User Guide

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing

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- The Channel # and Velocity settings determine the MIDI channel and velocity of

inserted notes.

Play Inserted Notes

If the “Play Inserted Notes” checkbox is checked, notes that you insert will sound briefly

as they are inserted. This lets you hear that the note you inserted sounds correct.

Entering Chords Using the Notation Window

This is identical to the operation of the chordsheet. You use the Current Time Indicator

(time bar) to see where you are in the bar. Then type in the chords as you do in Band-in-

a-Box.

To type the Ab that you see here, type Ab. Then to move to the Gb7 that is on beat 3,

press the RIGHT CURSOR Key. To enter an Ab chord on beat 1 and a Db7 beat 2, type

Ab,Db7 (i.e. 2 chords separated by a comma ).

Note: You can also use Option+Z or select Chord Settings option from the Edit

menu to enter chords. This pops up a dialog box that lets you type in the chords,

and also sets options like pushes, rests, and shots.

Convert Harmony Part to Notation track.

Previously if you added a harmony the harmony parts wouldn't be seen on the notation,

you would only see the lead part. Now you can write the harmony part directly to the

notation track, so you can see it and print it out, just like any other part.

Note: These features are all described for the Melody track, but apply equally to the

Soloist (or THRU) part.

To convert a melody (or Soloist) track to a Harmony, do the following:

Select the Harmony that

you want to use.

2. Choose the menu item Melody | Convert Harmony to Melody Track.

3. Your harmony will now be written to the track, and you'll get a confirmation dialog.

The harmony may be removed from the track at any time, even after you've saved and re-

loaded the song. This is done from the menu item Melody | Remove Harmony (or guitar

solo) from Melody Track.