Aria: Generative AI for songwriting
Aria brings AI to songwriting in Hookpad. Get chord or melody suggestions tailored to your music to quickly experiment with fresh ideas.
Hooktheory’s Producing Challenge
Recently, we used our user-driven database of over 30,000 song analyses to create a visualization of the most popular chords, transcribed in C major. We’ve invited some of our favorite artists — Seids, DAMOYEE, and Venus Theory — to use the chart (with a twist) and write some music.
Hookpad Updates: Improved Recording & New Note/Chord Preview Mode
Experiment Without Cluttering Up Your Song Hookpad makes it easy to jot down new ideas, but sometimes you just want to experiment without cluttering up your song. Newly added Preview Mode is a long requested feature that allows you to turn off note input and play music using Hookpad engine using the band you’ve set…
Introducing Hookpad: A Musical Sketchpad With Music Theory Built In
You can use Hookpad for free right in the browser (there is nothing to install). Go here to try Hookpad or click the getting started link at the bottom of the page. Why Hookpad? The Problem With Music Composition Software In existing software for writing music, beginners often don’t know where to start. It can…
Hooktheory Founders Talk About Their Inspiration for Teaching Music and More on Musical-U Podcast
The Hooktheory team sat down for an interview with Christopher Sutton on the Musical-U Podcast. We had a great discussion about Hooktheory, our thoughts on music theory, songwriting, and much more. Check it out!
Pedal Harmony: Hooktheory I Excerpt
We recently released an update to Hooktheory I: Music Theory for Songwriting. It mostly involved format changes and minor copy edits. However, a small section on pedal harmony was removed from the chapter on inverted chords. We thought we’d post this material to our blog for all to benefit from (and so that previous owners…
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