Post by Karl Heinz in Some questions and requests (ongoing)

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Usually in comparable generative programs if you set root note/scale the programs I know only generate songs that are completly follow that scale as MAIN rule for evrything after (melody, chord progression.....). So the resulting song will ALWAYS be in G lydian no matter which other settings you choose.

I have to say I am really not good in music theory (thats why I use these kind of tools :-) ) but it seems that in your tool setting the root note/scale is only ONE component for song generation and you have to exactly know which chords you have to use to get a song in G lydian finally and not in G major.

I really would prefer to work it in the way the other tools do so if I set it to G lydian the resulting songs will be in G lydian, maybe that could be done on the road of further devellopment ? At least as an option to choose.

KodingNights3 years ago (3 edits)

The song is in G Lydian in the sense that all the notes are from the G Lydian scale (which is actually the exact same notes as in a D major scale).

But the program does not emphasize the G Lydian tonality by hitting that #4th.

But if you create a G Lydian song, use a chord progression with a lot of 1's in it and avoid the 5, and maybe even use chord separation and pads I think you will get quite a few good sounding G Lydian compositions. What I usually do is create 10-50 songs, then click through them to find something I like then build upon that.

I feel that part of the reason for using a program like this is to get inspiration, and a big part of that is going 'outside the box' so to speak. So the flexibility regarding mixing of scales, modes, progressions and structure is an intended feature, not a limitation.

That said, I hear you, and it is actually a good idea to have some kind of 'style templates' that the user could select from. I will put it on my todo list as well.

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