The minor scale and the Matrix

Yesterday we made a melody (the part of a song you sing along to) with the C Major Scale and on Monday we played the C Major scale on the Matrix.

Today we are going to create the C minor scale using the Matrix.

The difference between the C Major Scale and the C minor Scale is that the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes of the C minor scale are one step below those notes in the C Major Scale.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Create a NN19 Digital Sampler
4. Click on the Folder in the upper left hand corner of the NN19.
5. In the Patch Browser, click Reason Factory Sound Bank: NN19 Sampler Patches: Guitar: ACGUITAR.smp
6. Now that we have our sound loaded we need a way to play it...ENTER THE MATRIX
7. Go to the Create Menu and select the Matrix, all the way at the bottom of the menu.
8. We want to use the Matrix to play a C minor Scale both up the scale and down the scale.
9. First, change the STEPS on the Matrix from 16 to 32.
   
10. Now, let's turn the volume down on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th, and 32nd step.
11. On the 3rd step, move the note (the rectangle) up 2 notes.
12. On the 5th step, move the note up 3 notes.
13. On the 7th step, move the note up 5 notes.
14. On the 9th step, move the note up 7 notes.
15. On the 11th step, move the note up 8 notes.
16. On the 13th step, move the note up 10 notes.
17. On the 15th step move the note up 12 notes.
18. On the 17th step move the note up 12 notes.
19. On the 19th step, move the note up 10 notes.
20. On the 21st step, move the note up 8 notes.
21. On the 23rd step, move the note up 7 notes.
22. On the 25th step, move the note up 5 notes.
23. On the 27th step, move the note up 3 notes.
24. On the 29th step, move the note up 2 notes.
25. When your done, the Matrix should look like this.
26. Save the project in your folder as C minor Scale.
27. On your blog, answer the following questions.
28. How does the C minor scale sound different from the C Major scale?
29. What's a melody that uses the C minor scale?
30. What's your favorite instrument?
31. What's your favorite song right now?