User Guide

Chapter 6: Making Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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With this dialog, you have complete control over erasing a number of bars of chords and/or the Melody, Soloist, and
Lyrics. If you're erasing the Melody, Soloist, or Lyrics you need to specify which chorus you wish to erase.
Intro Bars – Auto Generate (or Remove)
To generate an intro, press the [Intro] button (or choose the Edit | Intro Bars… menu item). The
Generate Chords for Intro dialog opens.
With a single press of a button you can auto-generate a 2, 4, or 8 bar intro for any song. The chords will be different
each time, and you can keep trying as often as you like until you get the progression that you want. The intro
generated will be an intelligent chord progression (i.e. appropriate for an intro) in the chosen style of music
(Jazz/Pop). It can have optional pedal bass, and will “lead” correctly to the first chord of the song.
The duration of the intro can be set to 2, 4, or 8 bars. You can also get a pedal bass figure inserted throughout the
intro. Press the [Remove Intro] button to delete any intro present in your song.
Insert / Delete Bars
- Choose Edit | Insert Bars and the program will ask you to type in the number of bars you wish to insert.
- Choose Edit | Delete Bars and the program will ask you to type in the number of bars you wish to delete.
Nudge Chords/Melody
The “Nudge” feature allows moving a range of chords by any number of bars/beats. For example, let’s say that you
have entered a complete song chord progression, and you then realize that all of the chords starting at bar 23 are 1
beat too late (maybe due to a time signature change). You can move all of the chords 1 beat earlier, by setting the
nudge at bar 23, beat 1, and duration of the nudge to -1 (minus 1) beats.
You can nudge chords and/or Melody/Soloist parts.