2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 30
Band-in-a-Box Standard Notation window.
The Standard Notation window is for notation display and the entry of chords.
Just type a chord name and it will be inserted at the current time line location.
The time line is the black vertical stripe just below the notation tool bar.
Toggle between Standard, Editable, and Staff Roll notation
modes with the [N] button.
Press the [Opt.] button to set Notation window options such as
resolution, chord position, split point, transpose options and
more.
Print out any part with the [Print] button. Pressing this button
opens the Print Options dialog where print settings are made.
Editable Notation Mode
Click on the [N] button to go from Standard Notation to Editable Notation
mode. Chords can be entered as in the Standard Notation window, the Editable
Notation mode also permits point-and-click entry of notes and rests as well as
drag-and-drop editing.
Band-in-a-Box Editable Notation window.
This is the screen for step-entry of a melody or for editing existing parts. Note
that each beat is sub-divided by either 3 or 4 broken vertical lines.
- Swing styles use 3 lines to divide each beat into eighth note swing triplets.
- Straight styles use 4 lines to divide each beat into sixteenth notes.