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Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features

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Tip: You can have these values preset to the values you'd like by first selecting the range of bars that you'd like from the

Chordsheet screen, and then clicking on the Soloist button.

Usually soloists end a little after a bar end –i.e. they play a couple of extra notes. Setting the “OK to solo for an

extra beat” will allow this.

If you want to overdub a solo and have multiple solo tracks going at once, de-select “Overwrite existing solo in

range.”

Once you press the [Generate Solo Now] button, the portion of the solo that you have selected will be generated.

The song will then start playing two bars before the new part, so you can quickly hear the new solo.

Remember that the custom solo generation can be used with different soloists, so you can use a “Tenor Sax Jazz”

soloist for a few bars, and then insert a custom “Bluegrass Banjo” soloist for four bars and so on.

Soloing over Slash Chords

The Soloist analyzes slash chords (like C/Bb) to determine the best scale type to use (e.g. Bb Lydian). There's

nothing you need to do, this function happens automatically behind the scenes.

Editing Soloists

If you'd like to create your own Soloists, or permanently change the settings

of existing Soloists, you can press the [Edit] button to launch the Soloist

Maker, which is described in detail elsewhere.

Tutorial: Using the Soloist Feature

- Generate a Soloist and practice the solo by looping it, slowing it down, or printing it out, until you can perform

a great solo on any chord changes!

- Generate a Soloist and attach a Harmony such as “Big Band Brass” to create phenomenally quick and

interesting Big Band Arrangements automatically. Generate a standard MIDI file or print them out for you and

your friends.

- Have the Soloist play a solo according to your accompaniment and arrangement.

- Trade 4's with the Soloist (you solo for 4 bars, BB solos for 4 bars, etc.).

- Concentrate separately on different aspects of your playing with assistance from the “Wizard.” From soloing

with proper phrasing and “feel” (and the best notes) to accompanying a soloist with confidence and authority.

- Use the Soloist track to record another part in addition to the Melody and other parts provided by Band-in-a-

Box.

- Generate a Soloist on chords/keys that you would like to practice. For example, if you want to work on your II-

V7-I progressions, you can just type the chords you want, and generate a solo to play over those changes. As

the solo plays, you see the notation, you can sight read along. Pressing the “Loop Screen” checkbox on the

notation will loop the notation the screen so you can master each 4 bar phrase (II-V-I) and then move ahead to

the next one!

A Few Technical Notes on the Soloist.

- The Soloist has its own separate channel and settings. But when the Soloist uses a Harmony, it becomes linked to

the Thru Harmony channels and settings. Since we are already using 12 of the available 16 MIDI channels in

Band-in-a-Box, we didn't want to use up another 2 channels on dedicated Soloist Harmony channels. So if you

want to hear a Soloist with harmony, use the THRU Harmony settings. In other words, wherever a THRU

harmony is selected, the Soloist part will use the THRU Harmony settings.

- We have designed the Soloist not to repeat any solo ideas so that the solos are always fresh, with new ideas

forming and playing all the time. As a result, we have included a Refresh Soloist menu item under the Soloist

menu that, when selected, will allow the Soloist to “think about” all of its musical notions again. Choosing the

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