2011 (Windows)

Chapter 4: MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard 27
Allow Sus Chords:
The setting for “Allow Sus chords” determines if chords like Csus or Bbsus7
will be included. The “Allow 7
th
chords” specifies if 7
th
chords like C7 or
Bbm7 would be allowed. Simple Rock songs might not have 7
th
chords or Sus
chords. Allowing chords with no thirds should be set in a hard rock song, or
similar song with “power chords” that might not contain the 3
rd
of the chords.
Delay Lowest Bass Note:
Usually a bass player plays the root of the
chord at or near the time when the chord changes. But in solo piano playing or
some bass styles, the bass doesn't state the root until later on, and this setting
should be set to “delayed” in a solo piano style of this type.
Primary Style:
You can also set the primary style
of the song to Jazz or Pop using the Leadsheet Method combo box.
Using the Chord Options Presets to quickly make settings
For the song “Violet Song.MID,” we know that this is a
Jazz Swing type of song, so we press the Preset Called “Jazz Standard”. By
doing this, we see that the chord options have then been set to Chord
Resolution of 2 beats, no slash chords, walking bass, sus chords, 7
th
chords,
and jazz leadsheet. These settings look OK for our Jazz song, if we wanted to
customize it (for example to allow slash chords, we could do it at this point).
So, to recap, using the Chord Wizard is a 3-step process.
1.
We've
loaded in the Song
“Violet Song.MID”
2.
Pressing the
Preset
button called [Jazz Standard]. We
then looked at the Chord Options settings for the various channels and
they looked OK, so we didn't make any changes. Then we looked at the
Chord Options and they looked OK so didn't make any changes there.
3.
We then press [INTERPRET
CHORDS NOW] – this gets the Chord Wizard to interpret the chords, and
write them onto the Chord Sheet.