Tonic – new music creation tool focus on improvisation and composing
Tonic designed to help musicians learn to improvise and compose in a new way.
It’s available as two ways:
- You can purchase a physical version of Tonic, with printed cards and custom dice; or
- You can download the game as a printable PDF.
“I believe so strongly in Tonic that I’ve made the cards available completely for free,” notes Hughes. “You can download them as a PDF and print them out yourself. These are identical to the printed cards that come with the full version, so feel free to try before you buy!”
Tonic is based around cards and dice. The cards give you guidelines and challenges, while the dice let you select pitch starting points at random.
Some cards tell you what pitches to use. Others have time constraints. Some are for specific instruments. A few are visual. Some tell you to use your computer or phone. Some are meditative, and some are chaotic. Some are straightforward, and some are…a little odd.
Tonic comes with a set of three 12-sided dice. Each side featuring one of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale. Hughes notes that the dice can, in addition to their game use, can be used to pick keys for drills, or to come up with unexpected harmonies and melodic lines.
See the Tonic game site for details.
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