Chordex
AI Music Companion for Beginner Solo Musicians
Empowering beginner solo musicians with Chordex’s AI-powered practice companion
Project type:
UI/UX design- Building design system
Role:
UI/UX designer
Team:
Sepideh
Duration:
4 weeks
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Problem Discovery
Beginners aren’t supported enough in their learning to stay motivated.
Learning music is supposed to be joyful — but for beginners, it’s often the opposite. They're excited to start, but get lost without a clear path, stuck in confusion, and discouraged by lack of progress. Even with tons of tutorials out there, something's missing — structure, clarity, and a sense of direction.
Through desktop research and an internet search, we identified 4 major problems musicians face while learning music:
HMW support beginners in music so they don’t give up before progress becomes rewarding?
Setting out to solve
Our Solution: Chordex
An AI-powered, hands-free, and portable companion for musicians —
Enabling real-time improvisation, guided practice, remote collaboration, and full integration with your DAWs and MIDI setup.
Homepage: All-in-one music command hub
Built to be your companion in learning and growth, Chordex helps you stay focused, explore freely, and build confidence — one session at a time.
Toggle AI improvisation or voice commands,
Adjust ring sensitivity,
Manage your DAW & MIDI settings,
Detect live instruments and scales, set genres, fine-tune frequencies
Learning Page: Your guided path to musical growth
Chordex offers AI-guided lessons tailored to your level — helping you learn, practice, and grow with confidence.
Choose your level and learning focus (Theory, Jamming, or Guided Practice)
Access bite-sized lessons with visual aids and clear explanations
Get real-time AI feedback while you play
Learn and apply concepts through interactive tools and exercises
Ring Control Panel: Make music with a move
Fine-tune how your Chordex Ring responds to your gestures — from swiping to trigger chords to snapping for instant recording.
Adjust sensitivity,
Customize feedback,
Monitor gestures in real time for a fully hands-free music experience.
The Process
Researching Problem Space
Initial research into the evolving space of AI and wearable technology in music revealed a growing demand for more intuitive, responsive, and accessible tools — especially among solo musicians.
While tools like AIVA and Amadeus Code support composition, and wearables like Genki Wave and MO-Band™ enable gesture-based control, none offer a unified experience.
These findings suggested a clear opportunity to create something beyond utility — a supportive and adaptive learning companion that empowers musicians through practice, performance, and play.
Analysing Market & Competitions
Competitive analysis highlighted a fragmented ecosystem of products, each addressing isolated aspects of the music-making process — learning, performance, collaboration, or control.
Most solutions focus on niche features, often requiring users to jump between tools.
Chordex positions itself differently. By integrating AI improvisation, guided learning, gesture control, and MIDI sync into a single platform, we address the whole journey — from building foundational skills to performing live with confidence.
Defining Persona
Harmonia
College student & beginner guitar player
Pain Points
Lack of Structured Learning
Difficulty with Music Theory
Limited Improvisation Skills
Stage Fright & Performance Anxiety
Overwhelmed by Music Production Tools
Need for Instant Feedback
Goals
Master Basic Music Theory
Improve Playing Skills
Enhance Improvisation Ability
Compose Original Music
Build Performance Confidence
Integrate with Music Production Tools
User Storyboarding
Placing the persona in an ideal context scenario helps identify the minimum required functions of our MVP.
At this stage, our primary goal is to extract a list of design requirements that we have to support in order for these ideal scenarios to happen. These requirements would then lead our idea generation phase.
Approaching a Solution
Empowering musical growth through AI-powered improvisation, hands-free control, and adaptive guidance
Leveraging our research insights and understanding of solo musicians' needs, we recognized that the ideal solution must offer not just tools, but meaningful interaction — connecting users to their creative decisions and musical growth in real time.
This led us to an approach centered on AI-powered improvisation, adaptive feedback, and gesture-based control — helping users stay present, explore freely, and build confidence through small, consistent moments of progress. Chordex turns practice into a responsive, motivating experience where musicians can feel, hear, and shape their own development.
Expressive
Enable musicians to express themselves fluidly through AI-powered improvisation and responsive interaction — turning practice into performance and mistakes into creative exploration.
Intelligent
Support focused learning and growth with adaptive feedback, real-time analysis, and smart guidance that meets users where they are in their musical journey.
Effortless
Reduce friction in practice and performance through hands-free control, intuitive gestures, and a seamless all-in-one setup — making music creation feel effortless, natural, and enjoyable.
