User Guide

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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6.
Change Guitar channel. In case you already have a guitar track that has guitar
channels (for example if it was already played on a guitar controller as a single
string guitar part), then you might want to tell Band-in-a-Box not to change the
guitar positions of the notes that it finds. Normally you'd want to set “OK to change
existing guitar channels” to true.
7.
Press [OK] to generate the Guitar Chord Solo.
You'll now see a message box confirming that a chord solo has been added.
Playing the Guitar Chord Solo
The playback will begin automatically, and you'll see the guitar voicings on the guitar
neck. For example, at Bar 8, the chord is a C#dim and Band-in-a-Box has voiced a Bb
melody note with a 4-note guitar voicing of Bb, E, C#, and G.
This particular solo will be played in a single position, because those are the parameters
of this particular guitarist. Other Guitarists will play in a range of positions (e.g. Guitarist
#1), or in open position (e.g. Guitarist # 8).
As you listen to the solo, you'll notice the following:
1. Some of the notes are left as melody, and some are assigned to chords.
2. Wide varieties of guitar chords are used, including some advanced chords. All of
them are popular chords played by real guitarists – there are no theoretical chords.
3. The chords are strummed, to simulate a real guitar player.