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Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 57

Shortcut Chords.

If you enter a lot of songs, you'll appreciate these shortcut keys:

- J = Maj7

- H=m7b5 (H stands for Half diminished)

- D=dim

- S=Sus

Example: To type CMaj7, just type CJ (it will be entered as CMaj7)

Add your own chord shortcuts.

Have you found a chord that Band-in-a-Box doesn't recognize? If so, add it to

your chord shortcuts file, and Band-in-a-Box will allow you to type in that chord

in the future. You can also define chord “shortcuts,” one-letter abbreviations for

longer chord names (“J” for “Maj7” etc.).

To add your own chords and shortcuts, make a text file called shortcut.txt in

your Band-in-a-Box folder. Note that this file doesn't ship with Band-in-a-Box;

if it did it would overwrite your file! Shortcuts supplied by PG Music are in a

file named pgshortc.txt, which should be used only by PG Music.

If you find a chord that Band-in-a-Box won't accept like Csus2, when it expects

C2 instead, you can enter this as a single line in shortcut.txt, “sus2@2” (without

the quotes). Band-in-a-Box will then enter the chord C2 if you type in Csus2, in

other words you can type in Csus2 and the program will accept it. You can also

use it for shortcuts, just as j@maj7 lets you type Cj for CMaj7. See the file

pgshortc.txt for examples of shortcuts.

MIDI Chord Recognition

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

chord on your external MIDI keyboard or MIDI guitar controller 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 any of the chords. It’s also a good

way to find the right name for a chord.

To use this feature, select the menu command M | Insert current MIDI chord, or

press the Ctrl+Return keys. The last chord you played on your MIDI keyboard

controller will be automatically inserted into your song (chordsheet or notation

view) at the current cursor location. Then, Band-in-a-Box is ready for the next

chord. You can insert up to two chords per bar in this fashion.

Erase Chords

To erase chords, place the highlight cell over top of the chords you would like to

erase. Press the [spacebar] once. Then move your cursor to the right or left, or

mouse click on another measure, and the chord(s) will be erased.

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