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Working with the Chord Functions
Extracting Chords from MIDI (Make Chords)
Converting Chord Events to MIDI
Now that you have created a chord progression, you can convert your chord events to
MIDI for further editing, or for printing a lead sheet in the Score Editor, for example.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Project menu, and on the “Add Track” submenu, select MIDI or
instrument.
2. Select the chord events that you want to convert to MIDI events, and drag them to
the newly created MIDI or instrument track.
A new MIDI part is created, containing the chords as MIDI events.
Extracting Chords from MIDI (Make Chords)
If you have a MIDI file and want to show its harmonic structure, or if you want to take
this file as the starting point for further experimenting, you can extract chords from
MIDI notes, parts or tracks using the “Make Chords” function.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the MIDI tracks, parts, or notes that you want to analyze.
You can do this in the Key Editor, Score Editor, or In-Place Editor, or select a part,
or one or several MIDI tracks in the Project window.
Make sure the MIDI notes can be interpreted as chords. Drums, monophonic bass,
or lead tracks are not suitable.
2. Open the Project menu, and on the “Chord Track” submenu, select “Make Chords”.
3. If you want your chord events to contain bass notes or tensions, activate the
corresponding options in the “Make Chords” dialog.
4. Enter a value in the “Ignore Notes Shorter Than” value field to determine the
minimum length of the MIDI events that are taken into account.
5. Click Apply.
The Chord track is added to the project, showing the converted MIDI notes as
chord events.
Cubase only: You can now open the Chord Assistant to create variations, see “The
Chord Assistant (Cubase only)” on page 549.