User Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
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Band-in-a-Box and PowerTracks Pro songs contain special events that write the exact chord names into the MIDI
file. So if the Chord Wizard sees these events, it will use them instead of interpreting the chords, since they are
likely to be completely accurate. If you'd prefer the Chord Wizard to ignore these chord events, you set the “OK to
use PG Music Chord names from MIDI file” to false.
Note: If you set this to TRUE, then the Chord Wizard won't be working – it won't be interpreting chords since it relies instead on the
chord names being present in the MIDI file.
The setting for “Write Chord Summary Notes to Soloist Track” is only used for diagnostic or special purposes. If
set, the Soloist track will contain a special track that has a chord written every 2 beats (or whatever the setting for
chord resolution is) that contains every note found for the chord. This shows you the type of logic that the Chord
Wizard was basing its decisions on. If you encounter a song that gives incorrect results for the chords, you can try
this setting, and then examine the Soloist track to see the actual notes of the chords.
You can optionally include controllers, pitch bend, and patch changes from the MIDI file.
The Reharmonist
Generate Chords for a Melody
Generate chords for a melody, or an improved chord progression for a melody, with the “Reharmonist” feature.
This feature generates a chord progression in the chosen genre, based only on the melody.
The idea of the Reharmonist is to generate a completely new chord progression for a melody, in a genre that you
choose (Jazz, Country, etc.). This ignores any existing chords in the song.
Chords for a Whole Song
This example uses the melody of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, 1st movement, but you could use the
melody of any song you choose.
Press the [Re-Harm] button to open the Select Re-Harmonist dialog and
choose “Whole Song.” You could also use Windows | Auto-Generate
Chord Reharmonization.
Deselect “Show-All” and then select the “Bossa Nova (Latin)” genre.