Suggester : chords and scales

Mathieu Routhier

About this app

Suggester is a tool to assist in the creation of songs and chord progressions. This app will help you find chords that work together. It is efficient and fun; use it to build musical phrases that will carry emotion through tension and release.

Select chords for their harmonic function. The app makes full use of the roman numeral notation.

Simply touch a chord to hear how it sound like. Press the play button to hear the chord progression sequentially and adjust the playback speed.

You can work either forward or backward:

FORWARD - Pick a scale, then build your song from the chords that the app suggests. That’s the quickest way to assemble chords that are compatible.

BACKWARD - From the catalog, pick a set of chords that you like. The app will tell you what scales it matches with. After you have selected the scale you want to use, the app can tell you what chords will fit in with the ones you entered before. That is extremely useful in jam sessions!

Pick chords and scales from our huge catalog. To go even further, you can create your own custom scales and custom chords.

To spice things up, you can borrow chords from parallel scales.

Explore new territories by using modulation.

Browse the classic chord progressions to find inspiration.

Use Drag and Drop to reorder chords. Hold your finger on an item for a second to start the drag operation. On a tablet, you can also drag chords directly from the suggestions to anywhere in your progression.

Swipe a chord from right to left to delete it.

Tap the note button on the left to change the duration of a chord.

Export your songs as MIDI or text.

Every sound generated with the app is also sent to the MIDI output, configurable in the Options. You can route these notes to another app on your device or an external MIDI port.

You can trigger chords through the MIDI input.

Ratings and reviews

I ditched my iPhone for an Android phone & lost a bunch of production apps. Suggester was at the top of the list. So here I am again. 1st app purchased for Android. Functionally, I use Suggester passively when out and about. Inspiration via the environment. I also use it while in an active production session. Everything I need to establish a solid foundation, lead, harmonies, and even drops. When I'm working with vocals, I'll loop them through my DAW and layout the song in Suggester. Do It!

It's a good first impression, though I would like to see more chord options for the freaks like myself who look for Em7(#9) and G 9/6 (in C maj). ChordBot seems to have the upper hand there. But Suggester evens it right back up for allowing us to create chords, and the theory guidance (modulations, modes, etc) has me VERY excited! I'm just getting into it, but I can tell this is a premium tool and worth the slightly hefty price tag. Great work, I'm sure updates are on the horizon!

Best of the best! This is a must have music app! Whether you use this app for practice or composition, it is incredibly useful and powerful. It's also important to mention that I was having technical difficulties and sent out an email for help. Not only did I get a response, but the problem was solved within the same day! This is unheard of! If you're a musician, download this app and tell a friend. You won't be disappointed!

What's new

improved Android compatibility.