Cubase 6 still no chord track.

[Howser]

@Conman

… Just learn the American way …

cough american? Just saying

[Jenks]

@Conman

… Just learn the American way …

Ah! I wondered where the Royal College of Music got it from when I was learning CPE harmonisation. Now I know.

[Conman]

@Jenks

@Conman

… Just learn the American way …

Ah! I wondered where the Royal College of Music got it from when I was learning CPE harmonisation. Now I know.

No slight on the RCM but the American way is a lot easier for the layman to learn and remember. Especially chords although it is also easier to remember 1/4 and 1/16ths than the crotchet / minim type terminology although, of course, a complete musician does need those.
Anything that makes music more accessible. Bit like you don’t have to learn Latin to talk to god any more.
Finding ways to do things rather than moan at someone else for not doing them for you is a lot easier in my book.
And in the Score dialog you can still highlight a chord or all chords and hit “Make Chords” and playback to your reinforcement players with the Score in view.

[chase]

@Conman

Just learn the American way where the chords are numbered (with Roman numerals I - VI - VI etc ).

That’s American? You think the rest us are still using the figured bass, or what?

That method’s been taught in British schools for … well, I don’t know exactly how many decades, but plenty of them.

BTW:

@The Cambridge history of Western music theory by Thomas Street Christensen

… Vogler introduced roman numeral designations. Although earlier theroists had proposed analogous notations and terminologies for identifying chordal scale degrees, Vogler was the first theorist to use roman numerals consistently.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory - Google Books – scroll to page 780

A footnote says this system was used in Vogler’s “Handbuch zur Harmonielehre (1802)”. Vogler, a German, was born in June 1749 (aged 27 on 4 July 1776).

[system]

Most of what I write is midi guitar so a chord track would be most useful.

This patronizing talk about not understanding music isn’t helpful.

[Elektrobolt]

Well, I never used the Chord Track to learn music, but as a tool supporting music making.

It is indeed a great tool, and as I had written previously, it could evolve into so much more.

I’d love to see it implemented and expanded into a composing tool, in the project window as well as in the editors.

[Conman]

@chase

@Conman

Just learn the American way where the chords are numbered (with Roman numerals I - VI - VI etc ).

That’s American? You think the rest us are still using the figured bass, or what?

That method’s been taught in British schools for … well, I don’t know exactly how many decades, but plenty of them.

BTW:

@The Cambridge history of Western music theory by Thomas Street Christensen

… Vogler introduced roman numeral designations. Although earlier theroists had proposed analogous notations and terminologies for identifying chordal scale degrees, Vogler was the first theorist to use roman numerals consistently.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory - Google Books – scroll to page 780

A footnote says this system was used in Vogler’s “Handbuch zur Harmonielehre (1802)”. Vogler, a German, was born in June 1749 (aged 27 on 4 July 1776).

Thanks but it’s surprising how many long time players don’t use these tools in the UK so unless you’ve been to music school you may not have seen or be aware of these simple tools. I call them “American” because it’s Brit musos who mainly discover these things when in America. English music teaching is very good in the music colleges but just a little sad in mainstream schools.
I post a lot because I have to explain things in detail for people who are obviously much cleverer than me.
At least the OP knows these things now you pedantic old boogers.

[cubace]

@crohde

Hello guys,

The chord track is definitely in our feature request list.

Tnx!