Vibe Chording Project Release History

v0.18.0

Reworked the Suggestion Engine to read more of the progression story instead of relying mainly on the last chord, including cadence memory, borrowed-colour analysis, slash-bass cues, exact chord-family reuse, top-line awareness, and a new temporary local-centre / recent-arrival layer.
Expanded suggestion generation and ranking so the engine can surface broader continuation families, reduce wasted repeats and duplicate tonic-family suggestions, prefer clearer root-position returns, and better distinguish return, reopen, tension, and colour moves.
Added a much richer Suggestion Debug view with progression-plus-top-note export, harmonic read, centre read, cadence and palette summaries, overall ranking, copy-to-clipboard support, and a default-hidden debug panel toggled from a compact bug-style icon.
Refreshed Suggestion Engine presentation to use the app's tighter chord-tile language, clearer intent labels like Return to key centre and Shift to new centre, compact layouts, and preserved detail-panel explanations when clicking suggestions.
Expanded automated browser coverage around suggestion ranking, debug visibility and copy behavior, local-centre detection, top-note context, slash-bass influence, resolution handling, and duplicate-suppression edge cases.
Improved progression-builder workflow details outside the suggestion engine too: keyboard bass selection now supports octave 1 and 2 properly, low bass notes survive add/save/load/playback, the keyboard clear action moved into the keyboard header, and progression/demo loads now restore the saved key and mode correctly.
Added another bundled demo progression and continued UI polish around music-demo popovers, toolbar icons, and sequence controls while keeping the package version unchanged until the release is formally cut.

v0.17.0

Added sequence-scoped Undo and Redo toolbar actions so progression edits can be stepped backward and forward without affecting the rest of the app state.
Limited chord-sequence history to a short rolling stack and wired it through text edits, block editing, insert, duplicate, split, delete, reorder, clear, and load flows.
Added automated regression coverage for disabled button states, multi-step undo/redo behavior, clear-sequence recovery, and redo reset after a fresh edit.
Continued polishing progression-toolbar icon handling and button-state feedback around the new history controls.

v0.16.0

Added direct automated coverage for chord parsing, canonicalisation, enharmonic matching, slash chords, invalid-token reporting, and major/minor progression parsing.
Strengthened the safety net around normaliseRoot, parseChordName, getChordNotes, and the chord-equivalence path used by progression parsing.
Cleaned up project documentation links and removed outdated roadmap material so the README and release-history references point to the current project sources.
Refined repository documentation around project structure and maintenance workflow while keeping the app behavior stable.

v0.15.0

Refined the Progression Builder layout so sequence transport and keyboard actions share one cleaner toolbar row.
Added a distinct Clear chord sequence action and icon, with safer disabled states and in-app confirmation flow.
Added richer chord-block hover details showing the full chord name, beat length, sustain state, and voicing summary.
Fixed manual keyboard chord saves so custom note shapes are preserved exactly without auto-adding a lower bass note.
Fixed slash-bass recognition so the dedicated bass lane determines the bass note instead of upper keyboard notes forcing labels like Am/E.
Added contextual help popups across Progression Builder, Keyboard, Chord Sequence, Key Explorer, Chord Explorer, and Suggestion Engine.
Simplified section headers and labels to reduce confusion, including cleaner Key Explorer, Chord Explorer, Suggestion Engine, and Keyboard headings.
Added a visible sequence key label above the chord blocks and continued polishing toolbar sizing, button states, and sequence UX.

v0.14.0

Fixed synth initialisation so failed audio startup no longer leaves playback permanently unavailable for the rest of the session.
Replaced the old placeholder Playwright setup with app-specific browser coverage and strengthened regression checks around key selection, suggestions, and progression playback.
Added explicit inversion and voicing audition controls to Key Explorer, then reused the same shared bar pattern in Chord Explorer and Suggestion Engine.
Added beginner-friendly triad voicing presets, progression voicing badges, octave-aware keyboard tooltips, and keyboard display updates that match the actual played notes.
Improved chord-sequence playback behavior, disabled sequence playback controls when no chords are present, and expanded automated playback tests.
Added a Music Demos menu that auto-lists bundled JSON demo files and renamed the old demo folder/file structure to support multiple demos.
Added a New progression flow with an in-app confirmation UI and follow-up builder polishing around empty states and action placement.
Fixed top-octave keyboard playback so notes above C6 no longer collapse to the same sampled pitch.

