User Guide

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial

Step 3 – Play your song!

We’ve entered chords on the chordsheet and chosen a style. Now it’s time to play the

song! First we need to tell Band-in-a-Box how long our song is, how many times we

want the program to play through the chords, in what key, and how fast.

Framing the Song

To tell Band-in-a-Box where the start and end of the song is, we look at the middle of the

Band-in-a-Box main screen.

Locate the framing settings; there are three of them. The numbers (1-32) in brackets are

the bar numbers for the beginning and the end of the Chorus. The number 3 to the right

of the brackets is the number of times the Chorus repeats. In the example above, the

Chorus starts at bar 1, ends on bar 32, and is going to play 3 times. You can change these

settings to play more choruses, or make the Chorus start later, for example in the case

where you want an intro to play.

Setting the Key

In the example shown, the key is set to C but you can choose any key by clicking on the

key signature and choosing from a list. If you do change the key, Band-in-a-Box will