# Motions previews should follow Main Track chords

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029>\
**Category:** Scaler 3 Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029 "2025-04-03T10:05:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jimrussell440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jimrussell440](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/jimrussell440)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029/1 "2025-04-03T10:05:46Z")

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When previewing Motions, the key of the preview defaults to C. Could Scaler 3 either…

- Preview from Main Track chords by default
- Offer a switch in Preferences or the Motions dialog to activate this

This would provide a more accurate context for choosing motions.

_Request posted on behalf of someone else_

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**Author:** ![nel5ta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@nel5ta](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/nel5ta)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029/2 "2025-04-04T05:51:46Z")

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Totally agree, c major motions preview is offputting when adding additional tracks, like bass for example, it’s impossible to evaluate whether it fits with the main track

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**Author:** ![davide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/davide/32/824_2.png) [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029/3 "2025-04-04T05:54:08Z")

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Agreed and added to our roadmap. I think it might be hard to lock to the chords for a few reasons but it could always play the ‘I’ of the selected Scale. We will have a think.

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**Author:** ![nel5ta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@nel5ta](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/nel5ta)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029/4 "2025-04-04T22:09:06Z")

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Thanks for the response @davide - keep up the amazing work

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**Author:** ![leowb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@leowb](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/leowb)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/motions-previews-should-follow-main-track-chords/21029/5 "2025-04-05T15:59:59Z")

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If the speed of the preview is synced with the main track, would be very helpful already.