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How it plays: Hold, Pulse, Arp, Strum

Choose how each part is played, edit the arpeggio grid, and give any chord its own pattern or your own notes.

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  1. Pick a style for the part

    In How it plays, choose Hold (long chords), Pulse (on the beat), Arp (one note at a time) or Strum (down and up strokes). Keys and Guitar each have their own setting, and every part keeps its own: a quiet Arp intro, a strummed chorus.

    1. 1Hold · Pulse · Arp · Strum
    2. 2Which channel you’re setting (Keys or Guitar)
    Pick a style for the part: the matching Notes to Play screen with numbered callouts

  2. Shape the arpeggio

    On Arp, a grid opens: each row is a note of the chord (labelled with the real note), each column a step. Tap steps on or off. Pick a preset (Up, Down, Up & down, Broken, Alberti, Climb) or roll a random one. When Keys play Arp, the bass follows the grid’s bass row.

    1. 1◀ preset ▶
    2. 2Random
    3. 3The grid: bass, then notes 1–5 of the chord
    Shape the arpeggio: the matching Notes to Play screen with numbered callouts

  3. Go chord by chord

    Chord by chord shows exactly which notes every chord plays, colored by their role (root gold, third teal, fifth purple). Give one chord its own pattern, shuffle it with 🎲, or tap the grid to write your own notes. On Bass it writes a bass line.

    1. 1Switch parts
    2. 2Each chord: Part, Hold, Pulse, Strum, Arp or My notes
    3. 3🎲 a new pattern for just this chord
    4. 4Tap the grid to add or remove notes
    5. 5Keys · Guitar · Bass
    Go chord by chord: the matching Notes to Play screen with numbered callouts

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