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Guide Mode
In Guide mode, the notes of the selected scale are mapped to the keyboard in the same way as
in Mapped mode, however notes outside of the selected scale remain active. The mapping only
affects the representation of the scale by means of the Light Guide.
Mapped Mode (Default)
In Mapped mode, the notes of the selected scale are mapped to the keyboard exactly as de-
tailed in the table in section
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7.5.2, Scale Type . Notes outside of the selected scale are not
active. Pressing the corresponding keys will trigger the next available note in the selected
scale. The Light Guide highlights the active keys via lit LEDs. The Root Note is indicated by a
brighter lit LED.
Both sections Root Note and Scale Type describe the use of Scale on the assumption
that Key Mode is set to its default value Mapped.
Easy Mode
In Easy mode, the notes of the selected scale are mapped to the keyboard so that any scale
can be played using the white keys of the keyboard only. The black keys are inactive and press-
ing them will not trigger any other notes.
Selecting the 12-step Chromatic scale in Key Mode Easy maps the keys in the same way
as in the Mapped mode.
The Root Note (see section
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7.5.1, Root Note ) is always mapped to the middle C key (com-
monly called C3). If the selected scale consists of seven notes, it matches the seven white
keys of a single octave on the keyboard. In this case, the
Root Note coincides with the key C
across all octaves of the keyboard. If instead the selected scale consists of more or less than
seven notes, it does not match the seven white keys of a single octave on the keyboard and the
Root Note is shifted throughout adjacent octaves accordingly.
The Light Guide highlights all white keys of the keyboard. The Root Note is indicated by a
brighter lit LED.
For a detailed list of the
Easy mode mappings for each scale, see below.
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Scale Parameters
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