Free · No sign-up · Instant MIDI
Generate chords
from words.
Type what you want, hear it on a piano, then drag the MIDI straight into your DAW.
A loop of the real flow — type a feeling, get progressions, hear them. Try it live
Features
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
From inspiration to production-ready MIDI in seconds.
Type it, don't pick it
No scale pickers or preset menus. Type a mood or genre in plain words and get a progression built around it, not just filtered from it.
Visual piano
See and hear every chord on an interactive keyboard as you build your progression.
Full control
Drag, drop, add, or remove chords. Fine-tune until it sounds exactly right.
Free MIDI, any DAW
Export standard MIDI files, completely free, no strings attached. Drop them straight into your session.
How it works
From feeling to finished MIDI.
Four simple steps to your next progression.
Describe
Enter a prompt like "melancholic jazz" or "upbeat pop anthem"
Generate
Our AI creates multiple unique progressions tailored to your vision
Refine
Edit, rearrange, and perfect your progression with intuitive controls
Export
Download as MIDI and drop directly into your DAW
Who it's for
Built for every musician
From your very first song to your hundredth film score.
Songwriters
Stuck on a song? Describe the feeling you're going for and get a harmonic starting point in seconds. No music theory needed.
Producers
Skip drawing chords into the piano roll one note at a time. Generate a progression, then drag the MIDI straight into Ableton, FL Studio, or Logic.
Instrumentalists
Explore new harmonic territory for jazz, classical, or contemporary playing, and use the interactive piano to see exactly how each chord is built.
Music students
See how real progressions come together across genres, from blues turnarounds to neo-soul extensions to film-score cues.
Reference library
Browse by genre or key
Reference guides for every common style and tonality.
Coming from another chord tool? See how ChordGen compares as a free ChordChord alternative
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Free forever
Ready when you are.
Your next chord progression is just a prompt away. Start generating for free, right now.
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