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Real-time feedback for chord practice

Chord practice that checks every note.

I built ChordLab for my own practice. You play a voicing, progression, or melody on your MIDI keyboard; it watches what you actually play, tells you note by note what landed and what didn’t, and brings back the chords you keep getting wrong.

Built for Mac and WindowsYour library stays on your computerDev updates, no spam
KEYC
Cm9
minor 9th · 5 voices
CE♭GB♭D
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
MIDI controller or on-screen keysPlays through your own VST3/AU pluginsOutput to hardware synthsWorks offlineNo account to use it
See it work

A two-minute run through the app.

One take, mistakes and all — that’s what the feedback looks like in practice.

No account needed to watch · Recorded on a real session

What you practice

Voicings, progressions, and melodies.

Each one gets the same treatment: you play it, it checks every note against the target, and it tracks how you’re doing.

Voicings

Drill one shape until it’s yours

Pick a voicing — inversions and drop-2 included — and play it in any of the 12 keys. Notes turn green as your fingers land; it catches wrong inversions, missing notes, and extra ones, not just the chord name.

Progressions

Run the changes in time

Load a progression, set a tempo, and a playhead walks you through it in any key. Run it timed against the click, or self-paced so it waits for each chord before moving on.

Melodies

Loop a line till it sticks

Loop a melodic line or a scale run slow, then speed up as it locks in. It anchors to whatever octave you play in, and you can comp underneath without that counting as wrong.

Spaced repetition

It brings chords back right before you’d forget them.

Every voicing you drill becomes a set of cards — one per key — scheduled with FSRS, the same spaced-repetition method behind serious flashcard apps. Clean reps space out; the ones you fumble come back sooner. Open the review queue and it hands you what’s due, weakest keys first.

Today this schedules voicings. Progressions and melodies show in the review view too, with full scheduling on the way.

Review queue
12
Due now
5
Later today
8
Tomorrow
23
Later
NewLearningWeakStrongMastered
Drill

Or let it run the session for you.

Drill mode picks the keys, leaning on the ones you’re weakest in. Play a key cleanly enough and it unlocks the next; as your accuracy holds, it nudges the tempo up. A mastery strip shows all twelve keys, each shaded red to green by how solid it is.

Per-key mastery
4 / 12 mastered
C
G
D
A
E
B
F♯
D♭
A♭
E♭
B♭
F
Getting started

Plug in a keyboard. That’s the setup.

1

Connect your keyboard

ChordLab finds your MIDI controller on its own — no driver hunt. No keyboard around? The on-screen keys are enough to try it out.

2

Pick something to practice

Choose a voicing, progression, or melody, set the tempo, and decide if you want it timed or looping. Takes about ten seconds.

3

Play, and watch the feedback

Notes light up when you nail them. It counts your reps and accuracy, so you can tell whether you’re improving or just repeating the same mistake.

The actual app

Everything on one screen, on purpose.

Keyboard up top, library on the left, practice on the right. No menus to dig through mid-session.

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KeyC
Cm9minor 9th · 5 voices
Cm9 voicing
Now playing
CE♭GB♭D
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
BPM
115+
Click
Sync
External
Keyscape
VoicingsProgressionsMelodies
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Search voicings…
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NameTypeBPMUpdated
So What
m7115Mar 30, 2026
Ebsus2/F voicing
add9115Mar 28, 2026
Cm9 voicing
m995Mar 29, 2026
Quartal stack
m(add9)105Mar 27, 2026
Fmaj7#11
maj7100Mar 25, 2026
Kenny Barron
m1190Mar 22, 2026
6 voicings
PracticeIDLE
Target
Cm9 voicing
CE♭GB♭D
Last session
94%
Accuracy
×7
Streak
32
Reps
TimedDrill
Live feedback
Keys go green the moment you play the right note.
Your own library
Record voicings and progressions on your keyboard, sort them into folders, import and export MIDI.
Metronome built in
Run anything timed, looped, or free — and sync the tempo to your DAW if you’re in one.
Your own sound
Play through any VST3 or AU plugin you own, or send MIDI out to a hardware synth. A built-in electric-piano sounds it out if you’d rather not set anything up.
What it costs

Pricing’s still taking shape.

I’m still working out how to price ChordLab — a founder’s version is coming. Sign up for updates and you’ll hear about it first.

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Questions

Good to know.

No — there are on-screen keys to get you started. But it’s much better with a real controller, because then it can hear what you play and react to it.

Mac and Windows. Both work fully offline, and your library lives on your own machine — not on a server I could shut down.

The beta’s free. I’m still working out how the paid version should be priced — a founder’s version is on the way, and I’ll share the details with the list before anything goes live.

I built it around jazz and modern harmony — voicings, ii–V–Is, modal vamps. But anything chord- or line-based works, so people use it for pop, gospel, and film stuff too.

Yes. Load your own VST3 or AU instrument plugins and play everything through them, or switch to Hardware mode to send MIDI out to your keyboard or synth. There’s also a built-in electric-piano if you don’t want to set anything up.

Per-key accuracy, mastery, and history are saved on your machine, and a spaced-repetition queue brings voicings back for review. No streaks, no daily-goal nagging.

The beta’s invite-only right now while I work with a small group of testers. Sign up for updates and I’ll widen access as it firms up — you’ll be the first to know.

CHORDLAB

A keyboard, a metronome, and the chords you keep getting wrong. Made by one person who practices.

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