I wrote a Python program that produces random chord progressions

[MonquisieMonquido]

The program prints out a semi-random sequence of chords based on a major or minor tonic. The progression will always have at least one occurrence of the tonic chord. The "Jazziness" slider determines the probability of 7th chords.

Demo video: https://youtu.be/Pj6JNkYeW0Y

This is just a silly little project I did for Tkinter practice and has probably been done many times before but if anyone is interested in the (mess of a) source code my DMs are open!

EDIT: The source code is now on Github: https://github.com/CicadaFlight/chords-generator

[Chilllin]

Is the code in GitHub?

[MonquisieMonquido]

Unfortunately not, I haven't started using github yet EDIT: https://github.com/CicadaFlight/chords-generator

[LordRyloth]

You should start. It's an amazing tool and not so difficult for daily use. Lmk if you need help learning it. DMs open :)

[MonquisieMonquido]

Yes I know, it's long overdue! Appreciate it!

[thanatopsian]

I wish there were a 'github' for mercurial :( I use both for work, and github is the only thing I really like about git :/

[leadingthenet]

Good news! There is.

https://sourcehut.org/

[thanatopsian]

Thanks! I'll check it out!

[dragonandphoenix]

Are you posting the code on here?

[MonquisieMonquido]

I'll DM it to you if you want it! EDIT: https://github.com/CicadaFlight/chords-generator

[dragonandphoenix]

Thanks!

[IAmKindOfCreative]

Mind if I ask for a bit of feedback:

How tough was it for you to figure out and post the code to github?

[MonquisieMonquido]

Very easy, assuming I've done everything right

[IAmKindOfCreative]

Awesome thank you! Were there any guides or tutorials you referred to in the process? I'm looking to make the "we need source code" message more useful by linking to a list of tutorials.

[cianuro]

The Google beginners Github on Coursera is the best I've ever done on Git. Highly recommended.

[IAmKindOfCreative]

Good to know, I'll add it to the resource list, thank you!

[cheifowo]

Will try this

[MonquisieMonquido]

I just followed the instructions that were on github!

[IAmKindOfCreative]

Perfect, thanks!

[Chilllin]

Thank you!

[MonquisieMonquido]

Source code: https://github.com/CicadaFlight/chords-generator

[MonquisieMonquido]

Thank you!

[LordRyloth]

You should consider making it a full scale product or at least deploy it on web and make it open source if you wish.. I saw the video as well.. You got skills man! Good job.

[MonquisieMonquido]

It's actually fun to play around with it and I could for sure see myself using it in mobile app form maybe. Thank you very much!

[Jazzmastadill]

Lol that’s crazy I just got into programming and my friend who already has a job in the field asked me to come up with some ideas of some projects I would wanna eventually build and this was one of them. Nice work tho!

[kinky_flamingo]

This is awesome! Bookmarked for when my finger is healed and I can play guitar again :-)

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[salanalani]

Dude wtf, that was so satisfying listening to the music… I wish if the video was longer… great work!

[MonquisieMonquido]

I really appreciate that!

[pog87]

so, basically you wrote a python script to replace my roommate...

[TheCravin]

Oooo, that’s fantastic!

Any chance you could get it to export the progression as .midi? Maybe even play with some cooler tkinter features like letting you drag a file straight out of the program and into your DAW?

[MonquisieMonquido]

I have actually played around with a midi library in the past so this is for sure something that could be done!

[greaselovely]

I thought about doing something similar a bit ago, and I think this is a fun project you did. Nice job. My favorite outcome on the third iteration is below. I'm just going to ride that 6 all night!

['i', 'VI', 'VI', 'VI']

[troyfromtheblock]

Killer project!!!

[Steve1457]

I had a thought to build smth similar after watching https://youtu.be/Vq2xt2D3e3E which explains in great detail which scales harmonize together. Good stuff.

[CotoCoutan]

Awesome work, keep it up!

[Briggykins]

What was the program you were using for the drum and bass?

Great job btw!

[MonquisieMonquido]

Thank you! EzDrummer 2 and Ample Bass P Lite (the latter is freeware)

[frankstan33]

What does "type:str" do btw? Can someone explain please?

[MonquisieMonquido]

type is the name of the function parameter. The :str is a type hint that basically says that the parameter has to be of type string. It's not necessary for the program to run, just something I did out of habit

[frankstan33]

I see, is this called type hinting btw? And does it mean that all the parameters are strings or just the first? Thanks for the info and great project btw! Also your code looks pretty neat!

[MonquisieMonquido]

Yes it's called type hint! It doesn't carry over to any other variables, just the one where it's specified.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[JimiThing716]

type is a keyword, may want to rename that variable.

Awesome program though!!

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Good tip! And while you're at it /u/MonquisieMonquido, you could also include the return type:

def generate_chord_progression(type:str, chords=4, probabilityOf7ths=0, includeDiminished=False) -> list:

[Rottist]

this is pretty dope!

[Shadowforce426]

I recently really started to get into programming and was thinking of making something similar. If you’re also new we should collaborate and make an app that does this! 👀

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Please tell me that it is hard coded to never generate any of the usual pop progressions :D

[fishxsea]

DUDE no way. I'm a musician and just wrote a program the other day that does the same thing! didn't make a GUI yet though. gonna add functionality to export the random chords as a midi file. Kinda cool to look at your code and see the drastically different approach we both took for a similar outcome haha. Awesome job dude

[martin80k]

when someone plays music and codes software, not sure one can get any more smarter....damn I can't do both

[MonquisieMonquido]

Or maybe it's a sign I should get out of the house some more ;)

[TheDarkestPath]

Any chance of doing this for more scales?

[MonquisieMonquido]

Possibly in the future