Using the Music Trainer Phrase Editor

The Phrase editor screen lets you identify interesting parts of a song like a cool lick, solo, turn around, ... You can give each phrase a name and save them so that you can use them during your next practice session

The Title Bar

The title bar displays the title of the song you working on. In example screen snap shot shown above, the song title is "03 Sen-Sa-Shun" (any Freddie King fans out there?)

Naming the Phrase

tapping inside the name phrase name field brings up a standard iPhone/iTouch keyboard. Use it to give your phrase a meaningfull name. Press the 'done' button to dismiss the keyboard.

Changing the phrase end points

Slide the start and stop buttons left and right to change the begin and end points. As you slide the buttons you will notice the time displayed in the "Begin:" or the "End:" field will change. Time is displayed as "min:sec". All phrases must be at least one second long, with the beginning time before the end time. You will hear "pong" sound if you try to move the end points past the end of the scales or try to make the end time before the start time.

Testing the Phrase

Use the test button to see if the end points are where you want them. If you are happy with your phrase press the save button. Use the stop button to end the play back.

Tips and Tricks

1. You may find it faster to define the end of the phrase first. Move the start icon around until you find the end of the loop. Then move the end to this point. Now move the start around until you find the true beginning of the phrase.
2. For the best results, do not move the start or end buttons during play back. Moving the buttons will not take effect until you press stop.
3. It can be really hard to get loops to be perfectly square. You may get better results by defining the phrase so it starts a little before and plays a little after the actual section of the song you are interested in. If you are looping the phrase, this will give you a little time to collect your thoughts so you are on beat.
4. See Selecting Songs and Phrase for help about using phrases

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