How to Write & Hear Your Own Chord Progressions Online

HotFrets Progressionator

• 1

  Navigate to HotFrets.com. Open the "Cool Tools" menu and select "The Progressionator."

• 2

  Click on a key in the "Key" column, then select a chord progression from the "Progression" list. Choose a playing style -- "Fingerpicking" or "Power Chords," for example -- from the "Style" column.

• 3

  Click the "Generate Progression" button. Click "Play" to hear the chord progression.

WholeNote Groove Builder

• 4

  Navigate to WholeNote.com and click on "Groove Builder." Select the desired length of the chord progression from the "Length" menu, pick a musical genre from the "Style" menu and use the "Resolution" menu to determine how many chords are in each measure.

• 5

  Click on a radio button in the chord matrix to insert the corresponding chord into the progression. Use the first two rows in the matrix for simple major and minor chords; to insert a more complex chord type, select it from the drop-down menu underneath "Minor," then click the radio button corresponding to the desired chord.

• 6

  Select a guitar type from the "Sound" menu at the bottom of the screen. Choose a tempo from the "Tempo" menu. Set the volume levels of the guitar, bass and drums using the drop-down menus next to their names.

• 7

  Click "Play" to listen to the chord progression.