Chord Type - Native Instruments Maschine Jam Manual

▪ Off
▪ Harm
▪ Chd Set
If CHORD Mode is set to Harm, the
notes in the selected SCALE Type
root note, the third note, and the fifth note
If CHORD Mode is set to Chd Set, the
tion of predefined major and minor chords depending on the current
Chords can be triggered using the twelve illuminated click-pads in the 8x8 matrix.
6.3.4.4

Chord Type

The second CHORD parameter is Type. Use it to define a chord that will be generated from a
single note used as input.
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.
The available CHORD Type values depend on whether CHORD Mode is set to Harm or Chd Set,
as described in detail below.
Chord Type, Chord Mode Set to Harmonizer
If CHORD Mode is set to Harm, then
present in the selected
scale, you can select the interval of notes that will make up your chord.
The note interval is added onto the key of an incoming MIDI note, either from the click-pad
matrix or from your host software. For example, you can select to play a C minor triad by set-
ting Root Note to C, SCALE Type
If all of this seems complex, try setting a random value and use the click-pad matrix to see
what notes are active, inactive, and played back.
When CHORD Mode is set to Harm, the
CHORD Type
that will constitute the chord: E.g. a triad in the form of the
(CHORD Type
CHORD Type
CHORD Type
SCALE Type. This means that for all scales except the 12-tone Chrom
to Minor, CHORD Mode
CHORD Type
menu allows you to specify the interval of
value 1-3-5).
menu allows you to choose from a selec-
Root Note.
will offer you a selection of individual notes
to Harm, and CHORD Type
setting includes the following values:
Recording and Editing Patterns
Creating Melodies and Harmonies
to 1-3-5.
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