Technical information

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
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Treble Clef
Normally you will want to include the treble clef unless you're printing a bass part or left hand piano part alone and
want to save space.
Bass Clef
For melodies or solos, you probably won't want the bass clef printed. For other parts (piano, bass, drums, etc.) you
should set this option to YES.
AutoSet Clefs
With this setting the program will print only the clefs that are necessary. For example, a Melody would probably
print with just the treble clef, while a bass part would use only the bass clef, and a piano part would use both clefs.
Tab
Enables tablature display and printout for guitar and bass tracks.
Clef Split At
This determines where the notation will split the treble and bass clefs. Middle C is normally considered to be C5,
and C4 is one octave below. For a melody or soloist part, you will probably want the entire part to be printed on the
treble clef, so you could choose to split the clefs at C4.
Clef Sign Every Line
Leave this unchecked if it’s not needed and you want an uncluttered look.
Key Signature Every Line
Most modern fake books don't include the key signature every line. If you would like to see a key signature at every
line, set this to “Yes.”
Print Note-based Lyrics
Set to “Yes” to print the Melody part with Lyrics, or turn off to print just the music for the melody line.
Print Range (First Chorus/Last Chorus/Whole Song)
You can either print the First chorus, the Last chorus, or the whole song. When you change this setting, Band-in-a-
Box will reset the number of staves per page setting in order to auto-fit the printout to one page, if possible.
Tip: You'll want to print the last chorus in a song that has a tag ending, or if you want to see a 2-bar ending printed.
Include Lead-In
If your song has a lead-in (pickup) to bar 1 then make sure you've checked the Lead-In. Actually, Band-in-a-Box
sets this for you by looking for notes in the lead-in measure. You can override this automatic setting, if necessary.
Font Size
This is the font size for the printed music. Changes will be seen in the Print Preview.
Staves per page
Band-in-a-Box sets this setting for you automatically to auto-fit on 1 page, use this to override the auto setting.
Remember that the title takes up 1 stave. The “Auto-Set” option will set the number automatically, and will try to
fit the lead sheet on a single page.
More… (Print Margins)
Click here to set margins. You can also select the Always fill tempo option, which automatically writes the current
tempo on the song sheet.
Title/Style/Tempo/Composer/Copyright
Enter this information in the fields provided. If the title is long the font size will be reduced, and the title won’t be
underlined. Titles are limited to 60 characters.
- Click the [A] button to print the title in upper case.
- The [T] button automatically inserts the current tempo setting for the song.
- The [©] button will insert the copyright symbol into the copyright field.
- The [S] button will enter the full style name into the Style field.
Setup Printer
This launches the setup dialog box for your printer. If you choose a new printer, Band-in-a-Box will automatically
set this as your default printer. Click on the [Setup…] button to open the printer properties to set paper size,
resolution, page orientation and other settings controlled by the printer driver.
Tip: In the Notation Options you can specify an upper limit of a note range with the “Max Ledger Lines” setting high so
notes won’t have an excessive number of ledger lines.