v0.13.0

Added `Split` for selected progression chords so longer blocks can be broken into shorter adjacent parts.
Reworked the main sequence and transport controls into compact SVG icon buttons with tooltips and themed styling.
Added an armable metronome with adjustable volume and dedicated click/thump sounds instead of piano notes.
Made playback and metronome timing respect the true beat offset and time signature when starting mid-progression.
Added visible bar numbering across the wrapped progression view, including labels inside long chords where a new bar begins.
Expanded UI regression coverage for split editing, metronome controls, and cumulative bar markers/tooltips.

v0.12.0

Added a bundled demo progression loader.
Added `Play from` so playback can start at the selected chord.
Added drag-and-drop chord reordering in the `Chord Sequence`.
Refined note-level velocity editing with `Basic` and `Advanced` modes.
Updated documentation to match the current product.
Change product name to Vibe Chording.

v0.11.0

Added custom voicing capture from the on-screen keyboard.
Added doubled bass playback for keyboard-captured voicings.
Added compact bass-lane display beneath the main keyboard.
Added per-note dynamics editing for stored voicings.
Added click-to-preview and double-click-to-edit behavior for chord blocks.

v0.10.0

Added sequence save/load using JSON files.
Added custom sequence playback controls including stop behavior.
Added active chord highlighting during playback.
Added keyboard-based `Add`, `Update`, and `Delete` actions for the builder.
Improved progression-builder workflow and playback integration.

v0.9.0

Switched progression editing toward a visual block-based builder.
Added selected chord editing via a compact edit view.
Added chord audition directly from the progression sequence.
Improved sequence playback flow and builder interaction design.
Reduced dependence on text-first editing.

v0.8.0

Introduced beat-based chord durations instead of simple bar labels.
Added tempo and time-signature controls.
Added duration-based chord widths in the sequence.
Added beat divider markers and bar-boundary visual cues.
Moved the builder closer to a compact sequence workflow.

v0.7.0

Replaced the primary progression textarea workflow with visual chord blocks.
Added single-selection behavior for progression items.
Added a dedicated chord editor path for selected sequence items.
Preserved compatibility with existing pasted or loaded text progressions.
Established the structured progression-item model used by later features.

v0.6.0

Fixed major standard Suggestion Engine rendering issues.
Corrected `[object Object]` suggestion-card bugs.
Improved progression parsing for standard theory-based suggestions.
Added regression coverage around progression-based suggestions.
Stabilised the non-AI suggestion path before larger builder work.

v0.5.0

Added progression input and early progression playback support.
Improved chord recognition and keyboard-driven progression entry.
Added friendlier keyboard actions and cleaner progression workflow labels.
Began separating exploration, progression, and suggestion workflows.
Continued moving the app from single-chord use toward progression support.

v0.4.0

Added audio playback for chords and basic harmonic exploration.
Added chord exploration controls and UI refinements.
Expanded the app beyond static theory reference into interactive use.
Improved the writing workflow around hearing chord choices quickly.

v0.3.0

Added the first working suggestion-engine flow.
Added feeling-based chord suggestions.
Added progression parsing foundations for theory-aware suggestions.
Began shaping the app around “what could come next?” rather than only theory display.

v0.2.0

Expanded key and mode support.
Added richer theory views including diatonic chord context and Roman numerals.
Improved the visual theory panel and key-awareness of the app.
Made the tool more useful as a reference and exploration aid.

v0.1.0

Initial foundation for what is now Vibe Chording.
Added interactive key selection.
Added the Circle of Fifths-driven starting workflow.
Established the browser-based music-theory tool concept and core UI shell.