The menu contains commands that you
can use to make sweeping changes to whole groups of chords across
multiple parts. So for example you can change a chord progression to
an entirely different key or set it entirely in reverse. Some
filters provide helpful randomness. Filters are a lot of fun.
The Filter menu contains three submenus containing identical filters,
except that they affect different sets of parts.
- CloneTOP
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Clone makes multiple copies of the selected chords and optionally
transforms each copy. When you select the Clone filter a sheet
appears with some useful options.
Enter a Total Clones number from 2 to 9999. This will be
the resulting number of clones (including the original
selection).
If you want to transform each clone as they are created check the
Transform Each checkbox. Then choose which parts to
affect and the amount to transpose and / or harmonize each
clone. Transformations are cumulative, so if you make 4 clones
of a C chord, transposing each one by a fifth, the resulting
chords will be C, G, D, A.
- SplayTOP
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Splay makes multiple single-repeat copies of chords having a
repeat greater than 1. For example, if you have a C chord with a
repeat of 16 and a D chord with a repeat of 4, when you Splay
them you'll get 16 C chords with a repeat of 1 and 4 D chords
with a repeat of 1. To reverse this effect, use the Consolidate
filter.
- ConsolidateTOP
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Consolidate combines each contiguous set of identical chords in
the selection into as few individual chords as possible with the
repeats set as high as necessary. For example, if you have 4 C
chords selected, each with a repeat of 2, you'll get a single C
chord with a repeat of 8. This filter will only affect chords
that are completely identical in all four parts. More or less
the opposite of Splay.
- DoubleTOP
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This filter doubles the amount of time occupied by the selected
chords, stretching the picking patterns so that they take up
twice as much time.
- ScrambleTOP
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Use this filter to randomly scramble the selected chords.
- Reverse ChordsTOP
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This filter reverses the selected chords, leaving their picking
patterns unaffected.
- Reverse MelodyTOP
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The Reverse Melody filter reverses the selected chords and their
picking patterns.
- Pattern: ClearTOP
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Clear the picking patterns of the selected chords.
- Pattern: ReverseTOP
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Reverse the picking patterns of the selected chords.
- Pattern: FlipTOP
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Vertically flip the picking patterns of the selected chords.
- Pattern: RandomTOP
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Set the picking sequence of the selected chords to a random
pattern. The resulting patterns will have only one dot per 1/4
beat.
- Tones: ClearTOP
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Clear the tones of the selected chords.
- Tones: InvertTOP
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Invert the tones of the selected chords. For example, a C chord
built on the C Ionian scale (C-E-G) will be changed to D-F-A-B
(the other tones in C Ionian).
- Harmonize UpTOP
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Harmonize the selected chords by a single step forward (according
to each chord's key).
- Harmonize DownTOP
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Harmonize the selected chords by a single step backward
(according to each chord's key).
- Harmonize By →TOP
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Harmonize the selected chords by a specified number of steps
forward (according to each chord's key).
- Transpose To →TOP
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Transpose the selected chords to a specified key. For example if
you select a C chord based in the key of C and a G chord based
in the key of D and transpose them both to G, the resulting
chords will be D and C, both in the key of G.
- Transpose By →TOP
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Transpose the selected chords by a specified number of chromatic
key-steps. For example if you select a C chord based in the key
of C and a G chord based in the key of D and transpose them both
by a perfect fifth, the resulting chords will be G in the key of
G and D in the key of A.
- Lock / UnlockTOP
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Lock or unlock the roots of the selected chords.