This will give you a different Inversion of the chord.Īnd remember, If you like a chord save it as a preset!Ĭheck back next week for an insanely huge package of chord presets for download.Got something really special for you guys today - a FREE Ableton Future Bass project file <3 This project is great for learning about songwriting, mixing, Ableton effects, and sound design.įREE DOWNLOAD: cym.fm/future-bass-ableton-sc Now every single note I’ll play will be the Root Note of that Major chord.Ĭheck out the Free Download for a Cheat Sheet showing you how to set up the Chord Effect for all types of basic chords.īonus Tip: While focusing on one of the knobs of the Chord Effect, Hold Shift and hit the up or down arrow keys to jump the value up or down by an octave. If we want to play all the Major Chords we can set up the first knob to 4st (Major 3rd) and the second knob to 7st (Fifth). “Cheating”īut what if we don’t care about Music Theory and just want some chords to play around with? We can use the Chord Effect! You can repeat this for any type of chord on any key. So to play C Major we play the C, E and G notes. – The Fifth is 7 Semi-Tones Above C so we will end up on G – The Major 3rd is 4 Semi-Tones above C so we will end up on E And lets say we want to play the C Major chord: Ok now what? Now using the Interval list and this three chord formulas we can play Major, Minor or Diminished chord on any key.įor example: If we start from the C note. Now lets take a look at a few Chord Formulas:ĭiminished: Root Note, Minor 3rd, Tritone *Remember that “st” stands for Semi-TonesĬheck out this list of examples for the intervals in famous melodies. Here is a List of all the Intervals in one Octave (Which is actually also a name of an Interval): So that means that the interval between G and G# is a Minor 2nd and the distance between F and Gb is a Minor 2nd and the distance between E and F is a Minor 2nd and so on. The distance between the C note and the C# note is 1 Semi-Tone and that interval is called Minor 2nd. Semi-Tones are the way we count the distances between two notes. The knob values are “st” which stands for Semi-Tones. Each knob can add more notes on top of the note you are playing on your MIDI or Computer Keyboard. But if we already mentioned Theory, Lets talk about it for a second. Download the cheat sheet at the bottom of the page to help you build any type of basic chord with ease, Without knowing any Music Theory. The built-in presets are great but don’t cover the full spectrum of basic chords. It lets you play one note and create full chords.

Live’s Chord MIDI effect is a powerful tool.

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