User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Allow Pedal Bass in Middle Choruses
This determines whether Pedal Bass effect will be allowed in middle choruses.
Allow Embellishment of Chords
The Jazz styles include embellishment of chords. This means that if you type a C7 chord, the piano part may play a
C13 or a C7b9. This makes the arrangement sound more authentic, as this is a common practice in Jazz playing. It
also means that you don't have to worry about inputting these types of extensions into your arrangements, since they
will turn up automatically if this feature is enabled.
Tip: If you are hearing b9 and b13 embellishments on a C7 chord that is clashing with the melody, you should rename the
chord C9 or C13, which will ensure natural 9 and 13 embellishments.
Tag Settings
A tag (also referred to as a coda) is a group of bars that are played in the very last chorus of a song. If you select the
“Tag Exists?” check box then the tag will play during the last chorus of the song. After the bar you specify as the
“Tag Jump After Bar #” the song jumps to the “Tag Begin At Bar #” and plays through the “Tag Ends After Bar #”
and then plays a 2 bar ending as usual.
Options for Song Endings
Song endings can be turned off for all songs, or on a song by song basis. For example, you can make a custom
ending to a song to end on the 3rd beat of a bar by playing a shot.
To turn song endings off for all songs, choose Opt. | Preferences and then press the [Arrange] button to option the
Arrangement Options dialog.
Set the “Allow any Endings” checkbox = “Off” (cleared).
To turn the song ending off for a single song, choose Edit | Settings (for This Song) and set the “Generate 2 bar
Ending for this song” checkbox to = “Off” (cleared) in the Song Settings dialog.
You can also have an ending that ends on the last bar of the song. This is set
in the Song Settings dialog – “Start the ending 2 bars early.”
The standard Band-in-a-Box ending is 2 bars appended to the end of the song. The “2 bars early” option gives you
an alternative to end the song on the last bar of the song. Band-in-a-Box will still play an ending on the chord that
you specify, and the ending will occur as a 2 bar phrase beginning 2 bars before the end of the form. This results in
more natural endings for many songs.
Sliding Tracks (Play | Slide Tracks…)
This allows you to move any of the Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar, Strings, Melody, or Soloist track ahead or behind by
a definable amount. For example, slide the Bass track a little ahead of the rest of the band to make the bass player
“drive the band.” To slide tracks, select the Slide Tracks option from the Play menu. The values are measured in
“ticks-per-beat” with 120 ticks being the equivalent of a quarter note. The musically useful range is from -10 to 10.