Topic: EZKeys Suggestion – Chord Wheel

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Replied March 31, 2012 at 13:50 #1957653

Paul Bright
Participant

Correction lol:

IV I V
IIm VIm IIIm

Also noticed your missing the VIIo from being displayed iwthin the collor pattern at the top not widely used its still part of it.. in the case for C

Your wheel placement:

Bb F C G

Viio IV I V

C – I – Tonic/Root – Primary – Major
Dm – IIm – Subtonic – Secondary – Minor
Em – IIIm – Mediant – Secondary – Minor
F – IV – Suddominant – Primary – Minor
G – V – Dominianit – Primary – Major
Am – VIIm – Submediant – Primary – Minor
Bo – VIIo – Leading Tone – Secondary – Diminished
C – VIII – Octive – Primary – Major

Replied March 31, 2012 at 13:55 #1957654

Paul Bright
Participant

Aslo a good book for learning the craft of chord songwriting:

Chord Progressions for Songwriters
By Richard J. Scott

Replied March 31, 2012 at 14:45 #1957659

Scott
Moderator

The Chord Selector in EZKeys is not exactly a Circle of Fifths. It is based on it but has some differences (the missing diminished chord is one). Of course it is very quick and easy to make any chord you want diminished by clicking the ‘dim7’ in the row of buttons on top of the Chord Selector.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied March 31, 2012 at 19:46 #1957674

Tom
Participant

As I usually compare EZK to BiaB, I must admit that entering chords from the wheel is easier than having to type them.

… However, once you need to move to the next chord in the track the wheel covers it so that you have to close it and open again. May I suggest that the wheel is made moveable, either by some handles or by ctrl + drag.

Replied March 31, 2012 at 19:55 #1957675

Scott
Moderator

There isn’t a global Chord Selector. Once the chord sequence has been analyzed, each chord in the sequence has it’s own ‘Chord Selector’. To move from one chord to the next, you need to close one Chord Selector before opening the next one.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied March 31, 2012 at 20:17 #1957677

Tom
Participant

ORIGINAL: Scott

There isn’t a global Chord Selector. Once the chord sequence has been analyzed, each chord in the sequence has it’s own ‘Chord Selector’. To move from one chord to the next, you need to close one Chord Selector before opening the next one.

And that is exactly what bothers me. I don’t see why the same couldn’t be done by dragging the wheel to the next chord. Once the movement takes place the wheel nows a new analysis is due … right?

Replied March 31, 2012 at 20:22 #1957678

Scott
Moderator

And that is exactly what bothers me. I don’t see why the same couldn’t be done by dragging the wheel to the next chord. Once the movement takes place the wheel nows a new analysis is due … right?

The analysis is done the first time the sequence is dragged and dropped into the Song track and not when one Chord Selector is close and another is open.

I’m not sure how many key strokes you’ll save by click + drag a chord wheel rather than click to close, click to open.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied March 31, 2012 at 21:40 #1957680

Tom
Participant

It will work smoother that way. It is not only a question of key clicks, it is also that fact that after closing the wheel you have to look once again and reorientate, now where was I …

But an alternative could be to move the wheel upwards (over the piano or browser) so that it doesn’t cover the track, but instead display the chosen chord in its center. Then it would be possible to click the next chord.

Replied May 21, 2020 at 14:56 #2582438

Fredofrog
Participant

Hi Scott, can you please elaborate on exactly how to change say Am chord in to a Adim7 chord. where is exactly that selector “clicking the ‘dim7’ in the row of buttons on top of the Chord Selector” is? When I click on the Chord wheel, this all I get. Sorry, I just bought the product and just fiddling with it.

Replied May 21, 2020 at 15:50 #2582487

Erik
Participant

Fredofrog wrote:

Hi Scott, can you please elaborate on exactly how to change say Am chord in to a Adim7 chord. where is exactly that selector “clicking the ‘dim7’ in the row of buttons on top of the Chord Selector” is? When I click on the Chord wheel, this all I get. Sorry, I just bought the product and just fiddling with it.

Hi Fredofrog,

This thread is about the EZkeys chord wheel, which works a bit different than the EZbass one.

To give you a short answer: EZbass does not display most symbols. This may change in a future update, but for now this is how it is. Being able to specify chord colorations is definitely useful both for the user and EZbass, so it’s on our radar.

Erik Berglund — Toontrack

Replied May 21, 2020 at 16:54 #2582531

Fredofrog
Participant

Thank you, Erik

Replied May 25, 2020 at 02:04 #2584692

silverquimera
Participant

Yeah, I was searching for a diminished chord in EZBass as well… uggh I think is essential, how come it was not added from the start?
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