{"id":2070,"date":"2022-09-11T04:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T04:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2070"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:37:11","slug":"fluid-chords-bending-modes","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/article\/fluid-chords-bending-modes\/","title":{"rendered":"11. Fluid Chords : Bending Modes Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fluid Chords can work in three types of bending modes<\/p>\n<h3><strong>11.1 Fixed Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this mode the chords stored in the adjacent triggers are automatically assigned to be your pitch bend up or down chords. If you pitch bend up from a chord trigger, the next nearest chord is assigned as the target chord. If you pitch bend down, the previous chord is assigned as the target chord.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The middle lane represents the HOME chord that I am playing, the top lane represents the target chord I will reach when I pitch bend up and the bottom lane represents the target chord for pitch bend down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting Started with Fluid Chords | Pitch Innovations\" width=\"699\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptyusUvFZqw?start=186&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>11.2 Fluid Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mode allows you to manually choose your target chord on the fly so that you can fluidly travel between all the chords in your progression. All you have to do is play a chord trigger &amp; select your target chord whilst still holding the home trigger key<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting Started with Fluid Chords | Pitch Innovations\" width=\"699\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptyusUvFZqw?start=242&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>11.3 Real-time Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this mode, the home chord and the target chord can be performed in real-time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Using Sustain Pedal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Play a chord (Source chord)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Press sustain pedal on\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Depress the chord (all the notes)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Play another chord (Target chord)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Depress the chord (all the notes)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Move the pitch bend wheel up to bend from Source to Target<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now you can specify a new Target and keep on bending, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Depress the sustain pedal to stop<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Without Sustain Pedal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Play a chord (Source chord)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Move the pitch bend up<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Play another chord (Target chord)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Move the pitchbend wheel up\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Depress the chord (all the notes)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Move the pitchbend wheel up\/down to trigger off the Source chord<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting Started with Fluid Chords | Pitch Innovations\" width=\"699\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptyusUvFZqw?start=312&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fluid Chords can work in three types of bending modes 11.1 Fixed Mode In this mode the chords stored in the adjacent triggers are automatically assigned to be your pitch bend up or down chords. If you pitch bend up from a chord trigger, the next nearest chord is assigned as the target chord. 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