User Guide

Chapter 6: Making Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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These are additional song settings that are saved with the song.
Vary Style in Middle Choruses
If set to “Yes,” the song will play in substyle “b” throughout the Middle Choruses. The Middle Choruses are
considered all choruses except the first and last ones.
For example, in the Jazz Swing Style, since the “b” substyle is Swing, all of the middle choruses will have swing
bass. (Whereas the “a” substyle is playing half notes on the bass.)
If set to “No” the middle choruses will play A and B substyles exactly as they appear in the song as outlined by the
part markers.
Allow Pushes in Middle Choruses
This is most frequently used if there are pushes in a song (indicated by the “^” symbol), but you don't want these
pushes to play in the middle choruses. Simply set the checkbox to “No” (disabled) and the pushes will be ignored in
the middle choruses. This is to allow for uninterrupted soloing choruses.
Allow Rests in First/Middle/Last Chorus
These parameters allow you to decide which choruses will play any rests that are present in a song (indicated by the
“.” symbol). For example, you may have put rests into a song but don't want the rests to play in the middle
choruses, since you are using them for soloing: simply set the ALLOW RESTS IN MIDDLE CHORUSES checkbox
to “No” (off).
Allow Pedal Bass in Middle Choruses
This determines whether Pedal Bass effect will be allowed in middle choruses.
Allow Embellishment of Chords
The Jazz styles include embellishment of chords. This means that if you type a C7 chord, the piano part may play a
C13 or a C7b9. This makes the arrangement sound more authentic, as this is a common practice in Jazz playing. It
also means that you don't have to worry about inputting these types of extensions into your arrangements, since they
will turn up automatically if this feature is enabled.
Tip: If you are hearing b9 and b13 embellishments on a C7 chord that is clashing with the melody, you should rename the
chord C9 or C13, which will ensure natural 9 and 13 embellishments.
Tag Settings
A tag (also referred to as a coda) is a group of bars that are played in the very last chorus of a song. If you select the
“Tag Exists?” check box then the tag will play during the last chorus of the song. After the bar you specify as the
“Tag Jump After Bar #” the song jumps to the “Tag Begin At Bar #” and plays through the “Tag Ends After Bar #”
and then plays a 2 bar ending as usual.
Song Endings
Band-in-a-Box will optionally create a two bar ending for your song, the standard ending is 2 bars appended to the
end of the song.
The “Use 4 Bar ending for RealTracks” option allows extra time for the natural decay of the instruments.
The “Start the ending 2 bars early” option gives you an alternative to end the song on the last bar of the song. Band-
in-a-Box will still play an ending on the chord that you specify, and the ending will occur as a 2 bar phrase
beginning 2 bars before the end of the form. This results in more natural endings for many songs.
No Endings
Song endings can be turned off for all songs, or on a song by song basis. For example, you might want to have your
own custom ending that ends the song on the 3rd beat of a bar by playing a shot.
To turn the song ending off for a single song, set the “Generate 2 bar Ending for this song” checkbox to = “Off”
(cleared).