User Guide

Chapter 14: Reference
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Edit | Cut functions like a delete command. It removes bars of chords from a song.
Edit | Copy and Edit | Paste are to copy chords from one part of the song to another.
Copying a section of chords can be done in the same manner as copying text in a word
processor.
Copy From…To… / Copy Rests / Erase From… To…
One of the best ways to copy chords is the Copy From… To… command, or pressing
Option+C, which will launch the Copy Chords and/or Melody dialog. The Copy Rests
command will similarly bring up a dialog to allow copying of rests. The Erase From…
To… command launches the Erase Chords and/or Melody dialog. These dialogs allow
you to specify the number of bars to copy or erase, the location to copy to, and the option
to copy or erase the Chords, Melody, and/or Soloist.
Intro Bars Auto-Generate
This command will launch the Generate Chords for Intro (or Remove Intro) dialog
where you can specify the characteristics of the intro you wish to generate.
Clear Lead sheet blanks the chordsheet and restores the default song settings.
Insert Measure(s) inserts a certain # of bars into the chordsheet.
Delete Measure(s) removes a certain # of bars from the chordsheet.
Shrink cuts chord durations by 50% (e.g., 4beats>>2beats; 2beats>>1beat).
Expand doubles the durations of chords (e.g., 1beat>>2beats; 2beats>>4beats).
Unfold (convert to 1 BIG chorus)
Choose this command to unfold a multi-chorus song into one BIG chorus. When
selected, Band-in-a-Box will display all choruses and verses of a song without loops or
repeats. It is useful, for instance, when you have a song with 3 choruses and want to
convert it to a single large chorus, or to customize a song with the “Edit Bar Settings”
feature to change meter, tempo, patches, styles, and/or harmonies and generate a MIDI
file for export.
Set Time Sig Of Scrap allows a new time signature to be selected for highlighted bars on
the chordsheet.
Transpose opens a dialog where the song can be transposed up or down by a semitone,
or by any number of semitones. These operations can also be performed with keystrokes.
Blank Lyrics removes the lyrics from a song.
Slide Tracks
This allows you to move any of the Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar, Strings, Melody or
Soloist tracks ahead or behind by a certain amount. You could, for example, slide the
Bass track so it plays a little ahead of the rest of the band. This has the effect of making
the bass player “drive the band,” and is useful in Jazz styles to make the music sound
more exciting.
Chord Settings
This launches the Chord Options dialog box, where you can put in rests and pushes.
You can launch the Preview, Chord Builder, or Chord Substitution functions from this
window.
Bar Settings
This command opens the Edit Bar Settings dialog where you can change meter, tempo,
patches, styles, and/or harmonies at the current bar.