Upgrade Manual

Chapter 13: Other New Features 67
Chapter 13: Other New Features
Fly-by Hints:
Band-in-a-Box now has the popular 'yellow text' windows that
pop up when you are passing the mouse over buttons and other controls. These
can be set to display brief or detailed descriptions of the selected controls.
To access the settings for the fly-by hints: Choose options-Preferences 2.
From here you can enable/ disable the hints, and enable comprehensive (long)
tips. You can set the delay time before the hint appears, and the duration of the
tips in milliseconds.
'Jazz Up' the Chords, 'Jazz Down' the Chords.
When switching genres (from
Pop to Jazz, or Jazz to Pop) , its 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:
•
Jazz Up -
This function simply converts triads to 7
th
chords, producing a
leadsheet more suitable for Jazz. If you have a song with triad chords like C
or Dm, you can choose to 'Jazz Up' the chords. When you do this, you get
an option of whether you'd like to see Maj7, Maj6 or Dominant 7
th
for the
major triads.
•
Jazz Down -
This function converts 7
th
chords to triads, for a leadsheet
more suited to Pop music.
Solo Around The Melody option.
There's a new option for the Soloist part to
create a solo around the melody, that is solo at times when the Melody is silent.
To solo around the Melody, do the following: