Imitazioni

Imitazioni is a tool for musicians to create interesting and harmonically consistent repetitive structures in their compositions.

Transform any melody into a contrapuntal canon — a musical form where voices enter at different times, each derived from the original melody through transformations like transposition, inversion, retrograde, and time scaling.

Import a tune, configure how each voice transforms the melody, and instantly hear the results. The auto mode uses beam search to find harmonically pleasing voice combinations. Export your creation as MusicXML for use in any notation software.

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Interval Weights

Unison/8ve:

m2:

M2:

m3:

M3:

P4:

Tritone:

P5:

m6:

M6:

m7:

M7:

Scoring Mode

Mode A (Continuous) Mode B (Attack-Aware)

Mode A: Score every note-against-note continuously (default behavior)

Attack Scoring Multipliers

Attack vs Attack:

Attack vs Sustain:

Sustain vs Sustain:

Beat Position Sensitivity

Downbeat (beat 1):

Strong beat:

Weak beat:

Offbeat 8th:

Offbeat 16th:

Non-Chord Tone Classification

Chord tone:

Diatonic passing:

Chromatic passing:

Neighbor tone:

Appoggiatura:

Suspension:

Anticipation:

Voice Leading

Parallel P5:

Parallel P8:

Contrary bonus:

Voice crossing:

Chord Weights

Triads

Major:

Minor:

Dim:

Aug:

Seventh Chords

dom7:

Maj7:

min7:

m7b5:

dim7:

minMaj7:

Extended (Jazz)

dom9:

dom13:

Chromatic (Romantic)

Ger+6:

Fr+6:

It+6:

Neapolitan:

Progression Weights

Cadences

V→I:

IV→I:

V→vi:

Common Progressions

I→IV:

I→V:

IV→V:

ii→V:

vi→IV:

I→vi:

vi→ii:

Additional Classical

iii→vi:

vi→V:

I→ii:

vi→I:

iii→IV:

ii→IV:

Jazz/Chromatic

V→bII:

I→bVII:

I→bVI:

Multi-Chord Progressions

ii→V→I:

I→IV→V→I:

I→vi→IV→V:

I→vi→ii→V:

Custom Progressions

Enter chord progression patterns, one per line (e.g., "I-IV-V-I" or "vi-IV-I-V")

Weight for matches:

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Beam Search Algorithm

About Imitazioni

License

Third-Party Libraries

Report Bugs

Utilities

Configure Canon

Output Options