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Instructions

Songwriting, Chord-Exploring Tool for the iPhone

ChordMapMidiQuick-Start Guide

1) ChordMapMidi sends signals to a second app, which listens over “virtual midi.” We highly recommend that you consider ThumbJam as one of your listening apps.

2) Beginning with ThumbJam v 2.2, this line is no longer needed. Go to Step 3. (Open ThumbJam first, choose “Prefs,” then “Midi Control.” In the various options choose “CoreMidi” and “Active in Background.” Then touch “Done.”)

3) Choose a sound for ThumbJam to play. Touch the button labeled “Sounds.” Choose “Change Instrument.” Then find “String Ensemble” (or another sound you would like to play) and select it.

4) On your iPhone, push the “home” button at the bottom of the screen. Look for ChordMapMidi in your list of apps. When ChordMapMidi opens, touch the yellow circle “info location” at the top right. When the setup view appears, look for the name “ThumbJam” in the list of Destinations. Touch it and a checkmark should appear. Choose “Done.”

5) Now you’re ready to start exploring chords. See the diagram below to get a better understanding of what the various screen locations do.

Major Key you are exploring

C

Lowers the key

Switch to the Setup Viewto Choose Midi Channels

and Destinations

LayerPlays the chord notes again,on whatever midi channel is

selected for Layer

C The Chord Name, orsometimes the note name,

is displayed here.

Repeats the lastsound that was played

Plays the lower of the twochord notes

Plays the higher of the twochord notes

Plays the bass noteThis location doesn’t play

any sounds, but if you hold this spot while tapping with

another finger on chord locations, the chords will be

sustained until a new location is played. This makes for smoother, legato playing.

Plays the two chord notesan octave higher

Plays the two chord notesin a higher inversion

Plays the two chord notes

Plays the bass note

Plays the bass noteand the lower of the two

chord notes

Raises the key

B - Bass Note Only

C - Chord Notes Only

8 - Chord Notes UpAn Octave

8 - Bass Note DownAn Octave

S - Split - Play Bass notes in the lower region of each

box, and chord notes in the upper region

The Chord Region - touching a chord location here defines a

new chord (with one bass note and two chord notes).

When 3 (under S at the top) is off, the chord is a power chord - the bass note is the root, and the chord notes are the fifth and the octave. When 3 is on, thirds are added to the chord, and the chord regions have multiple playing

areas from left to right.

3 - See Explanationat bottom of page

More InstructionsOn Page 2...

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ChordMapMidi sends out midi commands to other apps or hardware devices that can play sounds when “listening” to the midi stream. ChordMapMidi can send midi to other apps running in the background on the same device (using virtual midi), or to hardware devices (like keyboards and computers) using the Camera Connection Kit and a USB midi interface, or wirelessly to your Mac computer over a Virtual Private Network.

The Main ChordMapMidi Screen has several kinds of buttons or locations...

! First, there is a Chord Region. The chord region is indicated by the ! dotted line in the picture to the right. Touching a location in the ! chord region tells ChordMapMidi which chord to play next.!! When ChordMapMidi first opens, all the Chord Region locations play ! “power chords.” These power chords have a bass note and two chord ! notes. The first chord note is a fifth above the bass note; the second ! chord note is an octave above the bass note.

! Second, there are a number of locations that repeat notes from the ! most recently selected chord. There are nine “repeat” locations. Some ! of them play only the bass note, some play single notes from the ! chord, and some play multiple notes from the chord. The button R 5 ! plays the “root” (the bass note) and the fifth. The REPEAT button ! plays the most recent sound again.

! Third, there are some locations dedicated to various options...

! “B” stands for Bass Note Only. When “B” is on, the Chord Region ! plays only the bass note associated with each chord. However, the ! repeat locations that play chord notes will still play them. This allows ! you to play a bass note in the Chord Region and then follow it with ! chord notes from one of the repeat locations.

! The “8” beneath the B lowers the bass note by an octave.

! “C” stands for Chord Notes Only. When “C” is on, the Chord Region ! plays only the chord notes associated with each chord. However, the ! bass note repeat locations will still play the bass note, so you can play ! a chord and then add its bass note afterwards.

! The “8” beneath the C raises the chord notes by an octave.

! “S” stands for Split. When “S” is on, the Chord Region locations are ! divided into a bass-playing area (in the lower part of the region) and a ! chord-playing area (in the upper part of the region). This allows you to ! play a bass note followed by chord notes while playing in just one ! chord location on the screen.

! “3” does two things. First, it moves the notes in the power chord ! around to create a three-note chord (for example, major or minor ! chords) which have a “third” in them. Second, the “3” option causes ! multiple inversions of the chord to be spread out across the Chord ! Region from left to right. This allows you to play the same chord in ! more than one way.

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! “i” (in the yellow circle) stands for info. It opens the setup view where ! you can make changes to the midi assignments.

! “L” stands for layer... it doubles the chord notes (but not the bass ! note). The layered notes can be assigned to a different midi channel.

! The “-” and “+” locations change which major key you are exploring.

! The “Hold” location doesn’t play any sounds, but when you hold this ! spot on the screen and tap on other locations, the chords will play in a ! connected or legato style. (This also happens if you play any chord ! location and keep your finger there while tapping around on the ! screen.) Tapping on the screen when nothing is being held down ! produces a more disconnected or staccato sound.

! The bass note and the chord notes sometimes play together and at ! other times have a certain degree of independence. For example, ! when “S” is on, you can play a bass note in the lower section of one of ! the chord locations, and continue to hold the bass note down while ! tapping on various chord-playing locations. You can also hold a chord- ! playing location, and move the bass note around.

! Also note that the Key Name and Chord Name locations will play ! chords. The Key Name location plays the I chord, and when “3” is on, ! it plays the I chord with its fifth in the bass. the Chord Name location ! plays the V chord, but when “3” is on in plays Vsus2 and Vsus4.!The Setup View opens when you touch the info button (the yellow circle at the top right). Here you can choose midi channels for the Chord Notes, the Bass Note, and the Layered Notes. You can also decide which apps are allowed to listen to the midi stream. Apps, or USB interfaces, which are available will show up in the list of Destinations, and you can select them or not as desired.

Play On!

ChordMapMidi

Website:! ! ! http://mugglinworks.com/ChordMapMidiOther Chordmaps Resources! http://mugglinworks.com/ChordmapsOther Resources:! ! http://mugglinworks.com/Contact: ! ! ! info (at) mugglinworks (dot) com

Copyright 2012 Stephen Mugglin

Songwriting, Chord-Exploring Tool for the iPhone