Impro-Visor
cs.hmc.edu
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos and understand solo construction and chord changes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Intended users
- The official site lists self-study, classroom use, and play-along practice as uses for Impro-Visor.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Deployment
- desktopRead 21 Sep 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Free plan
- YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Security
- The official site says Softpedia tested Impro-Visor and found it clean of adware and spyware components.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Support
- The official site describes developer support as free through the Yahoo! user group.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Automatic accompaniment
- It generates rhythm-section accompaniment from chords, so users can play lead sheets as backing tracks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- File export
- Solos and lead-sheet melodies can be exported as MIDI or MusicXML, with accompaniment optionally included in MIDI exports.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Harmony guidance
- Optional note coloration indicates how notes relate to chords and scales, and a roadmap editor analyzes implied keys and idiomatic progressions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Lick generation
- It can generate licks or choruses using a user-modifiable grammar and can learn grammars from a corpus of solos.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- MIDI import limit
- MIDI files can be imported one track at a time through the interface.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- MIDI support
- YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- MusicXML limit
- MusicXML can be generated from one Impro-Visor chorus at a time; the FAQ says the program cannot import MusicXML directly.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- MusicXML support
- YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Notation entry
- Users can create lead sheets and solos by point-and-click or by entering free-form text notation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Platform requirements
- The official site says Impro-Visor runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux platforms that support Java 1.8 or later.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Polyphony limit
- Impro-Visor is designed around a single monophonic solo line and does not let users specify polyphonic lines such as stacked notes or double stops.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
- Styles
- Users can define accompaniment styles with a Style Editor and create styles from MIDI performances with the Style Extractor.Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
Plans and prices
Impro-Visor Free Free software; GNU General Public License, v2 Read 11 Oct 2026 · cs.hmc.edu
Where Specifiction places it
- Music notation software#24 of 387.8
