Scales often have one or more avoid notes, notes that are highly dissonant and unstable when used in chord structures, often making them undesirable and avoidable.
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Press the Smart Chord icon to enable/disable. When enabled, the Smart Chord setting automatically resolves these dissonant intervals by shifting avoid notes to the nearest chord or scale tone.
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Open the submenu to access the Smart Chord Modes
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Smart Chord Modes
- Chord – Resolves avoid note to the nearest chord tone.
- Scale – Resolves avoid note to the nearest scale tone.