2 chord scales, Chord scales – EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition Virtual Instrument Plug-In (Download) User Manual

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HOLLYWOOD ORCHESTRA OPUS EDITION

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CHAPTER 4: PLAY

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In the

DIRECTION

, select the order in which notes are played. Playing a standard

triad (with note intervals of 1, 3, and 5), with ‘Up’ selected will playback notes 1,
3, 5, then repeat. Playing the triad with ‘Down’ selected will playback notes 5, 3,
1, then repeat. Playing the triad with ‘UpDown’ selected will playback notes 1, 3,
5, 3, 1, then repeat. Playing the triad with ‘PlayOrder’ selected will playback notes
in the order in which their note on messages were received.
With the

GATE

CONTROL

, determine the length of note played at each sub-division

within an arpeggio. With a value of 0, no sound will come through, and with a setting
of 1, the full length of a note at its current sub-division (and tempo) will playback.
Values in between scale the length from fully open to fully closed.
With the

RETRIGGER

CONTROL

enabled, remaining notes are retriggered when a note

within a chord are released.

4.3.2

Chord Scales

This MIDI Tool uses a single note (which serves as the root of the chord), to trigger
chords based on the Mode, Root and Chord selections.

In the

MODE

, each preset restricts the notes of a scale to the selected mode.

Each mode can be determined with a series of whole-steps (2 semitones) and half-
steps (1 semitone) starting on the root note.
• Ionian: W, W, H, W, W, W, H
• Dorian: W, H, W, W, W, H, W
• Phrygian: H, W, W, W, H, W, W
• Lydian: W, W, W, H, W, W, H
• Mixolydian: W, W, H, W, W, H, W
• Aeolian: W, H, W, W, H, W, W
• Locrian: H, W, W, H, W, W, W
In the

ROOT

, determine the notes included in the selected mode by choosing the

root note of that mode. For example, with a Mode of Dorian selected, and a Root of
D, the scale formed with the series of half and whole steps are all natural (white)
keys: D, E, F, G, A, B, C, and so on.
In the

CHORD

, select the chord type based on the scale degree: 1-3-5 (triad),

1-3-5-7 (seventh chord), 1-3-5-7-9 (ninth chord), and 1-3-4-6 (sus chord). The spe-
cific chord type (for example, Major triad or Minor triad) is determined by the selected
Mode and Root.