Most modern songs have an underlying sequence of
chords. Your song starts with the chord A minor,
quickly goes to E minor, mixes in a C major chord,
etc. Normally you play the notes 'by hand', for each
chord individually. The quality of your progression
and as a result the quality of your song is limited by
your ability to play these chords, and your time to
iterate and try different arrangements.

Sometimes finding the right notes can take forever and
often you end up with something that sounds nice but
also not very special.

The twist in MelodyBuilder is to detach the way you
play a chord from the chord itself. In MelodyBuilder
you create so-called patterns, templates that describe
how to play any chord and you can apply these to any
chord. Create a pattern, e.g. for a bassline once, and
apply the very same pattern to you whole chord
progression and it automatically will play the right
notes. It's a bit like a classic arpeggiator but much

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