Chord Naming for Analysis

Mayank Sanganeria (Independent), Christopher G Leeper (Sharp15 Studios)*

This paper will be presented virtually at the 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PST session

Abstract:

ChordNamer is a web app tool that takes in a MusicXML file, and uses Music21 to generate chord symbols for it. More specifically, it implements logic to utilize the chordify() and chordSymbolFigureFromChord() to provide one chord symbol per measure, like in a jazz or pop lead sheet. In our demonstration, we apply the tool to songs from soundtracks for the games "I Am Setsuna" and "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"