2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 69
Press the [Open (Change)…] button, and
select the MIDI file to import.
Choose a preset, and the Chord Wizard
will interpret the chords in that style.
Press the [INTERPRET CHORDS NOW]
button to see the chords written into the
Band-in-a-Box chordsheet.
Chord Wizard results – interpreting from a Standard MIDI File.
The dialog has options to read channels into the Melody and/or Soloist tracks.
Read in Chords from a PG Music or Band-in-a-Box MIDI file.
Many of PG Music's programs have MIDI files with the chords in them. You
can open these files in Band-in-a-Box, and the chords will be imported onto the
chord sheet. To import the chords from a PG Music MIDI file (i.e. a MIDI file
made by Band-in-a-Box, PowerTracks Pro or some other PG Music programs),
choose the menu item File | Import Chords from MIDI File and select “OK to
use PG Music chord names from MIDI file.” The chords will then appear on the
lead sheet starting at bar 1, overwriting any chords that were there previously.
“Jazz Up” the Chords; “Jazz Down” the Chords.
When switching genres (from Pop to Jazz, or Jazz to Pop), it’s often necessary
to change the chords from “Pop/Rock” chords (C) to Jazz type chords (Like
CMaj7). Now you can quickly do this, by new menu options called “Jazz Up,”
“Jazz Down.” Choose the menu item User | “Jazz Up” … or User | “Jazz
Down” … to do this: