User Guide

Chapter 12: Wizards, Tutors, and Utilities
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The progressions are sorted in alphabetical order, or from “best to worst” depending on
this setting.
Chord Breaks
Insert Breaks (silence) in arrangement, also called Chord Breaks, is
found in the Preferences 2 dialog. This is a great feature for practicing tempo
control.
Select the # of bars, and Band-in-a-Box will play for, say 4 bars (selectable), and then
will rest all instruments for the next 4 bars. Once set, this feature works automatically
with all songs until you turn it off.
During the silence, you keep playing (comping, drums, melody, etc.), trying to stay in
tempo. Drummers can mute the drum part.
When the band comes back in after the 4 bars, you’ll get instant feedback on how well
you have maintained the tempo, if the band comes in time with you or not.
Once set, this feature works automatically with all songs until you turn it off.
The Guitarist
Guitar Fretboard Window
This is a window for guitar and bass players! The onscreen fretboard displays any Band-
in-a-Box track on guitar or bass. This Guitar window has features such as auto-setting of
correct positions, notes named on screen, auto-octave adjust to play in selected position,
and sizable guitar fretboard. Guitar players will be able to “read-along” to a Melody/Solo
simply by looking at the guitar fretboard. An easy, intuitive, and fun way to learn guitar!
Launching the Guitar Window
To launch the Guitar Window, press the guitar button, or Ctrl+Shift+G or
choose the menu item Windows | Guitar Window.
Quick Tour of the Guitar Window
Once launched, you'll see the various areas of the Guitar window.