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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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