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Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 111

second would be transposed up to the key of Gb. Melodists store these settings,

and some Melodists are set to transpose the A2 sections. If you don't want to

allow Melodists to transpose the form in this way, set the A2 transpose to none.

If set to “section plus” it will transpose the A2 section, and might transpose 2

bars early or 2 bars late. The song will only be transposed if the particular

Melodist is set to transpose the section.

The Song Key area determines the key

for the song. If set to Any Key, the

program will randomly pick a key for the

song, weighed more heavily toward the

popular keys like C and F.

The Minor Key % setting determines what % of songs would be generated in

minor keys (vs. major keys). If set to 20, then 20% of the songs would be

generated in minor keys. You can also set the Song Key Pop-up to a specific

key, or set it to use the current key of the previous song.

The next section of the Melodist Screen

allows you to select whether you want to

generate the “Whole Song” or just part of

the song. If you select part of the song, you

can specify which bar and chorus to start at,

and how many bars to generate. An easy

way to set the range of bars is to select the

bars by dragging the mouse over the chord

area prior to launching the Melodist dialog.

Then the “Generate” form will be

automatically set to “Part of Song” and the

range of bars will be set to the selected area.

If you were generating a song from scratch, you'd want to set “Generate Whole

Song.” After you listen to the song, you might want to improve on a certain

section of the song (say bars 5 and 6 of the first A section). To do this, from the

chordsheet window, select bars 5 and 6, and press the Melodist button again.

You'll notice that the “Generate Part of Song” radio button is set, with the range

set to bar 5 and 6. Pressing OK at this point will cause only bars 5 and 6 to be

regenerated, preserving the rest of the song. This allows you to repeatedly

generate/re-generate parts of the melody and/or chords until you get the

Melody/Chord progression that you're looking for!

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