{"id":374,"date":"2026-06-17T03:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/?p=374"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:46:59","slug":"build-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/?p=374","title":{"rendered":"Chord Progression Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"App icon of music notes\" class=\"wp-image-375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music-notes-icon.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chord Progression Lab<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chord Progression Lab turns music theory into a sandbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pick a key. Pick a style. Listen. Tweak. Export. That&#8217;s the whole loop \u2014 and it&#8217;s surprisingly addictive whether you&#8217;re a songwriter looking for your next progression, a producer hunting for a starting MIDI, a music student studying voice leading, or just a curious listener who wants to know what a Phrygian dominant actually sounds like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25+ music-theory approaches, from familiar to far-out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pop, Doo-Wop, Pachelbel&#8217;s Canon, Circle of Fifths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12-Bar Blues and Jazz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rock and Punk power-chord progressions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Epic Minor and Andalusian cadences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indian Raga (Bhairav), Arabic Maqam (Hijaz), East Asian G\u014dng pentatonic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japanese Hiraj\u014dshi, Indonesian Gamelan (Slendro)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Klezmer Freygish, Flamenco Phrygian, Celtic Mixolydian, Slavic minor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bulgarian 7\/8 Balkan, West African Highlife<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bossa Nova, Reggae, Hawaiian slack key<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avant-Garde quartal stacks and tone clusters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All 12 keys. Transpose any progression \u2014 instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dissonance dial. Great for ear-training, jazz studies, or just hearing how a vanilla I\u2013V\u2013vi\u2013IV mutates when you add tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tempo control. Drag from a slow 40 BPM crawl to a 200 BPM sprint. Each style starts at a tempo that fits the genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See it as you hear it. A piano keyboard lights up with the active chord tones in real time, and the chord sequence scrolls along showing Roman numerals and the actual chord name in the current key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Export MIDI. One tap saves a standard MIDI file you can drop into any DAW \u2014 and the share sheet sends it anywhere: AirDrop, Files, email, Messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No internet required. Everything runs on-device with a built-in synthesizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re studying theory, writing a song, prototyping a beat, or just curious what a Bulgarian 7\/8 progression sounds like \u2014 Chord Progression Lab gets you from idea to audio in two taps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for using Chord Progression Lab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-scaled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-1151x1536.png 1151w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-1535x2048.png 1535w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.15-scaled.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-1151x1536.png 1151w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-1535x2048.png 1535w, https:\/\/www.mickeydesigns.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simulator-Screenshot-iPad-Air-13-inch-M4-2026-06-10-at-21.43.28-scaled.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chord Progression Lab Chord Progression Lab turns music theory into a sandbox. 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