Select the Window | MIDI Chord Detection | MIDI Chord Detection menu item to open the dialog. Use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to insert the chord on the next beat, i.e., beat 2 or beat 4 of the bar.Īnother method allows you to choose alternate chords. Play the chord on the keyboard, then press Ctrl+Enter to insert the chord into the Chord Sheet on the first beat of the current chord cell, i.e., beat 1 or beat 3 of the bar. You can also enter chords from an external MIDI keyboard using the Window | MIDI chord detection… feature. The chorus will play three times, jumping to the two-bar ending the third time through.Ĭhord Entry Entering Chords from MIDI Keyboard You can type special words to set the beginning and end of the chorus, and the end of the song.īegin + Enter sets the beginning of the chorus to the current bar.Ĭhorusend + Enter sets the end of the chorus to the current bar.Įnd + Enter sets the end of the song to the current bar.Īnother option is to right-click a bar in the Chord Sheet to set it as the beginning or end of the chorus or the end of the song from the settings in the context menu.įor this song, bar one is the first bar of the chorus and bar 32 is the last bar of the chorus. You can also click on the on-screen and buttons to the right of the tempo box.įraming a song designates the first and last bars of each chorus and the number of choruses Band-in-a-Box will play before playing the standard 2-bar ending. But you can keep tapping and the tempo will change every beat, based on the average tempo that you have typed. For example, in a 4/4/ style, once you tap 4 times a tempo will be set. As you tap more than 4 times, the accuracy will improve (through averaging) and you can continue to tap until the target tempo has been reached. Four taps on the minus key sets the tempo, four taps on the equals key sets the tempo and starts the song playing. Not sure of the tempo for your song? Tap it in real time on either the minus key or the equals key on your computer keyboard. Hot keys are available: Ctrl - (minus key) for half speed and Ctrl = for normal speed. 1% would be 1/100 of the original tempo and 800% would be 8 times the original tempo. Click the button and choose a percentage or use the Custom Tempo % menu item to set any value between 1% and 800%. This button allows you to quickly set the relative tempo. You can also press the key to increase the tempo by 5. Right+click to change by 1 beat per minute at a time. Left+click to change by 5 beats per minute at a time. Click on the arrow buttons to adjust the tempo up or down. When choosing File | New the tempo will be set to the best tempo for the current style. For example, type t140 and Enter to set the tempo of the song to 140.Ĭlick on the tempo box (hot key is Ctrl+Alt+T, or menu item Edit | Tempo | Set Tempo…), and a dialog will open up allowing you to type in a tempo. You can quickly enter a specific tempo for the song by typing the letter “t” together with the tempo and pressing the Enter key. The tempo is displayed next to the key signature. The new key signature is shown on notation. You can have multiple keys in a song by changing the key signature in the Edit Settings for Current Bar dialog ( F5 function key). If you select from the “Just Set Key Signature (no transpose)” column, the key signature will be changed but the song will not be transposed. If you select from the “Transpose and Set Key Signature” column the song will be transposed to the new key signature you choose. Typing trf and pressing Enter would transpose the song to the key of F, typing trab would transpose the song to Ab.Īnother way to set a key signature is to click on the button and choose the key of your song from the lists of all major and minor keys. The “tr” operator sets the key signature and transposes the song. Note that this sets the key signature but does not transpose the song.
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Typing tkc plus the Enter key will set the key of the song to C. You can use the special operators “tk” and “tr” to set or transpose a key signature. Name the SongĮnter the title of the song by clicking in the title area and typing in the name. You can also select the File | New menu item. Clear the Chord SheetĬlick on the button if you need to blank the Chord Sheet.
This section gives you step-by-step instructions from start to finish. It’s fun to play music with Band-in-a-Box, but it’s even more fun to make songs of your own. Chapter 6: Making Songs Make Your Own Songs
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