The main circle panel
The main circle panel
The main circle panel is where you interact and load your current structure
This panel is all based on the Circle of Fifths and its properties
You change the key (the key is always the top node in the circle) by using the rotating wheel on the outside of the circle , or the easy-turn buttons to turn the circle just one node to the left or right. You can show/hide these buttons on the Top Circle Menu Panel
To browse the different modes, use the rotating wheel inside the circle , or the easy-trun buttons.
Turn on the Lock-source-key button to lock the source to its key and browse all the modes of the structure where the keys are related to the key of the source.
i.e. With the LOCK OFF , you will go from C Ionian to C Mixolydian to C Dorian, etc.
With the LOCK ON , you will go from C Ionian to G Mixolydian to D Dorian , etc. Always keeping the source mode (Ionian) in the key of C
On the four corners of the structure card you will find the
amount of Notes, transpositions and modes
, also if the structure is a source you will see an
, otherwise you will see the number of the mode relative to the source
i.e. here’s G Mixolydian showing a 5 in the Mode, which also tells you the name of the source (Major Scale)
Mark as Favorite
Use this check box to tag your favorite scales so you can easily find them later on. You can filter the collection of structures shown in the Finder Panel to only show favorites
Here I’ve marked Mixolydian as one of my favorites. A start will appear in the structure card to indicate it is one of my favorites
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