Upgrade Manual

Chapter 6: Guitar Enhancements 45
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Tablature is shown on the Notation.
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When saving the file as a MIDI file, any notes on the "Guitar Channels (11
to16) are preserved, so that any fret positions are preserved. (Channels 11 to
16 correspond to strings 1 to 6, so that a G5 note on Channel 11 would be
shown on the high E string at the third fret.)
How about the Guitar
Part
in BB styles?
Most of the time, when we're referring to the new guitar features in BB however,
we are referring to a Guitar Track that you've input on the Melody or Soloist
channel, not the Guitar
Part
of the auto-accompaniment.
But this Guitar
Part
has been enhanced as well. The 'Guitar
Part'
in Band-in-a-
Box is a generated part of the auto-accompaniment (unlike the Melody or
Soloist track ). It is now considered to be a Guitar Track, however, and will also
display as a guitar track, with Tablature. As well, a special algorithm is auto-
applied to the Guitar Part to attempt to play it 'correctly' on the guitar neck,
instead of showing impossible positions. Since anything can be played on the
Guitar Part in a Style, this is not always possible.
For the discussion of the new Guitar Track features, we'll refer to the Melody
part. They apply equally to the Soloist part however, and all of the commands
are available for either the Melody or the Soloist Track.
Melody- Re-channel to Guitar Channels menu command.
This takes a Melody, and converts it to Guitar Channels 11 to 16. When it
encounters a chord, it will determine the fret position that it's most possible to
play that chord with. Otherwise, if its a single note, it will play it at the current
position at the guitar neck. If you want to convert an existing Melody to a
customized Guitar part, this command is a good starting point, and you can edit
the track further to achieve a better result.
Guitar - Convert to Chord, Convert to Note.