diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 908c4c1..3c84ccc 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -108,23 +108,23 @@
                 </div>
             </form>
 
+            <button id="next-chord">Get next chord (console)</button>
+
             <div class="control-row aux-functions button-row">
                 <button id="mute-all">Mute all oscillators</button>
                 <button id="reset-lfos">Reset LFO values to default</button>
                 <button id="rand-chord">Full random chord</button>
                 <button id="eval-chord">Evaluated chord</button>
-                <button id="next-chord">Get next chord (console)</button>
             </div>
         </main>
 
         <!-- Tone.js library -->
         <script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/tone@14.7.77/build/Tone.js"></script>
         <!-- internal scripts -->
-        <script type="module" src="./src/pitch_generation/sonorityList.js"></script>
+        <script type="module" src="./app.js"></script>
         <script type="module" src="./src/styleUtils.js"></script>
-        <script type="module" src="./src/inputHandling.js"></script>
         <script type="module" src="./src/harmonyUtil.js"></script>
         <script type="module" src="./src/audioUtil.js"></script>
-        <script type="module" src="./app.js"></script>
+        <script type="module" src="./src/inputHandling.js"></script>
     </body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/inputHandling.js b/src/inputHandling.js
index 97b1100..0eb60e3 100644
--- a/src/inputHandling.js
+++ b/src/inputHandling.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { audioTest } from '../app.js';
 import { fullRandomChord, evaluatedChord } from './audioUtil.js';
-import { sonorities, getNextSonority } from './pitch_generation/sonorityList.js';
+import { getNextSonority } from './pitch_generation/sonorityList.js';
 
 // slider variables referring to DOM
 export const sopranoVol = document.getElementById('soprano-vol');
diff --git a/src/pitch_generation/helper.js b/src/pitch_generation/helper.js
index 0954a3a..0c50648 100644
--- a/src/pitch_generation/helper.js
+++ b/src/pitch_generation/helper.js
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 import { melodicGeneration } from "./melodicGeneration.js";
 
-let result = melodicGeneration(['C3', 'G3', 'A3', 'G5']);
-console.log(result);
+// let result = melodicGeneration(['C3', 'G3', 'A3', 'G5']);
+// console.log(result);
+
+let myArray = [[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]];
+
+let shifted = myArray.shift();
+
+console.log(shifted);
+console.log(myArray);
diff --git a/src/pitch_generation/sonorityList.js b/src/pitch_generation/sonorityList.js
index 84501a3..b74dc69 100644
--- a/src/pitch_generation/sonorityList.js
+++ b/src/pitch_generation/sonorityList.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ export const sonorityList = (result) => {
 }
 
 export const getNextSonority = () => {
-    console.log(sonorities);
-    return sonorities;
+    if (!sonorities.length) return;
+
+    let shifted = sonorities.shift();
+    console.log(shifted);
+
+    return shifted;
 }