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<\/p>\nTrigger Mode lets you assign chords to trigger pads and play them with a single note. It\u2019s ideal for live performance, songwriting, or building
\nchord progressions quickly.<\/p>\n
You can fill the chord trigger slots manually or generate progressions automatically using the Harmony Engine.<\/p>\n
Using Trigger Mode:<\/strong><\/p>\n You can set up chord triggers in two main ways:<\/p>\n Learn Chord:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u25cf Click the Learn button to start assigning chords manually. <\/p>\n Harmony Engine:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u25cf Choose your Key, Scale, and Genre using the Harmony Engine section. <\/p>\n Trigger Controls:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u25cf Undo \/ Redo: Instantly revert or redo your last action when working with chord triggers or the Harmony Engine. Right-Click Options (per chord trigger):<\/p>\n Right-clicking on any individual chord trigger opens a menu with advanced options:<\/p>\n \u25cf Learn Chord: Assign a new chord to this specific trigger. Trigger Mode lets you assign chords to trigger pads and play them with a single note. It\u2019s ideal for live performance, songwriting, or building chord progressions quickly. You can fill the chord trigger slots manually or generate progressions automatically using the Harmony Engine. Using Trigger Mode: You can set up chord triggers in two main […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[250],"article-tag":[220,228,229,227,178],"class_list":["post-3260","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-fluid-chords-2","article-tag-harmony-engine","article-tag-learn-chord","article-tag-randomize-chord","article-tag-trigger-controls","article-tag-trigger-mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3260\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=3260"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=3260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u25cf Play a chord on your MIDI keyboard or on-screen keyboard\u2014FluidChords2 will capture it and assign it to the next available slot.
\n\u25cf Continue playing chords one by one to fill up the trigger slots.
\n\u25cf Use the Clear button to remove all assigned chords if you want to start fresh.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HARMONY-ENGINE.png\")
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\n\u25cf Click Chord Gen to automatically generate a progression based on your selections.
\n\u25cf This is a quick way to create musical chord sets without playing them manually.<\/p>\n
\n\u25cf Transpose (Global): Shift all chords in the trigger slots up or down to quickly try out different keys.<\/p>\n
\n\u25cf Clear Chord: Remove the chord assigned to this trigger.
\n\u25cf Randomize Chord: Instantly assign a random chord to that trigger.
\n\u25cf Lock Chord: Prevents the Harmony Engine from modifying this specific chord.
\n\u25cf Copy \/ Paste: Copy one chord trigger and paste it to another location.
\n\u25cf Transpose: Shift the selected chord up or down in pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"