Echo-Jam

Echo Jam is a set of tools to aid song writers.

Echo Jam offers four features that help song writers.

• Rhyming & general help with finding words
• Playing single chords
• Playing chord progressions
• Playing metronome beats

To start the Echo Jam skill, speak the words

Alexa Echo Jam

to Alexa. At any time, you can ask for help by saying

help

or ask for help for a specific feature by saying

help metronome

or

help chords

You can then ask for a feature below.

## Rhyming & General Help with Finding Words

Echo Jam allows Alexa to vocally list out words with certain criteria. You may ask for

words that rhyme with <blank>

or

words that are related to <blank>

You can also ask for two criterias in one sentence, such as

give me words that sound like <blank> and mean similar to <blank>

## Playing Single Chords

Echo Jam also gives Alexa musical abilities. It allows a songwriter to ask Alexa for a specific chord.

give me the d chord

or

play an f minor chord

## Playing Chord Progressions

Chord progressions, which are sequences of chords played one after the other, are available too.

play a chord progression in the key of c

## Playing Metronome Beats

Lastly, Echo Jam can play a metronome beat from very slow to very fast.

play a beat at one hundred and seventy five bpm

For instructions on Echo Jam's configuration and how to set up Echo Jam by yourself, see setup.md