User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Support for other chord display types
You can enter or display chords in Roman Numeral notation, Nashville notation, or Solfeggio notation. For
example, the chord Gm7 in the key of F would be displayed as IIm7 in Roman Numeral Notation, 2m7 in Nashville
Notation, and Rem7 in Solfeggio. These systems are very useful for learning or analyzing tunes, since they are
independent of the key signature. You can take an existing song, and print it out in Roman numeral notation, so you
can study the chord progression. You can also type a chord in any of these systems, like “4” which will enter the 4
chord in the current key.
You can switch among any of these systems by pressing the Roman Numeral button on the right side of the
screen to toggle among the various settings.
The Roman numeral and other nonstandard displays use superscript for the chord display when in the Notation
window (or when printing out). Therefore, the alternative chord symbol displays are best viewed in the Notation
window.
Tip: Print out a song in Nashville Notation or Roman numeral notation. Then, learn the song this way, i.e. 1
maj7
4maj7
3
m7b5
6
7b9
. You'll soon discover that it is much easier to play the song in any key. Since you know the song goes from
the 1 chord to the 4 chord, so you can easily play it in the key of Bb, for example.
Advanced Chord Entry and Editing Features
“Nudge” Chords feature allows moving a range of chords by a number of bars/beats.
For example, let’s say that you have entered a complete song chord progression, and you then realize that all of the
chords starting at bar 23 are 1 beat too late (maybe due to a time signature change). You can move all of the chords
1 beat earlier, by setting the nudge at bar 23, beat 1, and duration of the nudge to -1 (minus 1) beats.