Technical information

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
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Now, after loading in the MIDI files, you'd normally have a look at these settings above, to see if they seem
reasonable for your MIDI file. If not, you can change the settings. For example, if you know that the key signature
of the song is not F but is C, then you would set that. Or, if you knew that the Melody channel was on channel 3,
you could override the Chord Wizard settings.
Once you have done that, you should choose one of the Presets, to quickly put the settings to the type of song that
we are trying to interpret.
Preset choices are:
Jazz Standard, Jazz (Modern), Pop (with seventh chords), Pop (with no seventh chords), Rock, Pop Ballad, Solo
Piano, and Solo Piano (Jazz).
Chord Options
Important note: Pressing the Preset buttons sets these Chord Options automatically for you. You can override them in
this dialog.
When you choose one of these presets, it makes a number of settings in the Chord Options section of the dialog.
These include:
Chord Resolution
This is the minimum number of beats for a chord. For example, if you set it to “2 beats” then the Chord Wizard will
never attempt to come up with different chords that are only a beat apart. If you have a song that has a short section
that does include chords every beat, you can redo that section of the song with a “1 beat” resolution. (Default = 2
beats)
Include Slash Chords
If set, the Chord Wizard will include “slash chords” like F7/A or Cm/G.
Bass Part Type
You can set this to “Root,” “Root-3-5,” or “Walking Bass.” If you choose “Root,” the chord Wizard will assume
that any bass note is the root of the chord. Choosing “Root-3-5” will cause the Chord Wizard to assume that the
bass pattern is mainly on the root, 3rd and 5th of the chord. If you choose “Walking bass,” it will assume that the
bass notes can be changing and can include many notes beside the root. Setting the Walking bass line will likely
result in fewer chords overall than setting the “Root only” option.
Allow Suspended (Sus) Chords