User Guide
Table Of Contents
- PG Music Inc. License Agreement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Chapter 3: Summary of New Features
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- All New 32-bit PPC Carbonized Engine.
- Odd-Time Signature Support.
- Maximum Number of Soloists increased
- New Count-In Options
- Harmony – Low Root Feature.
- Strauss-in-a-Box
- Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 \(“Strauss-
- Transform “Waltz” Melody to 4/4 \(“De-Strauss” t
- Bass player plays better “5ths
- Load Previous Style, Load Next Style.
- “Chase Volumes” added for playback.
- Drum count-in options
- StylePicker Enhancements.
- StylePicker Dialog “show all” button
- Mono/Stereo menu options
- Video and Audio Memo support
- Soloist “Note-Density” option.
- Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu
- New Hot Keys
- Configuration Files
- About Hot Key Names on the Menus
- New Program Hints Added
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- Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Chapter 5: The Main Screen
- Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Chapter 10: Built-in Drums
- Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
- Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
- Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X
- Chapter 14: Reference
- PG Music Inc.
- Index
- Registration Form
Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 169
exit the Harmony Maker, and start a song with a melody playing (like Old Folks
at Home.mgu). Now go back into the Harmony Maker.
Voices
You'll see the voices down the left side of the dialog box.
Mel is the melody.
Voice 2 is a chord tone below the melody.
Voice 3 is 2 chord tones below the melody.
Voice 4 is 3 chord tones below the melody.
Voice 5 (rarely used) is an additional chord tone, usually
the 9
th
or 11
th
in the scale.
Mel2 and Mel3 are used to double the melody.
For the Shearing Quintet harmony:
The Piano is 4-part harmony, so it will use voice 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Channel A.
The Vibes will double the melody, so will use the Mel2 voice.
The Guitar will double the melody, so will use the Mel3 voice.
Settings for Each Voice
Channel is described above. A 1-instrument harmony will use Channel A only.
Additional instruments can use Channel B and C.
Note: These channels are set to numbers in the Harmony Channels dialog box, available
in the M | MIDI Settings… dialog box.
For the Shearing Quintet harmony, we will set the Piano to Channel A, the
Vibes to B, and the Guitar to C.
Octave
This allows the harmony to “drop down” or “go up” by a number of octaves.
This octave change will only happen in a certain range, as chosen in the Low
and High settings.