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**[[mididocs:index|MIDIdocs]]** ======Chords====== [[|Forum Discussion Thread]] - for comments, corrections, or questions about this article When you initialize a track as a CHORD track type, the first parameter layer is a special "chord" layer. Data on this layer is represented as upper or lower case letters with an octave offset. The letters on CHORD layers are not related to note names - For example, an "A" is not necessarily an A chord. When not transposed, the chords in a chord layer are all C chord variants. You can play other chords by transposing the chord track. If you're not up on your music theory, you might want to use [[forceScale|Force-To-Scale]] when transposing chords to ensure that your results are always in key. When not transposed, the 32 chord letters correspond to the following chords: * **A-C:** Major I, Major II, Major III (transposed variants) * **A:** C Major (Root position) (notes: C E G) * **B:** C Major (1st inversion) (notes: E G C) * **C:** C Major (2nd inversion) (notes: G C E) * **D-F:** Root note, 3rd note, 5th note (single notes) * **D:** note: C * **E:** note: E * **F:** note: G * **G,H:** Root+3rd, Root+5th * **G:** notes: C E * **H:** notes: C G * **I-N:** Maj6, Maj7, Maj8, Maj9, Maj10, Maj12 (4-note chords) * **I:** C Maj6 (notes: C E G A) * **J:** C Maj7 (notes: C E G B) * **K:** C Maj8 (notes: C E G C) * **L:** C Maj9 (notes: C E G D) * **M:** C Maj10 (notes: C G C E) * **N:** C Maj12 (notes: C G C G) * **O-P:** Sus4 and Maj+ * **O:** C Sus4 (notes: C F G) * **P:** C Maj+ (notes: C E G#) * **a-c:** Minor I, Minor II, Minor III (transposed variants) * **a:** C Minor (Root position) (notes: C D# G) * **b:** C Minor (1st inversion) (notes: D# G C) * **c:** C Minor (2nd inversion) (notes: G C D#) * **d-f:** Root note, 3rd Min. note, 5th note (single notes) * **d:** note: C * **e:** note: D# * **f:** note: G * **g,h:** Root+3rd min, Root+5th * **g:** notes: C D# * **h:** notes: C G * **i-n:** Min6, Min7, Min8, Min9, Min10, Min12 (4-note chords) * **i:** C Min6 (notes: C D# G A) * **j:** C Min7 (notes: C D# G B) * **k:** C Min8 (notes: C D# G C) * **l:** C Min9 (notes: C D# G D) * **m:** C Min10 (notes: C G C E) * **n:** C Min12 (notes: C G C F#) * **o-p:** CoG and Min+ * **o:** CoG (notes: C F G) * **p:** C Min+ (notes: C E G#) ====Resources==== * [[http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_manual_tut3.html|Tutorial on how to use chords, transposition, and loopback to play a chord progression]] - with audio examples. * [[http://midibox.org/forums/topic/19026-chordnote-handling-relative-to-selected-scale/?p=166212|Forum Thread discussing how chord tracks and transposition/force-to-scale works on the SEQ]]
