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Chapter 6: Medley Maker 24
Chapter 6: Medley Maker
Would you like to make a medley of various Band-in-a-Box songs (MGU) using Band-in-a-Box? This is easily
done with the new Medley Maker. Inside the Medley Maker, simply select the songs that you want, and Band-
in-a-Box will make the medley for you. A medley is not simply joining songs together. A good medley uses a
“transition” area between songs to introduce the new style, key, and tempo. The Medley Maker automatically
creates a nice transition area for you, writing in chords that would smoothly modulate to the next song, style,
key, and tempo!
To open the Medley Maker, click on the [A+B] button on the toolbar or choose File | Medley Maker.
This launches the Medley Maker dialog.
To make a medley,
- add songs by pressing the [Append] or [Insert] button.
- remove songs using [Delete].
- change the order of the songs using [Move Up], [Move Down].
- for any song, customize using the “Settings for this song” group box, including changing the style, tempo,
key, start bar, # of bars, and # of transition bars. Press [Update] after customizing to see your changes in the
medley list.
- choose the type of information to include with your medley (styles, key signature changes, lyrics, etc.) in the
“Include with Songs” group box
- choose a number of transition bars (the default is 4). Transition bars are automatic bars of chords inserted by
Band-in-a-Box to transition from one song to the other, generating an “outro” and an “intro” between songs.
Press the [Make Medley NOW] button to generate a medley.