STEP 03 / 03

Turn it into a loop.

HEAR · FOUR BEATS

A bar is a group of four beats; each chord in your sequence gets one bar.

Press Play Loop and count 1, 2, 3, 4 before the next chord.
PianoC4–B4 / One octave
Click to build a chord. Hold A + D + G for C major.

Your loop

Edit chords ↗
4 bars · Ready

Your chords as notes

Piano roll · C4–B4
BAR 01
BAR 02
BAR 03
BAR 04
Stacked blocks play together as a chord. Each block lasts one bar (four beats), like sustained notes in FL Studio, Ableton or Logic.

Change a chord above to hear it the next time that bar plays.

Explain my loopC major · 4 bars
ONE NOTE FAMILY · YOUR OWN DIRECTION

C → Am → F → G

These chords belong to C major: every note comes from C D E F G A B.

  1. Home

    C can feel like home: a settled place to land.

  2. A minor feeling

    Am can add a more emotional, minor feeling; it shares C and E with the home chord.

  3. Away from home

    F can open things up and move the progression away from home.

  4. Tension

    G often builds tension that strongly wants to return to C.

WHEN IT COMES AROUND

G → C: the tension at the end can settle into home when the loop repeats.

THE SAME LOOP, IN ROMAN NUMERALS

I → vi → IV → V

These symbols number a chord’s starting note in C D E F G A B.

I = 1 (C) · vi = 6 (A) · IV = 4 (F) · V = 5 (G)

Uppercase means major; lowercase means minor.

Feelings are personal; rhythm and how you play can change what you hear. Try changing a chord above and listen for the difference.