheel are avalable.

Scale

A main scale and three minor scale and church modes are available. The scale tones could be distinguished by its background colour. A diatonic chord of the size could be set by touching one of its scale tones.

Diatonic Scale Chord

Both triads and 7th chords are supported for each scale.

Chord Wheel

Chord wheel is uniquely designed to characterize the relationship between a scale and a chord. Most diatonic chords can be found. The chord tones may be distinguished by its background color or its mark.

Transpose Wheel

For transposing, a hoop of key development can be displayed instead of a chord ring.

Interval Wheel

Intervals of notes could be discovered simply and shortly. Just change the inner wheel to an interval wheel.

Inversion of a Chord

The inversion of a chord can be performed by clicking a button, and in addition could be seen by way of the piano view.

Notation System

There are numerous ways of naming notice names. In this app, CDEFGAB, CDEFGAH, and Fixed-Do techniques are supported. Also, you'll find a way to set a prefered accidental, a sharp(＃) or a flat(♭).

Piano

Information about a scale or a chord is shown on a 2-octave sized mini piano. It may be played by touching the keys.

Guitar

Information a couple of scale or a chord additionally may be shown on a guitar fretboard. It's tunable.

Colors / Marks

The tones of a scale and a chord are associated with the 7 colors of the rainbow. For example, the 1st note is red, and the 7th note is violet.

Also, marks corresponding to ●, △, ★, ◎ represent that it's 1st, third, 5th, 7th observe.

Clef / Signature

A signature of the dimensions is confirmed on the middle of rings. A clef could be set to a treble of a bass.

When the center is touched, user-defined motion is performed.

Sounds

The sound of a scale and a chord could be played. A chord sound could be played arpeggio pattern or not.

Piano, E.Piano, and Guitar sounds are included. The bundled sounds are recorded in top quality.

Available scales

Major

Natural / Harmonic / Melodic Minor

Ionian

Dorian

Phrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

Aeolian

Locrian

Available chords

Major (Triad)

Major 7th

Major 6th

Major seventh aug 5th

Major aug fifth (Triad)

Suspended 2nd (Triad)

Suspended 4th (Triad)

Minor (Triad)

Minor 7th

Minor 6th

Minor Major 7th

Dominant 7th

Dominant seventh aug 5th

Dominant seventh flat 5th

Dominant seventh sus 4th

Diminished (Triad)

Diminished 7th

Minor 7th flat 5th