These are all great tools that you can use from your browser, and they are free. Go, enjoy, be creative!

gui​taris​thelp​.com — They say “gui­tarist help”, but really these tools are use­ful for any musi­cian. Chiefly of use are the tools for find­ing scales from lists of notes or chords, and the tool to find chords for given scales.

rhymer​.com & the​saurus​.ref​er​ence​.com — Your best friends in the lyrics depart­ment. I like rhymer par­tic­u­larly for the abil­ity to choose the type of rhyme I’m look­ing for.

get​-tuned​.com — Online tuners for a vari­ety of instru­ments such as the gui­tar, vio­lin, banjo, man­dolin, etc … It also includes arti­cles on dif­fer­ent meth­ods of tuning.

find​sounds​.com — For when you want to add atmos­phere to your record­ings. I used it to find CB chirps to use in a song. You can spec­ify for­mat, sam­ple rate, min­i­mum size, res­o­lu­tion, and num­ber of chan­nels.

Mon­key Machine — I’ve sug­gested this online drum machine before, but I’m bring­ing it up again now. It’s really great for prac­tic­ing. It lets you edit drum pat­terns and tempo. Here’s what I use when offline.

web​metronome​.com — If you just want a straight-up metronome then this is it. I love the sim­plic­ity of this metronome. No clut­ter, intu­itive, easy!

note​flight​.com — Browser based score edi­tor with midi play­back and export.

Tags: Music Software, Online Tools, Playing, Songwriting

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