Patterns Top Menu

In the Top Menu on the Patterns Panel you can tweak how the pattern is applied to the structure and how Tessitura will play it.

Current Key - Scale and Chords were the pattern works best

This information is relevant to the structure you have loaded. The chords will populate from the information stored in the structure in the current key.

The pattern will work well over the chords in the list (for improvisation and composition)

Skip-Step Patterns (Edit)

Here you can see the Step-Skip Pattern you have loaded and also edit the pattern by clicking on the button.

Rhythmic Pattern (Edit)

Here you can see the rhythmic pattern and also edit by clicking on the button.

Read more about the Rhythm Editor here.

Metronome, Tempo, Triple Meter (Quarter-note vs. Dotted-quarter), Play

Enable the triple meter to change to beat value to dotted-quarter (as in a 6/8 or 9/8, etc.)

i.e. If the triple meter is enabled then a rhythm of 1 eighth-note will play 3 notes per beat

You may also use the triple meter to create rhythms with a triplets

Choose the tempo manual by typing on the box or use the up-down arrows for +-5 the tempo

The Metronome will always play a count-off at the beginning but you may enable it to keep it playing through-out the pattern

The Play button will play the pattern only once with the Auto Key and Auto Modes disabled but will circle thru keys or modes if they are enabled

Play Chord, Add Inversion / Retrograde

Enable the Play Chord button and Tessitura will play the chord-that-best-fits the current structure in the current key before playing the pattern.

You may choose if this chord will include tensions when played in the Preferences Panel

Add the Inversion or Retrograde (or both) of the pattern at the end.

i.e. If the skip-step pattern is a 1up (Ascending scale), adding the Inversion will add a descending scale at the end

Approaches

The loaded approach representation is shown here. Read more about it in the Approaches - Escape Notes section

Enable the Include Approach button to include the approach-notes in the pattern.

By default, the pattern only approaches the first note in each pattern cycle unless you enable the Approach All Notes button which will apply an approach to every single note in the pattern

Rhythmic Displacement

You can apply rhythmic displacement to the starting note in the entire exercise created by the pattern.

Next Mode (Auto Mode) - Next Key (Auto Key)

You can change to the “ Next Key” with the button.

You can change to the “ Next Mode ” with the button.

Note: The next key and next modes are determined by the settings in the Preferences Panel

Learn about the Auto Key and Auto Mode buttons here

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