Now, before we get into performing chords and chord progressions,
we need to know how to set this up on the controller.
I'm using the Ableton Push over here.
So let's see how we can access specific modes
where we can play chords and chord progressions.
Right now am in session view,
if I tap this button here,
we switch to this note view.
So every patch here represents a note from a specific scale [MUSIC].
If I click on the scale button here,
I can access and see which scale am working with right now.
So right now it's set to a C major scale.
I can change it to any other scale that's available over here,
and I can change the route by tapping any of these buttons over here [NOISE].
All right. So I'm going to switch back to C major.
Let's talk about these colored pads versus the white pads.
The colored pad represents the root note.
So if we're in C major,
this represents the note C. This is the C,
[MUSIC], they're all C's.
Now you may notice that when I tap on a particular note [MUSIC],
some other LEDs also light up,
and the controller is just letting us know that
that same note can be played over here or over here.
All right, now let's talk about the layout.
Right now this instrument is laid out in fourths, like a guitar.
So if I go upwards vertically [MUSIC],
these are all faults in the key of C major.
If I go horizontally [MUSIC],
we get individual notes of the scale.
There are different modes here.
There's also the thirds mode.
So now as we go up vertically [MUSIC],
these are individual thirds,
but horizontally it's still the individual notes of the scale [MUSIC].
There is one other mode,
and if you work with a Novation Launchpad Pro,
it works exactly the same way.
On the left we have the root,
and as we go up, we get octaves [MUSIC],
same over here [MUSIC],
and in between we have the notes of the scale [MUSIC].
So this is not a very common mode,
but there are some uses for it.
So for example, if I was to play a particular chord [MUSIC],
so this is a triad [MUSIC].
It sounds a bit muddy in this lower register,
so I can just easily move my finger above to transpose that note an octave above [MUSIC].
Let's say this node, I want to transpose up two octaves above.
I can play it here [MUSIC].
Now we've seen that the sequential mode is helpful for creating chord inversions,
but I'm going to switch back to the fourths mode because it's more common,
it's much easier to work with.
There's one more option over here,
if I tap this button,
I can switch from in-key to chromatic [NOISE].
You'll notice that in chromatic mode we have some unlit pads, whereas in-key,
it's all completely lit, because in-key,
no matter which pad you press on,
it will always be a note from the scale.
But when we switch to a chromatic mode,
we have access to the individual chromatic notes.
So all the unlit pads are the chromatic notes.
So just to give you an example,
if I was to just play the lit keys [MUSIC] ,
this is essentially a C major scale,
but if I would say include the unlit pads,
it would be the chromatic scale [MUSIC].
I'm going to switch back to in-key.
That's a quick look at the settings
on the push for performing chords and chord progressions.
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