Chordio for macOS

Unleash Your Musical Creativity with Chordio

Transform your music creation with Chordio. Compose, learn music theory, and practice scales—all in one app. Perfect for all levels.

A powerful all-in-one app for music composition and theory

Composition

Create stunning chord progressions with AI suggestions and export to your DAW.

Features include:

Ready-to-use sounds for keyboard playing—simply connect and start
Create, edit, and explore custom chords, voicings, and inversions
Save chord progressions into custom playlists
Discover new chords with Chord Types & Voicings panel
Create beautiful chord progressions with AI suggestions
Generate printable PDF chord sheets
Practice with rhythm backing tracks
Easily save and load your song ideas
Export to your DAW for seamless integration
Collaborate by exporting MIDI, PDFs, and sharing songs

Video tutorials

Chordio Composition Workspace showing chord progression interface and music theory tools

Connect a MIDI Keyboard

Connect a compatible MIDI keyboard to your Mac or iPad and play instruments, practice scales, or solo over a chord progression.

Chordio automatically detects and displays chord names on the Grand Staff in real time.

MIDI Keyboard connected to Chordio showing real-time chord recognition on Grand Staff

Split Screen View

Display separate grand staff, chord display, and keyboard views in high resolution with our split-screen feature.

Enjoy resizable detached views in both light and dark modes—ideal for classrooms, projectors, or multi-screen setups.

Video tutorial

Chordio Split Screen View showing resizable detached views in light and dark modes

Interactive Sheet Music New

Explore and master new pieces across genres like classical, jazz, and R&B with our interactive sheet music workspace.

Interactive features include:

Adjust the Tempo: Practice at your own pace
Loop Key Sections: Focus on challenging parts
Practice Hands Separately: Isolate left or right-hand practice
Play in Any Key: Transpose scores to suit your needs
Customize Tracks: Adjust instrument volumes
Jazz Solo: Jam over chord progressions
Print Scores: Save and print PDFs for practice

Learn More

Interactive Sheet Music Workspace showing classical, jazz, and R&B pieces with tempo and key adjustment controls

Integrate with your favorite DAW

You can export your chord progressions as MIDI files and seamlessly Drag & Drop them into Logic Pro, FL Studio, Ableton Live, or any other DAW.

You can also export MIDI chords from your DAW and import them into Chordio for deeper exploration and creativity.

Drag and Drop MIDI files from Chordio into Logic Pro DAW for seamless music production workflow

Chordio Workspaces

Chordio's core features are organized into six distinct Workspace sections: Composition, Scales, Modes, Interactive Sheet Music, Music Theory, and Lessons.

Composition Workspace

Explore new chords and create progressions with our composition workspace. Import MIDI Chord Packs.

Composition Workspace feature showing chord progression interface and MIDI import capabilities Learn more ⟫

Scales Workspace

Explore an extensive collection of over 40 scales. Tap on the root key or scale type to experiment and learn.

Scales Workspace feature showing over 40 musical scales with interactive root key and scale type selection Learn more ⟫

Modes Workspace

Visualize scales, notes, chords, and keys with our interactive Modes Workspace. Rotate the wheel to explore musical modes in depth.

Modes Workspace feature showing interactive wheel for exploring musical modes, scales, notes, and chords Learn more ⟫

Sheet Music Workspace

Discover diverse genres with our interactive sheet music collections featuring classical, jazz, and modern pieces.

Sheet Music Workspace feature showing interactive sheet music collections for classical, jazz, and modern pieces Learn more ⟫

Music Theory Workspace

Gain a comprehensive understanding of music theory with interactive lessons covering scales, chords, and modes.

Music Theory Workspace feature showing interactive lessons covering scales, chords, and modes Learn more ⟫

Lessons Workspace

Learn to play music through visual lessons that can be slowed down or pitch changed for easier comprehension.

Lessons Workspace feature showing visual music lessons with tempo and pitch adjustment controls Learn more ⟫