Chord-Melody Tension Formula
Hi, Is it possible that you could share the formula for calculating the Chord-Melody Tension? Best Matte 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleAdding Drums as "Lead X"
It could be really awesome if we could set up a Lead instrument as a kick, snare, crash, etc so we can add that on certain measures without having the full drum rhythm. 1 post - 1 participant Read...
View ArticlePurchase impossible
Hi, I get the following error page when trying to purchase with https://www.hooktheory.com/hookpad/buy : CDbException CDbConnection failed to open the DB connection. Why is that ? Thanks ! 1 post - 1...
View ArticleHow to change key?
In the manual it says go to Key menu… where is it? In book 1 it says, top right you’ll see the key and you can change key there… but where is it? Am I using a different HookPad? 3 posts - 2...
View ArticleQuestion about relationship between notes in melody and the underlying chord
Hello dunno how active this place is but in case some one knows, I’m wondering how necessary it is that the notes in the melody match up with the notes in the underlying chord? I forget which chapter...
View ArticleHarmony rhythm needs options
Go to the Theory Tab of Let Down by Radiohead. When you listen to the piano version, the rythym of the harmony keys is off and cannot be fixed. There needs to be an option where one note is struck and...
View ArticleNeed MIDI recording trouble-shooting tips
Newbie trying to record melody using MIDI controller, running hookpad.app under Chrome on iMac. I saw a Forum item from 5 years ago; I followed the advice from that item, but I still cannot enter...
View ArticleOrder by Complexity
Is it possible to order the songs in the database by each category’s level of complexity? For example, is there a way to see the chord progression novelty from the highest percentile to the lowest? 1...
View ArticleAre there any songs with all of the diatonic chords
“i will survive” has almost every diatonic triad in it, and almost nothing else. it’s probably a little more complicated but i roughly hear it going down a fifth through all seven diatonic chords (in...
View ArticleA simple blues I7 IV7 V7 progression
I am trying to punch in a simple 14 5 blues progression. Firstly I pick a key but can’t get a Dominant 7th out of the chords … I must be missing something. Then, I couldn’t get the number of bars in a...
View ArticleNo response on refund request
I’ve emailed support@hooktheory.com to request refund on Hookpad (not the two books) because the lack of native and full support on triplets which is definitely a long requested basic function for a...
View ArticlePlaying back continuous 16th notes swings them
As an example, see measure 17-24 in this tab. Expected: Only 8th notes are swung, as it usually is. 16th notes all have the same length. What Happens: 8th notes are swung normally, but 16th notes are...
View ArticleReturn of the TheoryTab comments/notes section
As of today (7/18/21), the TheoryTab has undergone a redesign, leading to the edit comments under TheoryTabs being hidden. This suggestion is to return TheoryTab edit comments back to where they were...
View ArticleMost "Harmony" band instruments don't respect specified chord inversions
If I create a song with inversions of the same chord (simple toy example at: “Inversions Get Ignored” by Dapperdork - Made With Hookpad.)… I noticed that it doesn’t respect the specified inversions...
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Explicit word filter censors non-explicit words
songs with titles like this one are accidentally censored in a textbook example of the Scunthorpe problem; recommend improving the feature further and/or having it toggleable in user settings edit:...
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Refresh Hookpad App
Could you please let me know how to refresh my Hookpad App(?) in Mac speak 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
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Tuplets/Triplets
When I use Notion, it is easy to create triplets in common time, but when I try to highlight three notes in Hookpad, the triplet button remains greyed out. Now when this happens to me, I usually...
View ArticleI can't seem to find the song metrics thing in Hookpad
I looked everywhere and I couldn’t find the option to check the song metrics for my projects. Am I missing something or even if I do a hard refresh, something doesn’t seem to be updating correctly. 2...
View ArticleIndividual Chord octaves
Are there plans to include a feature that can move individual chords in the harmony to different octaves that don’t involve using the band to change everything or changing individual notes? 1 post - 1...
View ArticleInstrument Volume Control
This topic came up in December 2020 but I haven’t seen any further responses. However, this is becoming a serious irritant. The mouse controlled sliders are too jittery and setting constant volumes...
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