User Guide

Chapter 12: Wizards, Tutors, and Utilities
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Chord Substitution Wizard
Reharmonizing a song with the Chord Substitution Wizard is a fun and educational way
to perform or practice a familiar song in a brand new way. This feature is very easy to
use; simply highlight an area of chords and select “Chord Substitution.” The possible
chord substitutions are instantly displayed for you.
For example, if you had chords such as “Dm7 G7 Cmaj7,” a list of substitutions
including the tritone substitution “Dm7 Db7b5 Cmaj7” would be offered to you for use in
your song. There are also helpful comments associated with each substitution, showing
you why a given substitution might work in each case (e.g., is the melody compatible
with the substitution, etc.). Or you can enable the “Auto-Substitution“ feature and the
substitutions will be selected according to the general preset preferences.
There are 2 ways to get chord substitutions, you can let Band-in-a-Box show you a list of
possible substitutions to pick from yourself (User | Chord Substitution Dialog), or you
can let Band-in-a-Box pick them automatically (User | Auto-Substitutions).
Chord Substitutions Dialog
The appearance of this dialog depends on what chords are present at the highlighted bar.
This bar number is shown in the dialog and may be changed. In the example above, the
chord is an F7 chord, so the substitutions shown are for an F7 chord. The substitutions
shown may work for up to 4 bars, depending on the substitution. In the examples above,
the substitutions work for 2 bars.