User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Pedal Bass
You can enter pedal bass with any
chord. For example, if you are in the key of F and would like to pedal on a C note for 2 bars (on an Fm7 chord),
then type in the settings as above. This will play the rhythm specified – in this case the pattern will play on beat 2
and 4.
Other options are <No Pedal Bass>, Beat 2 and 4 Octaves, Beat 1 and 3 (Slow Tempos), Whole Note, and Eighth
Notes.
Clear All
The [Clear All] button erases all rests, shots, pushes, and pedal bass from a song.
Copying and Pasting a Section of Chords
Copying a section of chords is done in a manner similar to copying text in a word processor. Highlight the area you
would like to affect and select the desired action(s) from the EDIT menu. (See below for additional details.)
Copying chords to the clipboard.
- Select the region to copy.
- Place the mouse cursor at the bar to begin the selection.
- Then, holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse over the region. As you do this, you’ll see that the
region will be highlighted (white on black).
- When you have selected (highlighted) the proper region of chords to copy, you can copy the selected region to
the clipboard with the keystrokes
+c, or by selecting Copy from the Edit menu.
Pasting chords to the Chordsheet.
When you have copied some chords to the clipboard you can then paste them into the Chordsheet by:
- Moving the highlight cell to the destination bar where you want to begin the paste of chords. This can be done
by clicking that bar with the mouse, or by moving the highlight cell with the cursor arrows on the computer
keyboard.
- Press
+v or select Paste from the Edit menu.
Tip: Remember that the copied section remains in the clipboard and can be used repeatedly. Example: If you're inputting a song
with verse, verse, bridge, verse, you can just copy the first verse to the Clipboard, and then paste in the other verses. The clipboard
remains even if you load in a new song, so you can copy and paste between songs.
Copy Chords and/or Melody
Copy and paste the chords, melody, and solo for a range of bars in the Copy Chords and/or Melody dialog.
Press the [Copy] button to launch this dialog box, or select Edit | Copy From.. To, or press
Option+C.
The settings allow you to specify the
location to copy from, the number of
bars to copy, the location to copy to,
and the option to copy any or all of
the chords, melody, and/or soloist.