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choose from a list of only your most frequently used harmonies. Pressing the

[M] button allows you to choose from the full list of harmonies. The F10 key

disables the Melody harmony.

The [T] button is for Thru harmony. Whatever you play along on your MIDI

keyboard while the song is playing will be auto-harmonized in real time - in this

case using a Tenor Banjo type harmony. Pressing the [f] button allows you to

choose from a list of only your most frequently used harmonies. Pressing the

[T] button allows you to choose from the full list of harmonies. The keystrokes

Ctrl+F10 disable the Thru harmony.

The Embellisher

Click on the Embellisher checkbox to enable live embellishment

of the Melody or Soloist part during playback.

When musicians see a lead sheet that has a melody written out, they would

almost never play it exactly as written. They would change the timing to add

syncopation, change durations to achieve staccato or legato playing, add grace

notes, slurs, extra notes, vibrato, and other effects. If you enable the

Embellisher, any Melody will get embellished as it is played so that you hear a

livelier, more realistic Melody - and it's different every time. The Embellisher is

only active while the music is playing, it doesn't permanently affect the Melody

track. There is an option to make the Embellishment permanent, so that if you

like a certain embellishment you can add it to the Melody track. This is

especially useful to spice up songs that have been entered in step time with

“robotic” velocities and durations of notes. Using the Embellisher makes it

sound like a person was playing instead of a computer!

Chordsheet Area

Chord Entry

The basic way of entering a song in Band-in-a-Box is by typing in the chords to

the song using the computer keyboard. Chords are typed in using standard

chord symbols (Like C or Fm7 or Bb7 or Bb13#9/E)

Another way of entering chords is through MIDI chord recognition. Play any

chord on your MIDI keyboard; and Band-in-a-Box will recognize it instantly

and insert it onto the chordsheet. This allows you to enter an entire song without

having to type in any of the chords!

To use this feature, select the Insert current MIDI chord from the M menu.

(Ctrl+Return is the keystroke combination for this function.)

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