Technical information

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features

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Here are the steps to generate a Guitar Chord Solo:

1. Select the Guitarist to use.

In the main list at the left of the Window, you see the list of the

Guitarists that are already defined. For example, you can see

that Guitarist #2 is called “Jazz Guitar, single position.” That

will create chord solos that stick to a single position on the

guitar neck whenever possible.

2. Select Melody (or Soloist) track.

Normally, the Guitar Chord solo is written to the Melody track.

But you can also select the Soloist track as the destination.

3. Confirm the Guitar Patch selection.

The Guitarist that you pick will already have chosen the guitar

patch to use, but you can override it with this setting.

4. Select the Range of the song to use.

You can either generate a chord solo for the whole song, or just a region of the song. In

either case, remember that you need to have an existing melody to work with.

5. Select the Main Guitar Position to use.

The “Auto-Set” feature sets the main guitar position for the solo

based on the key signature. For example, in the key of C, Band-in-a-

Box will choose the 5

position as the best position for the chord solo

to be played. If you wanted the solo to be in the 12

position,

you could de-select the “Auto-Set” and then set the guitar position to 12

position.