User Guide

Chapter 8: Notation and Printing
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Four-part harmony on four separate staves.
Press the [Print] button to print out “Voice 2.” If needed, press the notation “Transpose Options” to first
visually transpose the instrument to Eb for an “Alto Sax” chart.
Multi-Channel Notation (Sequencer Mode)
Normally you would want a single part on the Melody and Soloist tracks. But, since MIDI information can have
separate channels, it is possible to store 16 separate parts on each of the Melody and Soloist parts. When one of
these tracks has been set to “Multi(16)-Channel” we refer to this as sequencer mode.
Now, when you are in this multi-channel mode, output from the Melody/Soloist part will be on whatever MIDI
channel the information is stored on, and will not be using the Melody/Soloist MIDI channel.
If you click on the Lead Sheet window, you’ll see the entire MIDI file displayed on separate tracks of
notation. This is likely “too much information” to read, unless you are a symphony conductor.
To customize the notation display for sequencer mode, press the Sequencer toolbar button, and see the
settings for Multi-Channel Tracks.
Press the “CUSTOM channels play/display” buttons to launch the
Sequencer Window (Multi-channel track on Melody/Soloist)
dialog. Then you can customize which channels will play and
display.
Lyrics
Band-in-a-Box supports lyrics in three different ways, Note-based Lyrics, Line-based Lyrics, and a Big Lyrics
(Karaoke) window. The complete list of lyrics functions is found in the Lyrics menu.