A Guide to Using JUMP

Actions

Contents > Chordal Motif Editor > Actions

Use these controls to specify an action for each step of the motif. To select an action click with the left mouse button and choose an item from the pop-up menu. The actions available are...

Rest silence (default setting)

Chord a choice of straight chords...

Short a short (staccato) chord

Normal a chord of normal duration

Long a long (legato) chord - several steps are automatically tied together if they use the same voicing

Late a short chord delayed half a step

Arp a choice of arpeggios...

Up an arpeggio rising in pitch

Down an arpeggio falling in pitch

Random an arpeggio with random note ordering

Strum a choice of guitar-style strumming patterns...

Up a strum rising in pitch (a down-stroke on a normal guitar)

Down a strum falling in pitch (an up-stroke on a normal guitar)

Up + Down a strum rising in pitch followed by one falling in pitch (a down-stroke followed by an up-stroke on a normal guitar)

You can also click with the right mouse button to step through the actions (or click with the right mouse button while holding down the CTRL key to step backwards through the actions).

Use the Menu button to affect the whole row at once...

Reset fill with rests

Fill with Long Chords fill with Chord (Long) actions

Fill with Half Speed Chords fill with Chord (Long) Chord (Normal) action pairs

Fill with Normal Chords fill with Chord (Normal) actions

Random Chords fill with a random selection of Chord actions and Rests

Random Arps fill with a random selection of Arp actions and Rests

Random Strumming fill with a random selection of Strum actions and Rests

Randomise fill with random actions

Silent Down-Beat fill with a chord per beat but rest on first beat (number of steps must be 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 or 12)

Boston fill with a chord per beat but rest on first and third beat (number of steps must be 4, 8 or 12)

Reverse reverse the order of the actions

Rotate Left rotate actions 1 step to left (earlier in time)

Rotate Right rotate actions 1 step to right (later in time)

Rather than manually selecting an action for each step, it is often easier to use the Random button a few times to find an interesting sequence.

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Reset	fill with rests
Fill with Long Chords	fill with Chord (Long) actions
Fill with Half Speed Chords	fill with Chord (Long) Chord (Normal) action pairs
Fill with Normal Chords	fill with Chord (Normal) actions
Random Chords	fill with a random selection of Chord actions and Rests
Random Arps	fill with a random selection of Arp actions and Rests
Random Strumming	fill with a random selection of Strum actions and Rests
Randomise	fill with random actions
Silent Down-Beat	fill with a chord per beat but rest on first beat (number of steps must be 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 or 12)
Boston	fill with a chord per beat but rest on first and third beat (number of steps must be 4, 8 or 12)
Reverse	reverse the order of the actions
Rotate Left	rotate actions 1 step to left (earlier in time)
Rotate Right	rotate actions 1 step to right (later in time)