maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music -
the harmonically useful ones for you. The user scale available at value 0 is for the adventurous, offering a
With the transposing function disabled, you can test the sound of Scales from the Scales window before you enter new Transposer data. If you want to base your Werk patterns on one particular Scale, be aware that Scales at values 8 and above may not produce normal Major, Minor, Diminished or Augmented triads on all their notes, and instead you may hear some quirky chords. If you are new to music theory, bear with us a minute about this, and you'll find out how maxWerk can make many helpful scale changes for you.
1.Tonics – The values for Tonics and (+)Notes you see in the first two bar graphs determine the degree of transposition within Key and Scale that maxWerk applies to Note Editor values. The pattern of Tonic shifts from bar to bar by itself forms the basis of a scalic or modal chord progression. Consider a Basic Loop note line that includes values 1, 3, and 5. A Tonic transposition of 1 makes those values trigger Scale notes in positions of the same number, so if the default Key is C, as 1's, 3's, and 5's play you hear the root, the third and the fifth pitches, or notes C, E, and G.
If we first hear a note line (along with any notes on other enabled tracks) based on a Tonic of C, and the Tonic pattern then shifts to 5, the note value at position 1 now triggers the fifth note of the current Scale. Value 3 now refers to the third above that, and so on; so that 1, 3, and 5 values now sound the pitches of the triad on 5. As a result, we hear G Major produced by values 1, 3, and 5. If the transposition changes to 7, it moves the pitches to the seventh triad (in the Major Scale the diminished). Each transposition gives us a valid triad on 1, 3, and 5, and values 2, 4, 6, and 7, when and if they appear in the Note Editor, sound the passing tones of the pattern.
When you disable playback of Transposer data, the numeric keypad keys 1 through 7 let you make Tonic changes over all patterns as they play in tracks enabled for transposing. Be sure you disable the
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