User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide

Chord Settings Dialog Box

Chord settings control the “breaks” in a song when one or more of the instruments rests,

plays a shot, or holds a chord. These breaks are all referred to as Rest Types in Band-in-

a-Box, and they can be entered along with the chord name or with keystrokes. Chords

can also be “pushed,” which makes them play early.

There is an alternative to the various keystrokes to put in rest types and pushes for

chords. You can use the Chord Settings dialog box instead.

To get to the dialog box, you can select Chord Settings from either the Chordsheet right-

click contextual menu or the Edit menu, or you can press Option+Z.

This allows you to select the various breaks (Rests, Shots, and Held Chords) and pushes

by clicking on the relevant Chord Settings.

(Chord Settings)

Beat and Chord

First you need to pick the beat in the bar where the setting will be applied. You can also

type in new chords on the different beats.

Pushes

“Pushes” (sometimes called anticipations) are chords that are played before the beat. For

example, in Jazz Swing the piano player often pushes a chord change by playing the

chord an eighth note before the beat.

Depending on the feel for the style in use, chords can be entered on either 16th or 8th

note resolution. You can specify a chord to occur a 16th note before the beat for

example, and all instruments will play this, including drums.

Rest Types

The Rest Types are No Rest, Rest Only, Shot, and Hold Chord