PG Music Band in a Box - 2005 (Windows) User Manual download pdf (Page 35)

Chapter 8: Fourths Harmonies

New Harmonies added with voicing in 4ths!

Modern Jazz harmonies often voice chords in 4ths. For example, a C chord

with C melody might be voiced C, G, D, A, E. Now you can select 4ths

voicings easily in Band-in-a-Box to harmonize the Melody, Soloist, or Thru

parts using 3, 4, or 5 part voicings in 4ths. We’ve added presets for these

harmonies, so you can easily select them. Use these sophisticated 4ths

harmonies on your existing melodies to create a new sound.

Tip: To quickly hear what some of the 4ths harmonies, sound like, look in the c:\bb\ Tutorial - BB 2005 demos folder for pre-

made songs with 4ths harmonies.

To use the harmonies with any song, choose harmonies in the range 213 to 219. Each of these is a harmony using

4ths. For example, Harmony 218 uses 4 trombones in 4ths.

To make your own harmony using 4ths for the harmonies, enter the Harmony Editor,

press the [More] button, and select the “Use Voicing in 4ths” checkbox. Then the harmonies will be voiced in 4ths.

You can make a 2, 3, 4 or 5 part harmony (+ melody doubling, + low root note).

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