2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 199
To turn the Guitar Tutor on, launch
the Guitar window and press the [Tutor]
button.
Enable the Chord Tutor display by setting that checkbox. This will silently
display the chords on the guitar fretboard. If you would also like to hear the
notes, select the “Play chords through MIDI” checkbox.
The Tutor part uses the MIDI Thru part to
playback on. You can control volume, panning,
etc. by using the Thru settings at the top of the
main Band-in-a-Box screen. You can select the patch in the Tutor dialog.
The tutor will display Jazz, Pop, and Folk voicings in easy, medium, and
advanced forms. The advanced forms use inversions, and changing patterns of
chords, while the easy ones just stick to the common “campfire” chords.
One of the tutors uses 3-note Jazz voicings to simulate the famous Big Band
chord guitar comping styles. If you use this, you'll only see 3 notes in the chords
of course. Since it sometimes helps to see the entire 4 chord voicing, in this case
there is the option to show the muted note as well.
Note: This applies to the Guitar Tutor. There is also the option to show this for the
Guitar Styles. This option is present in the Guitar Options Dialog.