Virtual Guitarist

VIRTUAL GUITARIST
“ELECTRIC EDITION”
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Chord recognition
Virtual Guitarist contains an intelligent chord recognition system, which
always plays the correct chord based on the MIDI input from a sequen-
cer or MIDI keyboard in real time. The MIDI input can consist of a com-
plete chord or simple one-finger notes—you don’t need to make any
special settings because Virtual Guitarist will always know what to do.
Playing chords
If you play a complete chord (for example, the notes C, F, and G for a
Csus chord), Virtual Guitarist will automatically recognize it.
• For the best possible chord recognition, all the notes of a chord must be
played. Playing three notes is sufficient for major, minor or sus4 chords, but
for other chord types (maj7, 7, 6, dim, mmaj7, m7, m6, m7-5, sus2 and 7sus4)
you need to play all four notes.
Chord inversions
In most cases, it doesn’t matter what inversion of a chord you play.
However, there are some exceptions where the bass note has to be
the root or tonic note:
• m7. For example, in Am7 the A must be the bass note because Virtual Guitarist
would otherwise interpret the chord as a sixth (C6, in this case)—although the
chord uses the same notes on the keyboard, it sounds totally different on the
guitar.
• dim chords (for example, Adim uses the same notes as Cdim, Eb-dim and
Gb-dim).
• +5 chords (A+5 uses the same notes as C#+5 and F+5).
• m6 chords (Am6 shares the same notes as F#m7-5).