piano chords
Pianochords 2.1
Pianochords - Garageband companion, shows you all the chords you can think of more>>
It shows you all the chords you can think of. Just press a key on the keyboard to set the root of the chord and click the display to select the derived chord. Its as simple as that, the perfect companion to Garageband!
Enhancements:
- Widget plays the chord you selected
- You can use your keyboard to select the root of the chord
- Fixed the 9th chords.
Piano Theory 1.0.2
Piano Theory - Play piano right on your dashboard more>>
Basically, it brings a basic reference for piano theory right to your desktop. Sound interesting?
PS: Special thanks to Jared R. White for allowing me to use his excellent MIDI plugin :) This is great, because it allows you to actually hear the piano.
Piano 2.2
Piano - Brings you the full range of General MIDI sounds supported by Mac OS X on your dashboard. more>> Write your grocery lists and organize your recipes. Shopping lists are composed in seconds by clicking on items or adding from recipes. ShopNCook includes a database of nearly 2000 grocery items that makes it a snap to start writing shopping lists without having to input hundreds of items. By organizing the items according to the aisles of your supermarket, you save considerable time and efforts during shopping. The recipe manager lets you input your own recipes and search the recipes by title, categories, and ingredients. You can scale the quantities for the number of servings, and add the ingredients of a recipe to the shopping list with a click. ShopNCooks unique browser tool lets you localize and import recipes directly from internet. Have fun uncovering hundreds of thousands of recipes scattered in internet archives. Other features includes: nutritional information, e-mail tool to send shopping lists and share recipes with friends, sublists, automatic unit conversion, import/export, direct access to TheRecipeDatabase.com.<<less
GuitarChords 1.6.1
GuitarChords - Just pick a note and type of chord more>>
Then watch as the widget displays how to fret that chord on the guitar.
Scroll up the neck and see alternate ways of playing that same chord. When you get tired of that, flip the widget around and change the tuning on your guitar.
Ever wondered how to play a E-flat augmented chord in Open G tuning? Now you can find out.
Enhancements:
- Upgraded to be a universal binary.
Rainbow piano for kids 12.18
Rinbow piano for kids. Look at the pannel and press the same note. Look at the pannel and press the same note. Look at the pannel and press the same n... more>> <<less
Piano notes music game 09
After a lot of research, I realized that the software I was looking for just didnt exist, so I decided to create it myself. Five months later... Pian... more>> <<less

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard 0.2.6
Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard is a brilliant MIDI events generator and receiver more>>
Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard 0.2.6 is a brilliant MIDI events generator and receiver. It doesn't produce any sound by itself, but can be used to drive a MIDI synthesizer (either hardware or software, internal or external). You can use the computer's keyboard to play MIDI notes, and also the mouse. You can use the Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard to display the played MIDI notes from another instrument or MIDI file player. To do so, connect the other MIDI port to the input port of VMPK.
Major Features:
- VMPK uses a modern GUI framework: Qt4, that gives excellent features and performance. RtMIDI provides MIDI input/output features.
- The alphanumeric keyboard mapping can be configured from inside the program using the GUI interface, and the settings are stored in XML files. Some maps for Spanish, German and French keyboard layouts are provided, translated from the ones provided by VKeybd.
- VMPK can send program changes and controllers to a MIDI synth. The definitions for different standards and devices can be provided as .INS files, the same format used by QTractor and TSE3. It was developed by Cakewalk and used also in Sonar.
- VMPK can help you to change sounds in your MIDI synthesizer, but only if you provide a definition for the synthesizer sounds first. The definitions are text files with the .INS extension, and the same format used by Qtractor (Linux), and Sonar (Windows).
- When you start VMPK the first time, you should open the Preferences dialog and choose a definition file, and then select the instrument name among those provided by the definitions file. There should be one instrument definitions file installed in the VMPK's data directory (typically "/usr/share/vmpk" in Linux, and "C:Program FilesVMPK" in Windows) named "gmgsxg.ins", containing definitions for the General MIDI, Roland GS and Yamaha XG standards. It is a very simple format, and you can use any text editor to look, change, and create a new one. You can find a library of instruments definitions at the cakewalk ftp server.
- Another customization that you may want to tweak is the keyboard mapping. The default layout maps about two and half octaves for the QWERTY alphanumeric keyboard, but there are some more definitions in the data directory, adapted for other international layouts. You can even define your own mapping using a dialog box available in the Edit->Keyboard map menu.
- There are also options to load and save the maps as XML files. The last loaded map will be remembered the next time you start VMPK. In fact, all your preferences, selected MIDI bank and program, and the controller values will be saved on exit, and restored when you restart VMPK the next time.
Requirements:
- Qt 4.4 or newer
- ALSA sequencer in Linux, WinMM in Windows and CoreMIDI in Mac OSX
- ALSA sequencer in Linux, WinMM in Windows and CoreMIDI in Mac OSX
- GCC C++ compiler.
