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In addition to proper string selection, another advantage of having a played chord recognized
as a unit as opposed to a series of individual notes is that the lowest chord note is automati-
cally played using index nger samples and higher notes using middle nger samples, just
like one would play it in real life.
6.5 Chord Slides
Playing a whole chord legato with an earlier chord would be difcult, so instead we came
up with a single nger technique to make it easier to perform chord slides. In order to play
a chord slide rst play the chord. Then press the sustain pedal and play the target note to
which you want to slide (just as before the velocity of this note determines the slide speed).
The MM-Bass script will determine the interval between the target note and the note in your
chord that is closest to the target note. This interval is then used as the slide interval.
For example: let’s say you play the chord G1-D2-G2. To slide up a whole note you can press
A2 while holding the sustain pedal pressed. The chord note nearest A2 is G2 and the interval
is a whole note up which is then used as the slide interval. As an alternative to A2 it would
also be possible to use A1 (a whole note up from the chord base note) or E2 (a whole note
up from the middle chord note). To slide up one octave you would play G3 (one octave up
from the nearest note, G2).
Note that a chord slide will only be performed when it is possible to slide the interval for all
notes in the chord.
6.6 Percussive Slides
It’s possible to perform percussive slides by playing extra notes on the same string a note is
being slided on at the same time as the slide is being performed.
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