User Guide

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 32
Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
Feel like composing a brand new song?
With Band-in-a-Box you can compose a new song, in the style of your choice
complete with intro, chords, melody, arrangement and improvisations, all
created by the program! All you have to do is pick from one of the Melodists
and press [OK] - the program then automatically generates the intro, chords,
melody, and arrangement in the chosen style. It even auto-generates a title!
You can go from nothing to a completed song in less than 1 second! Once the
song is generated, the chords and melody are part of the regular Band-in-Box
tracks, so may be edited, printed, and saved as with any other song!
You can also auto-regenerate any part of a song and modify it to suit you. The
Melodist will also generate a melody over an existing chord progression. A
Melodist “Juke Box” mode creates and performs new compositions in
succession.
Aside from the compositional values of the Melodist, the features can be used as
a powerful practicing aid - improving sight reading by reading the melodies
generated in various keys, and ear training - improving your “ear” by playing
along with the chord progressions in the generated songs.
Launching the Melodist
To launch the Melodist, press the [Melodist] button on the
main screen, or use the Shift+F5 hot keys.