Impro-Visor

What is Impro-Visor?

Impro-Visor is a comprehensive music notation program designed to assist jazz musicians in composing and hearing improvised solos. Its primary objective is to enhance the understanding of solo construction and chord changes. The application goes beyond its core functionality, offering a wider array of features, such as the ability to improvise on its own and transcription capabilities.

Highlights

• Automatic generation of rhythm-section accompaniment (e.g., piano, bass, drums) from chord progressions, enabling users to use Impro-Visor as a play-along device
• Diverse accompaniment styles, expanding its application beyond jazz
• Improvisation advice features, including note coloration, a database of licks, and automatic lick generation from grammars
• Grammars that can be learned automatically from transcriptions, allowing users to create and edit custom styles
• Roadmap generation for understanding keys and idiomatic chord progressions
• Chord voicing keyboard
• Support for MIDI and MusicXML export