Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.




Ludwig is described as 'The music software Ludwig automatically arranges your songs with a few clicks. Accompanying parts fit the melody well. Automatic Chords. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Classic' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are six alternatives to Ludwig for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best Ludwig alternative is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ludwig are Band-in-a-Box, ChordPulse, MMA and Busker.
Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.




Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.


ChordPulse is a handy backing band software for music practice, inspiration, improvisation, and pure fun with music. Play and sing along with ChordPulse. Use it as a full accompaniment, a drum machine with bass, a metronome with chords, and more.

“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives.

Busker is a complete set of tools to create musical arrangements from sheet music (chords + melody staff). It uses Yamaha compatible styles (thousands can be downloaded for free) for auto-accompaniment.



Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music...



