
Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
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Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
Feel like composing a brand new song?
With Band-in-a-Box you can compose a new song, in the style of your choice complete
with intro, chords, melody, arrangement and improvisations, all created by the program!
All you have to do is pick from one of the Melodists and press [OK] - the program then
automatically generates the intro, chords, melody, and arrangement in the chosen style. It
even auto-generates a title!
You can go from nothing to a completed song in less than 1 second! Once the song is
generated, the chords and melody are part of the regular Band-in-Box tracks, so may be
edited, printed, and saved as with any other song!
You can also auto-regenerate any part of a song and modify it to suit you. The Melodist
will also generate a melody over an existing chord progression. A Melodist “Juke Box”
mode creates and performs new compositions in succession.
Aside from the compositional values of the Melodist, the features can be used as a
powerful practicing aid - improving sight reading by reading the melodies generated in
various keys, and ear training - improving your “ear” by playing along with the chord
progressions in the generated songs.
Launching the Melodist
To launch the Melodist, press the [Melodist] button on the main screen, or
use the Shift+F5 hot keys.
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