Build chords from the Set scale

Goal: Generate chord or arpeggio notes that follow your Live Set’s scale into the clip you right-click.

Time: ~20 minutes

Steps

1. In Live, turn on your Set scale (root note and scale type) before testing.
2. Load Scale-Aware Chord/Arp from Templates or build a graph with Song context to read scale root and intervals.
3. Use an On MIDI Clip trigger; wire target to the clip where notes should land.
4. Wire Song from a Song context node into music nodes that need scale info.
5. Set template params: mode (chord vs arp), start beat, note length, velocity, arp step if arpeggiating.
6. Chain Run from trigger through note generation into MidiClip: set notes.
7. Build & Run, then right-click an empty or existing MIDI clip in Live and run your command.
8. Change scale in Live and run again — new pitches should follow the updated scale.

Expected result

The piano roll fills with notes whose pitches fit the Set scale. Chord mode stacks notes; arp mode spreads them in time according to your settings.

If something goes wrong

See also

• Tutorial 4: Scale-aware chord / arp
• Read and replace notes in a MIDI clip
• Create a MIDI clip in a slot
• Core Concepts — Song context