Library of Chords in the Circle of Fifths

When I am producing music a lot I find I do the same thing over and over. One of those things is when I am writing out a harmony I need to either play it live, or write out different chords to test them out in the track.  To save me the time I made a library of chords seperated by there key that I can just drag and drop.

This is also nice because I have a folder for the different keys in there major or minor. So for instance I can navigate to Chords/Major/C Major Key/  there I see all the chords in that key and can drag them in the session.

I also used the Circle of Ffiths Sticker to have all the clips be colored in such a way it is easy to harmonically mix and see what is happening.  If you are unfamiliar with this technique then check out my article on the circle of fifths.

Ableton Live Circle of fifths

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This free (aq) Chords pack includes a live set, a reworked image of the circle of fifths to synced with ableton clip colors, as well as a live set that lays it all out. Enjoy the chords!

Also Here is a video that runs through how I use this and setting it up:

 

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# Subaqueous 2011-08-26 22:55
Glad to bring this pack forward that can save a lot of people a LOT of time! Drawing those chords out can just add up over time...
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# JAE 2013-03-20 02:39
WOW! Prob the most amazing resource for ableton. Thx.
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# Gene 2011-08-27 08:31
Not quire sure how to use this yet, but I am sure when I play with it I will dig it.
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# RT579 2011-08-27 13:38
Thanks alot!This exactly what i was looking for
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# gtry 2011-08-28 09:01
Nice one brother!
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# Carsten 2011-08-29 22:54
Hm, nice idea and working nicly for me...will se if it's usefull in production.... love the idea anyway:)
Keep up the good work
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# Dell 2011-08-30 16:29
precious. big help!
thanks.
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# Allen 2011-08-31 05:14
This is a feature in FL, but I am glad to have it in my ableton session now. Thanks!
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# Subaqueousmusic 2011-08-31 05:31
Glad you are all finding this useful! Love sharing these the tools I create for my own music. Share the link to your friends as well!
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# Isham 2012-02-16 21:35
Great idea ! It is like a book but more interactive-;) you should extend this project with less traditional scale -;)
Thank you !
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# Tobey 2012-11-20 08:25
awesome!
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# rancos 2013-01-05 15:33
Amazing mate, thanks so much!
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# IN The Right 2013-01-25 17:58
I absolutely love this.
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# arashi 2013-02-18 01:37
is there anything like this for logic pro? or anything like this in general?
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# subaqueousmusic 2013-03-06 05:34
They are a bunch of MIDI files in the ableton set. You could just use that for logic or any other DAW.
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# spirit 2013-03-18 04:31
if you only own demo or intro version of ableton no point in downloading this. Does not allow you to use it or alter it or export any midi or anything from it.

so for me live intro user this pack is just for show nothing else not useable.
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# spirit 2013-03-18 08:27
sorry guess you can still use this file in order to import the single chords so you can still build this in intro. Only you are limited in how many scenes.
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