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Hooktheory is a DAW that allows musicians to create music based on chords. They offer access to two volumes of music theory book for students and teachers, as well as the ability to create assignments and keep a grade book for music teachers.

Hookpad is a free web app that simplifies songwriting by helping you choose chords that sound good together and guiding you to write a good melody. It's a musical sketchpad with music theory "built-in" to make it easier and more intuitive to find the sound you're looking for.

Hookpad is a free web app that simplifies songwriting by helping you choose chords that sound good together and guiding you to write a good melody. It's a musical sketchpad with music theory "built-in" to make it easier and more intuitive to find the sound you're looking for.

TheoryTab is an ideal resource for theory teachers who are teaching students familiar with guitar tab, but not yet ready for practical notation based music theory. The approach of this site is to integrate tablature with the functional approach to harmony, using songs from the popular music cultures of today.

Purpose of Resource: This website can be used to identify the chord progressions for many modern songs. The website can also be used to transpose chord progressions into various keys. Specific Musical Content: This webpage contains the chord progressions of over 5,000 songs. The original song can be played as well as just the chord progression on a piano. Each song can be transposed into different keys and modes while preserving sonic relationships. Theory Tab also can display the chords being played on a piano keyboard or a Guitar Fretboard. Other Information: This could be a great resource for any composition units, as well as for directors looking to incorporate popular music, or arrange popular tunes for their ensembles.

Hookpad is an interesting piece of software. While it does involve digital notation, it focuses more on notating chords and chord progressions and does so by providing the user options to use standard and non-standard notation. I love using Hookpad when my students are doing songwriting on the ukulele. It is easy for them to play the chords on the ukulele, then input them into Hookpad by selecting the chord symbols. They can then go in an add melodies as well.

Hookpad is a DAW program that shows the creator what chord they are using. This program could be used in conjunction with music theory courses to allow students real application of the material learned.