Tutorial No.11.   Combine generated arpeggios, scales and chords into a tune.

Composers from Bach to Brahms make frequent use of scale and arpeggio passages in their works.  Musical Discovery enables you to generate such passages easily, using the Diatonic scale generator screen to create fragments and save them to the composing board.

  1. Open the Diatonic and Chromatic Scale Generator from the main MENU  
    Create ->  Scales and Passages -> Scales and Arpeggios.
  2. Under Key, set the drop-down box to E, and leave the option button at Major, as our key will be E major.
  3. Under Instrument Family set the drop-down box to Brass, then set the instrument to French Horn.
  4. Set Octave to 4, and put a tick in the Up only check box.
  5. Click the blue button Play arpeggio.
  6. Click the orange button Save fragment for use in composing board.
  7. Set octave to 3, and tick the Down only check box.
  8. Click the green button  Play scale.
  9. Click the orange button Save fragment for use in composing board.
  10. Click yellow button Play chord
  11. Click the orange button Save fragment for use in composing board.
  12. Open the Musical Discovery Composing Board from the main MENU :-
    Create ->  Compositions -> Composing Board.  There should be 3 icons at the foot of the screen.
  13. Drag the 3 icons (A, B, and C) to the top row of the composing board, click the orange button Assemble fragments, then click the Play button to hear the result.