Setting The Root Note Of A Scale; Setting The Scale Type; Chord Mode - Native Instruments Maschine Jam Manual

6.3.4.1

Setting the Root Note of a Scale

The first SCALE parameter is Root Note. Setting the root note of a scale means deciding what
key the scale will begin with. The following notes of the scale depend on which scale pattern
you select with the SCALE Type
selecting a different Root
The 8x8 click-pad matrix indicates the selected Root Note via white LEDs, while other
active keys are half-lit.
6.3.4.2

Setting the Scale Type

The second SCALE parameter from the left is Type. Use this to set the scale pattern according
to which the notes will be mapped onto the 8x8 click-pad matrix.
For example, using the default
Major, you get the scale C major, which spans over one octave and contains the notes C, D, E,
F, G, A, and B (followed by C again). If instead you select G as your
scale contains the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, and F# (followed by G again). You will notice that
the distance between each note follows the same pattern of "whole step–whole step–half step–
whole step–whole step–whole step–half step," which is the pattern of the Major scale.
If you are triggering an instrument via an incoming MIDI pattern from your host software, the
notes of the MIDI pattern will be mapped onto the closest keys belonging to the selected
SCALE Type. This means that, for example (with
of the notes C-D-D# will be played back as such if
Chrom in the on-screen overlay), but instead as C-D-E if
6.3.4.3

Chord Mode

The first CHORD parameter is Mode. Use it to generate chords from single notes, either from
your MASCHINE JAM or from incoming MIDI notes from your host software.
The 8x8 click-pad matrix indicates the keys of a chord being played via white illuminat-
ed LEDs, while inactive click-pads are not fully illuminated.
CHORD Mode has one inactive (Off) and two active states, which are described in detail below:
parameter. You can transpose any scale pattern up or down by
Note.
Root Note value C combined with the default
Root
Root Note set to C) a MIDI pattern consisting
SCALE Type is set to Chromatic (named
SCALE Type is set to Major.
Recording and Editing Patterns
Creating Melodies and Harmonies
SCALE Type value
Note, the G major
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