Tutorial No3. Add 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.
- 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!
- Open the staff notation screen from the main MENU Edit -> Staff
View
- 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.
- Click on the treble clef to change it to a bass clef.
- 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

- 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.
- Return to the composing board screen by using the MENU Windows
-> Musical Discovery Composing Board.
- 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.
- 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.