2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 107
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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 for you, to complete your song! You
can go from nothing to a completed song in less than 1 second!
Once the song is generated, the chords and melody may be edited, modified,
printed, and saved as a MIDI file as with any other song. And you can auto-
regenerate any part of the song to modify the composition to your taste. The
Melodist will also generate a melody over an existing chord progression. A
Melodist “Jukebox” 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 using the Notation window, and ear training 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 key.
Generate Chords and/or Melody Dialog