Find Any Chord in Any Tuning with ChordMate Pro
Sometimes you need a chord and you just don’t know where to find it. The rhetorical situation gets worse if you’re messing around with an alternate tuning that your googled chord charts have never heard of. Harmonic Sense has created a powerful little app that can open up a new musical world for guitar players of any skill level.
Admittedly, I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to music. If I need a chord, I’m going to find it with my ears. But ChordMate makes it easy to cheat. Check out my video review to see some of my favorite features.
So as you can see there are some nice features that can come in handy during a songwriting session, music theory training, or just playing around on your First Act guitar. Harmonic Sense did a great job with ChordMate Pro.
My only complaint is that to access the power of ChordMate, you need to purchase the Pro version. If you want the express or the standard version you save some cash at the expense of cool features. Tiered pricing works for power applications, but asking a user to pay more for basic features may mean pricing yourself out of the chord-finding market. Any fan of Creed will tell you that Drop D is as standard tuning as it comes, but you’ll have to buy the “professional” version to play the chorus to “With Arms Wide Open.”
You can pick up a copy of ChordMate Pro at Harmonic Sense for $39.95. Choose the Express version for $14.95 or pick up ChordMate Standard for $29.95.
Brilliant video review, tried the demo and I think the Pro version is a tiny itchy bit overprized…at least for my taste.
I know what you mean. It’s great software, but the price needs a little adjusting. Thanks for the comment.
I wish it had support for other stringed instruments…like a banjo.
Dude just learn your notes and theory then finding chords is easy… it’s not about the shapes at all. Plus who plays guitar in front of their computer?
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