Using a 6th in Place of a 7th

You can use a 6th in place of the 7th for an added tone in a chord, as shown in the following illustration.

The example contains a 2C major 6 chord with a C major scale on all four chord levels. There is no scale tone between the 5th and 6th of the chord, so two consecutive notes of the chord scale are used as chord tones.

If you create 6th chords in a segment, it affects the playback of patterns as follows: If a pattern contains notes designed to play as the 7th of a chord, the notes play using the 6th of the chord and not the 7th step of the scale. At the same time, all pattern notes designed to play as the 6th step of the scale do so. While the 6th chord is playing, no notes play using the 7th step of the scale. This may result in unexpected repetition of notes playing on the 6th step.

For example, if you create a pattern with a 2 C M7 chord for composition, and design it to play steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the scale, the pattern behaves in different ways when it encounters a 6th or 7th chord. The following table shows the notes that the pattern plays when encountering a 2F major 7 chord and a 2F major 6 chord; both chords use a standard F major scale.

The notes that result when playing a pattern on a chord may also be affected by the Play Mode setting for the pattern. See Play Mode for more information