User Guide

Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
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compatible with the substitution, etc.). Or you can enable the “Auto-Substitution“ feature and the substitutions will
be selected according to the general preset preferences.
There are 2 ways to get chord substitutions, you can let Band-in-a-Box show you a list of possible substitutions to
pick from yourself (User | Chord Substitution Dialog), or you can let Band-in-a-Box pick them automatically (User
| Auto-Substitutions).
Chord Substitutions Dialog
The appearance of this dialog depends on what chords are present at the highlighted bar. This bar number is shown
in the dialog and may be changed. In the example above, the chord is an F7 chord, so the substitutions shown are
for an F7 chord. The substitutions shown may work for up to 4 bars, depending on the substitution. In the examples
above, the substitutions work for 2 bars.
You can control what types of substitutions to see by using the Jazz/Pop checkbox. Some substitutions include
more chords than the original, some simplify the progression, and these can be viewed using the checkboxes. You
can elect to exclude substitutions that have a chord on each beat.
The “Types of Substitutions to include” combo box will filter the substitutions to include only the best substitutions
or all of them.
The “reload” [Recompile] button is only used if you have edited the chordsub.txt file to add your own substitutions.
Once you see a substitution that you like, you can enter it onto the worksheet by pressing the [Do Substitutions now]
button, or double clicking on the substitution line. You can then move the current bar to the next part of the song
that you need a substitution for and repeat the process.
You can undo the substitution by pressing the [Restore] or [All] button.