2012 (Macintosh)
Table Of Contents
- PG Music Inc. License Agreement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Chapter 3: Summary of New Features
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- All New 32-bit PPC Carbonized Engine.
- Odd-Time Signature Support.
- Maximum Number of Soloists increased
- New Count-In Options
- Harmony – Low Root Feature.
- Strauss-in-a-Box
- Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 \(“Strauss-
- Transform “Waltz” Melody to 4/4 \(“De-Strauss” t
- Bass player plays better “5ths
- Load Previous Style, Load Next Style.
- “Chase Volumes” added for playback.
- Drum count-in options
- StylePicker Enhancements.
- StylePicker Dialog “show all” button
- Mono/Stereo menu options
- Video and Audio Memo support
- Soloist “Note-Density” option.
- Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu
- New Hot Keys
- Configuration Files
- About Hot Key Names on the Menus
- New Program Hints Added
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- Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Chapter 5: The Main Screen
- Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Chapter 10: Built-in Drums
- Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
- Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
- Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X
- Chapter 14: Reference
- PG Music Inc.
- Index
- Registration Form
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 120
Soloing over Slash Chords
The Soloist analyzes slash chords (like C/Bb) to determine the best scale type to
use (e.g. Bb Lydian). There's nothing you need to do, this function happens
automatically behind the scenes.
Fours Soloing
Band-in-a-Box can generate the first four or the second four bars. “Trading
fours” refers to a solo lasting four bars, usually followed by a different melodic
solo (or drum solo) for the next four bars. It’s fun to solo along with Band-in-a-
Box in 4's mode, letting the computer solo for four bars, followed by your solo.
In the Select Soloist dialog,
you can click on the button beside the “Trade 4's” radio control to select whether
you want the first four bars or the second four bars. If set to 1
st
, the soloist will
take bars 1-4, 9-12, etc. And if set to 2
nd
, it will solo on bars 5-8, 13-16, etc.
The fours are based on the beginning of the chorus, not the first bar of the song.
You can generate four bars trading off with each other in two ways. The easiest
way is to choose the Normal Solo mode, and select the “Change Instrument
Every 4 bars” option. This results in different instruments taking four bar solos.
Another method is to choose the trade 4's option, generate 4's using the first
setting, and then choose SOL | Edit Soloist Track | Swap Melody and Soloist
Track, and then generate a solo again, using the second set of four bars. This
will result in 4's with one track on Melody and the other on the Soloist track.
Automatic Guitar Chord Solos – “The Guitarist”
With Band-in-a-Box, you can generate a guitar chord solo for any melody.
Band-in-a-Box will intelligently arrange the melody into a guitar chord solo by
inserting real guitar voicings throughout the piece. You can select from among
many Guitarists to create your arrangement. And you can define your own
Guitarists, choosing parameters such as strum speed, types of voicings
(Pop/Jazz), embellishments, and many more. You can easily make and learn a
professional quality guitar chord solo to your favorite song!
Generate a Guitar Chord Solo
Load in a song with a melody in it. We suggest the song GIT_TEST that should
be in your Songs folder. If it isn't there, choose the song “Old Folks at Home”
or any other song with a melody.
Open the Guitar window (Ctrl+Shift+G).