User Guide

Chapter 12: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
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If you'd like Band-in-a-Box to only generate chords for a certain range of bars, you should highlight that range of
bars in the chordsheet first, and then launch the dialog. The Range will then be set to “Part of Song” and the “Bar”
and “# bars” settings will also be set. You can override these settings with manual settings, if necessary.
Chord Builder
You can right-click on any chord to instantly hear how it sounds, or use the Chord Builder feature to audition
different chords until you find the one that sounds best to you. In other words, you can enter chords “by ear” -
without having to know the actual chord names or any music theory. This feature also illustrates the differences
between various chord types.
Launch the Builder by pressing the Builder button, or right clicking on the chordsheet and pressing the
Builder button, or by choosing the User | Chord Builder menu option to open the Chord Builder dialog.
The Chord Builder is designed so it fits entirely above the Chordsheet. This means that it can be left open as you
work entering chords into Band-in-a-Box. Remember that you can also play chords in from the MIDI keyboard by
pressing Ctrl+Enter after you've played a chord.
You can click on the root of the chord in the “Root” group, and the Extension (Maj7 etc.), and also an alternate
“slash-note” root. For example, to make the chord F9/A, you would click on the “F” root, the “9” extension, and the
Slash Root of /A. As you click on them, you'll hear the bass note played on the Bass part, and the extension played
on the Piano track.