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24 alternatives to Sharp11 – Music Theorization and Improvisation Engine
Sharp11 is a music theory tool with a focus on jazz, offering both a web application and an API for developers. It helps musicians and programmers work with music theory concepts and improvisation techniques. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sharp11 – Music Theorization and Improvisation Engine launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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LightNote▲242An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶
2016 · lightnote.co · its alternatives →
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Learn music better with our living sheet music.
2012 · soundslice.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open source, music theory explorer for guitarists. Discover how scales and modes map to the fretboard and how chords work within scales.
2018 · guitardashboard.com · its alternatives →
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muted.io▲128Magical collection of tools to learn music & music theory
2023 · muted.io · its alternatives →
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A place to explore piano chords freely and interactively
2022 · pianochord.io · its alternatives →
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Hacklily is an online LilyPond-based sheet-music editor and publishing tool.
2018 · hacklily.org · its alternatives →
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This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact. Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder. There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff. It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork. https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales
May 2026 · projects.alesh.com · its alternatives →
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Highlights in‑key notes and flags wrong notes as you play
Feb 2026 · 4695194722526.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Harmopark is a browser-based music tool that can be used for different purposes, ranging from visually grasping harmony concepts to playing around with chord progressions.
2019 · harmopark.app · its alternatives →
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Flat is intuitive music notation software for Mac, Windows, web, iOS & Android. Compose, collaborate, play & print sheet music from any device.
2016 · flat.io · its alternatives →
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riffle▲344An infinite, collaborative playground for music creation
Apr 2026 · riffle.studio · its alternatives →
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A simple music theory helper tool
2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →
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I'm building a video conferencing app designed to facilitate better remote piano lessons. My hope is to solve a lot of the challenges piano tutors and new students deal with when taking lessons through Skype/Zoom. It leverages WebRTC's data transmission to send media, MIDI state, and (eventually) send sheet music files and other musical data. I'm surprised with how well the MVP has worked and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions!
2024 · keyboardconnect.com · its alternatives →
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Melodic Mind▲134Intuitive touch-based Mobile DAW with Integrated Music theory. Audio effects & Toolkit. Ear training. Songwriting. Start creating music now.
Nov 2025 · melodic-mind.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…
2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · getinstinct.com · its alternatives →
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A programmable band in your browser
2017 · jackschaedler.github.io · its alternatives →
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ChordIQ▲103Learn notes, chords, sight reading, perfect pitch and more.
2020 · songtive.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · tonedear.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · riffup.com · its alternatives →
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This is a project I've been building in my spare time over the past few months. It's a library that provides methods for working with musical harmony ‒ intervals, notes, chords. For example, it can parse almost any chord symbol (Fmaj7, CminMaj9, etc) and turn it into notes, or it can identify a chord from a given set of notes. I started this project with the idea of using formal grammar to parse chord symbols. I wanted to use it instead of a hand-written parser, which is the common approach among similar libraries. Lua caught my attention because of Lpeg, a Parsing Expression Grammar library…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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python framework for creating music applications. Contribute to synestematic/kord development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pianolyze▲149Hey HN, I'm a pianist who's always been obsessed with understanding how great players think through harmony. What voicings are they using? How do they voice lead through changes? What's actually happening under their hands? Back in 2022, I built Harmonic Analyzer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNgSgvUmiOs) – a Mac app that used ML to transcribe polyphonic piano recordings. It got some traction, but I never quite finished it. Requiring users to download a Mac app felt like unnecessary friction, and I didn’t want to limit distribution to Mac users. I just shipped Pianolyze…
Nov 2025 · pianolyze.com · its alternatives →
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