Tutorial No3Add a harmonizing bass line to tutorial 2.

The end result of tutorial 2 is beginning to sound like a full orchestra, except that it is lacking texture at the bass end of the sound spectrum. We need to add a cello part, not as a parallel scale, but as an independently flowing bass line forming the basis of the harmony.  We achieve this by writing the bass part using the staff screen, and writing our contrapuntal bass melody onto the staff with mouse clicks.

  1. We assume you have still got all fragments from tutorial 2 at the foot of the composing board. If not, you need to repeat tutorial 2. Do not close the composing board screen!
  2. Open the staff notation screen from the main MENU    Edit ->  Staff View
  3. Click Start a new tune. Set Key Signature to Bb major, and leave the time signature at its default value of 4/4. Check the box for Show guidelines for each beat.
  4. Click on the treble clef to change it to a bass clef.
  5. Type in this bass line. A single left mouse click delivers a crotchet. Shift and right mouse click on a crotchet doubles the note length to a minim
  6. Save the tune as a fragment by clicking the purple button Save as composing board fragment,  and filling in the name and description as Cello bass line for Bb scale.
  7. Return to the composing board screen by using the MENU Windows -> Musical Discovery Composing Board.
  8. Click the pink button  Refresh fragment icons at foot of screen. All the tutorial No 2 icons should be preset, together with the new Cello bass line.
  9. Drag all the icons onto successive rows in the first column of the composing board, and click the orange button Assemble fragments on the board into a new tune, then click the Play button to hear the blended effect.