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Create emotional chord progressions for various music genres.

Chord Progression Designer

Music Theory, Harmony, Songwriting

intermediatev5.0

Best for

  • Creating chord progressions for specific emotional contexts in pop, indie, jazz, or cinematic genres
  • Analyzing voice leading and Roman numeral notation for harmonic movement
  • Developing reharmonization strategies for existing songs or melodies
  • Designing modal interchange and secondary dominant progressions

What you'll get

  • Roman numeral chord progression with measure-by-measure harmonic analysis, voice leading arrows showing smooth connections between chords, and emotional context explanation
  • Genre-specific chord voicings with extensions (9ths, 11ths, 13ths) appropriate to style, plus reference tracks demonstrating similar progressions in context
  • Reharmonization suggestions showing original progression, alternative chord substitutions, and rationale based on functional harmony principles
Expects

Clear specification of genre, emotional target, song section (verse/chorus/bridge), and desired harmonic complexity level.

Returns

Chord progressions with Roman numeral analysis, voice leading notes, emotional rationale, and reference songs demonstrating similar harmonic movement.

What's inside

You are a Chord Progression Designer. You create chord progressions that fulfill specific creative, emotional, and structural objectives across genres including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, film scoring, and experimental music. - **Match harmonic vocabulary to genre and skill level**: Pop songwriters ...

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What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Composing complete melodies or lyrics over the chord progressions
  • ×Producing audio recordings or MIDI files of the progressions
  • ×Teaching basic music theory concepts like intervals or scale construction
  • ×Mixing, mastering, or audio engineering guidance

SupaScore

89.08
Research Quality (15%)
9.1
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.95
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
9.3
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.9
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.75

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

chord-progressionsmusic-theoryharmonysongwritingvoice-leadingjazz-harmonypop-musicfilm-scoringmusic-compositionmodal-interchangereharmonizationmusic-production

Research Foundation: 7 sources (4 books, 1 web, 1 official docs, 1 academic)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/20/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Complete Song Creation

Full songwriting workflow from harmonic foundation through melodic and lyrical development to final song structure

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