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Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 168

live playing on the Thru channel. Sophisticated options control usage of passing

harmonies (diatonic, dominant approach and chromatic), drop octave voicings

(e.g. drop 2), octave doubling, patch selection, and more. An unlimited number

of harmonies can be created and can be saved to disk as harmonies files.

Changes in harmonies can be heard “live” as a song is playing.

This screen allows you to design a harmony.

This harmony can be used in the future for the melody or the thru harmony part.

Each harmony can use up to 3 channels, Harmony Channel A, B, and C.

If your harmony only has one instrument, then you will use Channel A for all

the voices. If your harmony uses Flute and Bass, then you could use Flute on

Channel A, and Bass on Channel B.

Let's make the Harmony called Shearing Quintet. This is illustrated above. The

Shearing Quintet was a famous Jazz quintet with a distinctive sound that

consisted of:

- Piano playing a 4-part harmony with the melody doubled one octave below.

- Vibes doubling the melody.

- Electric Guitar doubling the melody one octave below.

OK, we'll make this harmony by using Piano as Channel A, Vibes as Channel B,

Guitar as Channel C. Let's start with the Piano.

Let's hear our Shearing harmony playing as we develop it. To do this, we need a

song with a melody to be playing before we enter the Harmony Maker. So let's

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