Write your chord progressions in plain text to instantly play them back and export as MIDI files.
Advanced chords like C#7add13, Am7(b5), and Gsus2 are fully supported.
You can drag and drop generated MIDI files directly into your DAW — ideal for music production.

[Chord Text Recognition / Playback]

• Supports various notations: CM7, C+7, Adim7(11), Adim7add11, etc.

• Supports degree notation: I/III, VIm7, #IV7(b5), etc.

• Supports slash chords and inversions

[Export Chord Text to MIDI]

• Drag and drop directly into your DAW

• Specify note duration (e.g., whole/quarter/eighth notes) and playing styles (e.g., octave up/down for bass notes, backbeat)

[Convert Chord Notation]

• Convert between scale name notation (C/D/E/...) and degree notation (I/II/III/...)

Use Cases

• Convert chords from songbooks or websites into MIDI

• Transform chord progressions found online into MIDI clips

• Quickly write down chord ideas as text and export to MIDI for your DAW

Supported OS

• Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)

• macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later (Intel 64-bit or Apple Silicon)

* 32-bit (x86) systems are not supported

Editions

• TexChord 2 – $9.99

  • Full-featured version

• TexChord 2 Free – Free

  • Playback and conversion of degree notation, and conversion between scale and degree notation are not available

User Manual

The full manual is available online:
Read the TexChord 2 User Manual >>

For macOS Users:

On macOS, Gatekeeper may prevent the application from launching and display a message such as “TexChord 2 can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.”  

If this happens, please follow the steps in the Apple Support article below:  
https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/mac-help/mh40616/mac