User Guide

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 11
Step 2 – Choosing a Style
Band-in-a-Box creates backing arrangements based on the chords you type in,
applied to a particular Style.
What’s a Style?
A style is a set of rules that determine how Band-in-a-Box creates music using
your chords. By adjusting the rules, we have created hundreds of styles that are
appropriate for everything from Country to Bebop. Some style examples would
be Jazz Swing, Blues Shuffle, Hip Hop, Country 4/4, Pop Ballad, Waltz and
Medium Rock to name just a few. If you don’t find a pre-made style that suits
your tastes, create one from scratch using the StyleMaker. Making custom
styles with the StyleMaker is explained in detail in the full documentation.
Four Fast ways to Open a Style
Method 1: From Disk
To open a user style from disk, you can just type the F9 key. You will be
presented with the familiar Macintosh file dialog from which you can select a
specific style from the Styles folder.
Method 2: The StylePicker
You can use the StylePicker window to select your style.
Select the [Style] button above the chordsheet, or type
Ctrl+F9 on your computer keyboard.
The StylePicker