License:GPL
TclPianist 1.3
TclPianist comes as an effective and advanced replacement GUI and MIDI player for PG Musics software called The Pianist. more>>
TclPianist 1.3 comes as an effective and advanced replacement GUI and MIDI player for PG Music's software called "The Pianist". This was an excellent listening and learning tool for playing several hundred classical piano MIDI files.
Requirements:
- Mac OS 8.6 - OS X 10.2 or later
Pandora Widget 1.0.2
Pandora Widget - Widget for the music streaming service more>>
Well, I made a Dashboard widget for Pandora.
Caveats (not my fault):
1) Dashboard in Tiger doesnt pass events through to Flash applets very reliably (its a known issue), so its can be hard to click on things (try clicking in rapid succession). But it plays music fine. Its probably easier to set up your account and music preferences in your web browser first, and then just use the widget for listening to music (think: "It shuffles music for you").
2) Pandora takes a while to load (like 10 seconds).
Enhancements:
- Minor update for Pandora system changes.
Set Grouping by Category 1.0
Set Grouping by Category - Make use of the new grouping tag in iTunes 4.2 more>>
Put songs into categories like situations to listen to, instruments or languages and create smart playlists that make use of these meta-categories.
Example: Set grouping categories of tracks like: sit:dream (Situation for dreaming), instr:piano (Instrument is piano) and create a smart playlist with: match all conditions, grouping contains sit:dream, grouping contains instr:piano for a romantic piano mix.
MIDI Keyboard 1.7
MIDI Keyboard - Use your keyboard as a MIDI device more>>
Perfect for your traveling laptop when you need to get some music entered when you are without an external MIDI device.
Enhancements:
- Additional chord GUI allows for custom chord configurations
- There are now 52 chord types to choose from (everything from a Major chord to a Minor Major 7th add 13 chord)
- Various fixes.
Chord Reference 0.8
Chord Reference - You choose the note and the chord and then you just need to play the guitar. more>> Chord Reference - You choose the note and the chord and then you just need to play the guitar.
This ergonomic widget will display simply the notes composing that chord on your guitar. This fun little application can be limited only by your ear.
This is a port of the original classic shareware for Mac OS in 1994. It hopefully offers an ergonomic interface for chords, one youll find useful and easy-to-use.
Enhancements
- Resolves display bugs that happened with Safari 3 (many thanks to Jacek).
- A few minor display bugs where resolved too (handover mode).
- The download link leads to the new version.
pearLyrics 0.6.5
pearLyrics is a very flexible and effective tool which looks up song lyrics on the web as you play songs in iTunes. more>>
pearLyrics 0.6.5 is a very flexible and effective tool which looks up song lyrics on the web as you play songs in iTunes.
Ever wanted to dive into the world of those incredibly beautiful lyrics of the song currently playing in iTunes? pearLyrics gives you just that.
Sure enough, you can also search for lyrics without playing the song, just enter artist and song title manually. pearLyrics then consults up to ten different servers to do its best and find the lyrics you are looking for. And best of all, you can also tell it to populate the lyrics inside your iTunes Library. Heck, it can even find guitar chords at times. With the standalone app you can also pre-fetch lyrics for whole iTunes playlists so you have them ready when you need them. Sure, it might not find everything, but it does find a lot.
pearLyrics is available as a standalone application for those still preferring Panther as well as a Dashboard widget for Tiger (combined download).
- Version 0.6.5: Updated lyrics site parsers. This is an unofficial update contributed anonymously.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3 for standalone application
- Mac OS X 10.4 for Dashboard widget.
SynchStep 1.1.4
SynchStep - Plays songs from your music library that match your pace more>> SynchStep - Plays songs from your music library that match your pace
SynchStep plays songs from your music library that match your pace. Every step you take lands in-time with a drum hit, a bass pluck, a piano chord.
Unlike other music players, SynchStep connects the music in your head to the music in your body. You dont have a lot of control over what comes on; its liberating.
Use SynchStep when you dont care, when you dont know what you want to listen to, or when you just want something good. Let your feet pick the beat. Let go of some control.
System requirements:
- iPhone or iPod Touch
NOTE: Detailed instructions on how to setup and use synchstep can be found on the authors website.

NINJAM Client (OS X) 1
NINJAM Client attracts users with a versatile and free program which enables people to make real music together through the Internet. more>>
NINJAM Client (OS X) 1 attracts users with a versatile and free program which enables people to make real music together through the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X and Windows.
NINJAM uses compressed audio which allows it to work with any instrument or combination of instruments. You can sing, play a real piano, play a real saxophone, play a real guitar with whatever effects and guitar amplifier you want, anything. If your computer can record it, then you can jam with it (as opposed to MIDI-only systems that automatically preclude any kind of natural audio collaboration.
Requirements:
- OS X 10.3 or later
- G4 (1GHZ or faster recommended)