Which keys can it pick?

All twelve roots, major and minor — twenty-four keys in total, each equally likely.

What are the notes under the key?

The seven notes of that key’s scale, written the way that key writes them, so you can start playing straight away.

Why write in a random key?

It stops every song landing in the two or three keys your hands prefer, and a key you rarely use pushes your voicings and your melody somewhere new.

Random key generator — a key to start from

Press the button and get a key — a root and a mode — with the notes of its scale underneath. For when the blank page is the problem and any constraint beats none.

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Stuck on the same three chords? Take what the dice give you and write in it for ten minutes.

Random key generator — a key to start from

Questions

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