User Guide

Chapter 5: Playing Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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If this is not selected, notation symbols (slurs, staccato, crescendos) will
not be loaded from the song.
The “Defaults for new songs” are settings from the Song Settings dialog.
When “Vary Style in Middle Choruses” is selected (default) the song will play in substyle B throughout the middle
choruses, playing substyle A for the first and last choruses only. If this setting is not selected the substyle changes
will follow the part markers entered on the chordsheet.
When “Allow Embellishment of Chords” is selected (default) Jazz styles can play embellished chords. For example,
C7 might play as C13 or C7b9 for a more authentic sound.
The [Pop/Country] preset button turns both of these settings off for a typical Pop or
County arrangement that follows part markers and does not embellish chords.
The [Jazz] preset button turns both of these settings on for a typical Jazz arrangement to
support soloing over the middle choruses and allow Jazz chord embellishments.
Loading and Playing Band-in-a-Box Songs
Band-in-a-Box supports most popular song formats in addition to its own native song files. It will open most audio
file formats, and its powerful Audio Chord Wizard feature will interpret the chords from an audio file and write
them to a Band-in-a-Box song file. You can also play karaoke files, including Karaoke MP3/CDG files with
scrolling graphical lyrics, in Band-in-a-Box.
You can quick-load a song by typing only. In chord entry mode type the word “Song” followed by a file name, or
partial file name, and the song will get loaded in. For example, type c:\a\MySong.sgu to load in that exact song
name. Type “bossa” to load in the first song with bossa in the name AFTER the current song name, in the current
folder.