Accompaniment generated with the composition libraries
Here is a
practical example of the use of the composition libraries. Its
purpose is to create a 3 beat accompaniment, with the root note
of the chord playing on the first beat and with two chords on
beats 2 and 3. Here is how to do it.
Create your
score in 3/4 with possibly the melody and the chords
(introduced with the chord tool or the chord progression
window).
Add 2 empty
staves for bass and chords.
In the
Windows menu, open the main view, which will appear in
the bottom of the screen.
Select menu
"Edit", "New element...", "New
theme..."
Fill in the
name "Bass", check the box "Do not
arrange" and fill in the box "Limit total
duration to 3 quarter notes". Click OK.
In the
score that appears, fill in a C quarter note, very low
(you may change to the F key), then close this score. An
icon appears in the main view.
Select menu
"Edit", "New element...", "New
theme..."
Fill in the
name "Repeated bass", select "Ordered
theme combination" and check "Repeat result 0
times" (the convention is 0 for endless repetition).
Click OK.
Drag the
"Bass" (blue) element on the "Repeated
bass" (yellow) element. Obviously nothing happened,
but if you double-click the "Repeated bass"
element, you will find the "Bass" theme in it.
Now drag
the "Repeated bass" folder in the first staff
measure of the bass instrument in your score. The bass
score appears, respecting the root note of each chord.
Let us now create the chords on the other staff. It is
the same principle.
Select menu
"Edit", "New element...", "New
theme..."
Fill in the
name "Chords", check the box "Do not
transpose" and fill in the box "Limit total
duration to 3 quarter notes". Click OK.
In the
score that appears, fill in two C chords on beats 2 and 3
(each one quarter note, for instance E, G, C), then close
this score window. An icon appears in the main view.
Select menu
"Edit", "New element...", "New
theme..."
Fill in the
name "Repeated chords", select "Ordered
theme combination" and check "Repeat result 0
times". Click OK.
Drag the
"Chords" (blue) element on the "Repeated
chords" (yellow) element.
Now drag
the "Repeated chords" folder on the first staff
measure of the chord instrument in your score. The score
appears.
You may of
course adapt this example to your needs and create many various
accompaniments.
