Melodist

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The Melodist Juke Box
Press [Juke Songs Now] button to launch the Melodist Jukebox. It will continuously generate
new songs and play them in Jukebox fashion. Using the “From…To” setting, you can set the
range of Melodists to include in the Jukebox, or keep the Jukebox on the same Melodist by
deselecting “Change Melodists.”
Write to track
Usually, the Melodist is written to the Melody track. To write it to the Soloist track, perhaps as a counter-melody, then set this
setting to Soloist.
The Favorites button allows you to pick a Melodist that you've used recently.
If you'd like to create your own Melodists, or permanently change the settings of existing Melodists, press the [Edit…] button
to launch the Melodist Maker.
Automatic Intro – Song Intros
With a single button you can generate a 2, 4, or 8-bar intro for any song. The chords will be different each time, and you can
keep pressing until you get the progression that you want. The intro generated is an appropriate chord progression in the
chosen style of music (Jazz/Pop), with optional pedal bass, and leads correctly to the first chord of the song. Intros can also be
removed.
Press the [Intro] button or select Edit | Intro Bars to generate an intro.
Once you press the [Intro] button, the Intro Dialog is displayed.
Pressing this button will insert or replace an intro in the song, with the given settings.
Chord Types - You can choose between Jazz and Pop styles of chords.
Intro Length (bars) - This sets the duration of the intro to 2, 4, or 8 bars.
Starting chord (after intro) is - This setting assures the generated intro smoothly transitions into the song.
Remove Intro - Pressing this button removes the intro.
Pedal Bass - Inserts a pedal bass figure throughout the intro.
Use Maj7 instead of Maj6 - Choose between using Maj7 or Maj6 chords.
Automatic Song Title Generation
The Song Title generator names every song that the Melodist writes, if the Auto-Titles checkbox is selected. This feature can
be used on its own to suggest titles for your own compositions. It will keep making titles until you get one you like.
Press the [SONG TITLE] button to generate a song title , a new title will appear immediately in the title area of the
screen. Click again for another one. Select Edit | Undo Title to go back one title.
Customizing the song title generator
These word lists stored in a text file calledTITL1.TXT
. This file has several sections, each with two sets of words that will be
put together. You can add new sections, with an adjective section and a noun section. Please see the comments included in the
file TITL1.TXT
for details on adding text to the file.