Stretching the chord
Where it stops being one hand on a guitar neck and starts being two hands on a keyboard. Kinda.
By default, chords are voiced low. Pull the right trigger R2 to stretch the chord open: the top notes move up and the bass note stays the same. Release to bring the next strum back down.
- A shallow pull widens the voicing. The top of the chord moves up and the low notes stay the same.
- A deep pull moves the top string up to two octaves higher, through the chord's own notes. The lowest strings stay the same, so the chord spreads across a wider range.
This is the default Spread mode.
Inversions and Rooted
Stretch, under Chord wheel on the Play tab of the Chords panel, sets how the trigger moves the strings.
Spread
The top of the chord moves up and the bottom string stays the same, as described above.
Inversions
Every string moves up through the chord's notes together, the bottom string too, so the chord keeps its shape and moves up through its inversions. A full pull takes the top string two octaves up.
Rooted
The same as Inversions, but the bottom string stays on its note.
Playing with the stretch
- It applies to the next strum. Move the trigger, then play.
- Higher voicings don't ring as long.
- You can change chord while holding the trigger. The new chord is voiced at the same height.
Floor and Ceiling
Both are on the MIDI tab of the Chords panel.
- Floor sets the lowest note of the chords, from C1 to C4. C2 is the default. Move it up to play the whole instrument higher. Nothing sounds below it.
- Ceiling sets the highest note the stretch can reach, from C5 to C8. C8 is the default.