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Re: Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go

#11

Nice tool, congrats. Looks reasonable for the target audience. Is there a chord library for common songs? Or even sharing my chords with others?

A share button is pretty high on the priority list, as that's what musicians in bands would need the most.

As for libraries of charts, there are many other apps that do that very well already! I wanted to focus on fast editing of charts for musicians writing original songs, who are not really served that well by other apps at the moment.

Re: Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go

#13

What advantages does this have over existing apps, like iReal Pro?

Chord Chart Memo is much cheaper than iReal Pro, and it is laser-focused on making it as easy as possible to enter your own charts. Most apps on the market are designed for playing charts made by other people - Chord Chart Memo aims to serve musicians and songwriters working on original music which might not have a widely available chart online.

Chord Chart Memo is also specifically designed with the stage in mind: charts load quickly & work entirely offline.

Re: Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go

#14
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Congrats on shipping! I enjoyed your write up, and was surprised to read that it was built in Godot, which I'd only ever considered for games, but of course it makes sense that games are simply a kind of app. Love that you employ the circle of 5ths in the keyboard, whereas a more naive approach might've been to just ascend stepwise from C. Any plans for an iOS version? Does Godot make it easy to port to other platfor…

Thanks a lot! Yeah, when I had the idea for the circle of fifths keyboard, I knew I just had to build it because it has so many benefits compared to the naive approach, especially when thinking "harmonically". Yes, there are plans for an iOS version! Godot has native support for iOS, so it should be pretty much plug-and-play. I haven't done it yet because of the developer fee that Apple charges, and because I am main…

Yes please! Plus one for an iOS version !!

App looks lovely

Re: Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go

#16

Nice tool, congrats. Looks reasonable for the target audience. Is there a chord library for common songs? Or even sharing my chords with others?

A share button is pretty high on the priority list, as that's what musicians in bands would need the most. As for libraries of charts, there are many other apps that do that very well already! I wanted to focus on fast editing of charts for musicians writing original songs, who are not really served that well by other apps at the moment.

Seems like NFC may be a nice way to share since musicians would most likely be physically close to each other. Congrats on shipping!

Re: Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go

#20

Before I spend the dollars for this, does it play/preview the chord for you when you tap it or long press it?

Not yet! That's a planned feature - chords will sound out when entered and when tapped within the chart.

Amazing - you've got my money! and a feature request to maybe add variations to each of the chords (inversions, arps, etc) when you edit them, and maybe a player/looper to preview the sketched ideas!
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