tonica fugata

Composing it for you...

The first software worldwide for compositions, canons, fugues

You know what it's like: Only an hour to go until choir practice and you had intended to compose a four-part harmony for your choir to sing... You have to do composition homework or a tricky analysis? tonica fugata does this work for you in a matter of seconds! tonica fugata composes four-part harmonies, canons, preludes, partita, fugues, Jazz standards. While other programs try to delude users into thinking they are gifted composers with a primitive automatic accompaniment, tonica fugata uses a totally different approach: Based on neural networks, tonica fugata is actually able to compose in the style of the old masters. tonica fugata will solve the same task in different ways. You will be surprised!

Create the fugue you desire with the fugue construction kit. You can set any form scheme. It's ideal for beginners: with the living connection between the notation and the fugue construction kit, you will see the fugue's architecture in clear graphics - like a house with stories and rooms.

How tonica fugata composes

Evaluation and analysis

tonica fugata can help you with your own works

Your analysis assistant

Just imagine, you are faced with a complicated analysis of a piece of musical notation, and you are unsure as to whether a chord is a shortened dominant sept-nonchord or just an extended sub-dominant triad. tonica fugata will take care of all your doubts at the click of a mouse. tonica fugata is also able to analyse exactly complete notations, which contain no function or level indicators, based on a tonal centre. So if you ever wanted to know just what you or others have created, before you proudly present it to an unsuspecting public, or if you ever wanted to sneak a look at the masters, then tonica fugata's analysis function is the ideal tool for you.

Feature List

Fugue composition
Fugue composition with numerous variations.
Any fugue schema - narrow ranges, inversions, augmentations, etc.
Fugue construction kit to create or change fugue schemes.
"Living" connection between fugue construction kit and notation.
Note entry via PC keyboard, Midi keyboard, mouse piano, mouse cursor.
Automatic four-part composition (styles: J. S. Bach, Max Reger, Jazz).
Learning new composition styles using the Style Trainer - create your own style!
Five types of composition variations (prelude function).
Four-voice and three-voice compositions.
Canon composition
Canon composition (three and four voices).
Canon composition: Entering voices as reversion, retrograde, crab canons.
Canon composition: Entering voices at each interval.
Harmonics - composition
Choice of presentation either as functional harmonics (T - D) or interval theory (I-V) or Roman Numeral.
Automatic harmonizing.
Analysis of harmonics, also in sections.
Automatic cadence feature (with over 100 finished cadences by J. S. Bach and Max Reger).
Adding (partial) cadences, modulations; multiple options for the insert function.
Comprehensive analysis information on the current cadence.
All inversions, seventh chords, and ninth chords.
Main and auxiliary functions.
Intermediary dominants.
Composition: Each one of the four voices can be the melody voice. Thus compositions for bass voices (ostinato) are possible!
Composition and variation: The vocal range can be restricted (for certain ensembles).
Dotted harmonization rhythm (important for harmonization in 6/8 time signature).
General
Real modulations (two key levels).
Full integration of Jazz harmonics.
MIDI and CapXML import and export.
MusicXML export.
Direct interface to capella: View your fugue / your composition in capella with one mouse-click.
Real-time entry and step entry of melodies via your MIDI keyboard.
Import and export functions for new composition styles.
Undo and Redo; multiple steps possible.
Unrestricted distances between staves and notation systems.
Zoom function for monitor.
Many options for variation: Variable interaction between voices.
Forbidden consecutives are displayed in the notation - also hidden consecutives on request.
Supports the capella-tune technology: Playback with historic or your own tunings.
PDF manual included.