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represent
definitive pitches unless you disable Block
transposing.
By
default,
they
behave
like the values in the Basic
Loops'
Note Editor
in that they initially
represent
starting
Scale note positions without
any
transposing,
and their played pitches are
determined
by
stored
Transposer
data or by
value-changing
real-time
key
presses.
To
explore
Phrases, press a
numbered
window-access
button.
Before
entering
any notes you will need to unlock the
data-
protecting
block
lock
switch
of the
corresponding
Block.
These
are
marked
with an L, and are located to the right of each Block in
the main Melody Editor and also in the Phrase window. In the lower
part of the Phrase window,
play
pattern
menus
offer
choices for
pitch
order
direction
and
chordal
tone
variation
for the values in
this
two-bar
Phrase. maxWerk applies both
pattern
types to two
copies of your Phrase and stores them
sequentially
in the main
Editor, where they
comprise
a
four-bar
Block.
We will
describe
these full Phrase
treatments
shortly, but for now,
let’s look at
Phrase-making
functions, letting stand the default
symbol --> --> in the first play
pattern
menu
to indicate no
changes
in pitch
order
direction,
and == == in the second
menu
meaning
no
tone
variation.
Add some notes into the first bar of the Phrase, and
you will see them
transfer
automatically
into a small
non-editable
representation
of the main Editor's display of the full Block, located
just below the Phrase display and labeled
block
view. Your
two-bar
note
pattern
appears
identically twice,
reflecting
the state of the
main Melody Editor that lies
beneath
this window.
A set of
edit 2nd
bar
buttons
labeled repeat, reverse
pitch
order,
expand
, and
variation
let you quickly fill the second bar of your
Phrase with a
pattern
related
to the first. With every new Phrase
edit, the full Block
refreshes
its values
according
to the
currently
imposed
patterns
of pitch
order
direction
and
variation,
changing
in
two
corresponding
places to reflect your input.
By selecting
different
play
pattern
menu
items, you can
superimpose
functions similar to
second-bar
edits on the pair of
two-bar
Phrases in the context of their Block. The
menu
choices for
pitch
order
direction
appear
as follows: