StrumForge: Chord Progressions

Work on chord changes, build your timing and technique, and practice improvisation with StrumForge. See how chords and scales connect across the fretboard, and follow each phrase with synchronized TAB and animated diagrams.

Instantly generate over 1 million unique, theory-based chord progressions across every key. Customize your practice loop, choose your guitar sound and rhythm, and play along at your own pace.

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CHORD PROGRESSIONS
• Choose 2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 chords for focused loops or longer sessions
• Set your key, mode, chord types, tempo, and guitar sound
• Lock chords, change voicings, or build your own progression
• Choose roots and chord types separately with an easy-to-browse picker
• Explore open chords, barre chords, triads, and power chords
• Add sevenths, sixths, ninths, suspended chords, and add9 chords
• Get helpful suggestions for compatible chord options and musical styles
• See chord shapes outlined on the fretboard during playback or preview

EXERCISES & RIFFS
• Explore over 750 riffs and technique drills, from beginner to advanced
• Practice picking, legato, slides, bends, blues, country, jazz, and more
• Follow synchronized TAB and an animated fretboard
• Hear ringing notes, sustained chord tones, bends, and prebends
• Adjust tempo and key, loop with a count-in and metronome, and save favorites
• Search by name or reference, and filter by difficulty, technique, and type
• Use All keys for variety and triad or interval colors to highlight chord tones

RHYTHM & DRUMS
• Play along with 23 sampled drum grooves, including Rock, Jazz Swing, Driving Rock, Half Shuffle, and Pocket Funk
• Explore rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 with the full Pro collection
• Customize drum parts from light to busy and add fills
• Choose guitar strumming patterns independently of the drum groove
• Balance guitar and drum volumes, and save rhythm settings with favorites

TRIADS & ARPEGGIOS
• Explore triad inversions and how shapes connect across the fretboard
• Practice with the Triad Trainer and Arpeggio Trainer
• Practice nine arpeggio types across all five CAGED positions
• Follow animated TAB and adjust tempo, direction, and rhythm

SCALES & FRETBOARD
• Improvise with matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams
• Choose a scale manually with separate root and scale selections
• Explore individual CAGED shapes or the full fretboard
• Show note or interval labels and highlight triads or characteristic intervals
• View suggested chord fingerings and move diagrams along the fretboard
• Use left-handed diagrams in portrait or landscape

MAKE IT YOUR OWN
• Preview a collection of light and dark themes
• Create and save custom color themes with Pro

UNLOCK STRUMFORGE PRO
Unlock unlimited progression generation, longer progressions, musical styles, the full drum collection, trainers, exercises, and advanced scale tools. Pro also includes:
• Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions
• Sync favorites and preferences across devices with an account
• Automatic practice tracking, session stats, and streaks
• Guitar tuner with alternate tunings and reference tones
• Metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions, swing, and saved presets
• Additional 12-string, overdrive, and arpeggiated guitar sounds
• Saved practice preferences

Put music theory into practice and discover ideas for your own songs with StrumForge.

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