Technical information

Chapter 14: Reference
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Play Menu
Note: Most commands in the Play menu are performed by onscreen buttons, or by the keystrokes listed to the right of the
menu command.
Play
- Generates a new arrangement and plays the song.
Stop Playback
Stops playback. To resume either use the Play From Current Position command or the
[From] button the play from the start of the current bar, or use the [Play] or Replay [+]
buttons to play from the start of the song.
Hold (pause)
- Pauses the song. Repeating this command resumes play from the exact location
where the song was paused.
Replay
- Plays the current arrangement from the start without regenerating the parts. Edits to
accompaniment parts are kept.
Play (loop) Highlited
Section
- Drag the mouse cursor to select a region of bars in the chordsheet and then use this
command to play the selected region as a loop.
Play From Bar…
- Choose a chorus and bar to play from in the current arrangement. Parts are not
regenerated. Use this command during playback to jump to any bar in the song.
Play From Current
Position
- When the song is stopped this command starts playback again at the bar with the
highlight cell.
Go (Open and Play)
- Launches an Open File dialog for selection of any song in any directory. The
selected song loads and plays automatically in Band-in-a-Box.
Step Advance submenu
- When a song is paused these commands can be used to navigate step-by-step
through the currently selected track in the Notation, Lead Sheet, or Guitar windows.
Pressing the advance buttons will display the next note or chord of the melody on
the piano display, guitar display, lead sheet, and notation window.