Akompi: Accompaniment Pads

Accompany with the chords you know.

Akompi is an instrument for accompanists: tap the chords, and bass, guitar, piano, organ, strings and pad play them with you, each its own part. No backing track to chase: you set the pace with your touch. Stop, slow down, repeat the chorus, and the band follows.

Play it on your own or with your band: keep what they don't cover, turn down what they do. With a pianist in the room, turn the piano down and let the bass, strings and pad fill the sound underneath.

HOW IT STARTED

At the end of September I fell off my bike, and my left hand went into a cast. I've played guitar in my church for over twenty years, and suddenly I couldn't play.

That night I tried every chord app I could find. None of them worked the way an accompanist thinks. So I built one. A month later I played a whole service with it, one hand on my phone.

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THE CHORDS YOU NEED, RIGHT THERE

The chords of the key fill the screen, the special ones one tap away, with no menus. Slide your finger up on a chord and the band gets louder, down and it gets softer. Press +1 and the last chorus goes up a whole tone.

YOUR BAND READS THE SAME SONG

Send one link. Everyone opens it in a browser, on their own phone or tablet, with nothing to install and nothing to pay. They read the whole song as you play, and the chord you're on lights up. Each of them picks how to read it: guitar shapes with a capo, letters or numbers.

Already have musicians? Mute the sound and lead them: they see every chord you touch.

A SONG IN A MINUTE

Paste the words, and the chords go on every line. Or tap them on a small keyboard in the song's key: verse, chorus, the order you play them in. The singer wants it higher tonight? One touch moves the whole song.

READY FOR THE STAGE

The screen stays on. Calls come as a silent banner, so no ringtone goes through the sound system. No internet and no account to play; only sharing with your band needs internet.

TRY IT FIRST

Download it and play right away, with no sign-up. To keep playing, start the free trial: 14 days, with everything. After that, pay by the year or once for good.

The trial is part of the Annual plan and needs a confirmation with your Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account: at purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.

Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://akompi.app/privacy