Akai MPC TOUCH User Manual page 262

Chromatic Chords in Pad Perform Mode.
Use the Scale & Octave fields to determine the root note and the scale type.
• Root Note (pitch and register): This is the starting point of the scale. The available notes are all
chromatic notes across the range of the pads. The pad that's assigned the root note will be lit
differently (and highlighted in the display) to indicate where the scale starts in each octave.
• Scale Type: This is the scale or mode based on the root note. (This is disabled when Type is set to
Progressions.) The available scales are:
Major
Minor (melodic)
Pentatonic Major
Pentatonic Minor
Blues (minor)
Flamenco
Gypsy
Hungarian Gypsy
Persian
Major Bebop
Whole Tone
Chromatic
Progressions in Pad Perform Mode.
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
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