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 12: Tutors and Wizards 186
Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
MIDI File Chord Wizard
MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard
Many people who play music by ear think of songs in terms of “Chords and
Melody.” However many MIDI files lack chord symbols, so they become
difficult to learn without the user having to figure out the chords in a time
consuming process.
Now you can open up any MIDI file in Band-in-a-Box, and Band-in-a-Box will
automatically figure out the chords of the song for you. It automatically
analyzes the MIDI file, figures out where the Bass, Piano, Melody, and other
tracks are, and then figures out the chord changes for the song. The chords are
written onto the Band-in-a-Box chordsheet like any other song. This allows you
to quickly learn how to play a song from a MIDI file - just read it into Band-in-
a-Box and you'll see the chord symbols, and then learn the melody! You can
also read tracks into the Melody and Soloist tracks.
You can import the chords from a MIDI file. To do this, first blank the
chordsheet, by choosing File | New.
Then select the menu item File | Import Chords from MIDI File or press the
keystrokes (Ctrl+Option+I). This launches the Chord Wizard dialog.