User Guide

Chapter 4: The Main Screen

The Reharmonist creates a chord progression based only on the

melody of the song. It can also reharmonize existing chord

progressions.

The grace note button opens the Melody Embellisher dialog for

customizing the Melody Embellisher.

Press the ChdSolo button to launch the Generate Guitar Chord Solo

dialog. Based on the existing Melody track, this generates a guitar

chord solo using correct guitar fret positions.

This button connects to the www.pgmusic.com

web site.

The Song Title button auto-generates a song title for the current song.

Each time it is pressed, a new title is generated.

This launches the Chord Builder window. Chords may be auditioned

and then entered into the chordsheet by clicking in the menus in this

dialog.

Use these buttons to jump to the next page in the chordsheet. Each

page is 64 bars, for a total of 256 bars.

Title Window

In the Title window you can create a Song Title, change the Style of the song, change the

Key Signature the song is using, define the Tempo of the song, define where the

Chorus begins and ends and how many Choruses the song has. To change these

settings, click on the setting you wish to change.

Favorite songs button -

Favorite styles button -

The two [F] buttons activate dialogs with “Favorites” and “Recently Played” Radio

buttons that toggle between a list of your recently played songs (or styles), and your

favorite songs (or styles).

“Recently Played” allows you to

quickly load songs or styles that have been used in your last sessions with Band-in-a-

Box. You will find this to be a convenient way to load songs or styles into Band-in-a-

Box, since the list generated will give you instant access to the ones you are most likely

to be playing with, regardless of where they are stored.