Special Music Interests - Getting the chord names for Band in a Box (tm)

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Getting the chords for Band in a Box (tm)

...the best and most accurate midi-to-notation transcription around at any price. ...David Jacklin (read more)

If you use PG Music's Band-in-a-Box(tm) music software, then you know it can be difficult to determine the chords for a song to enter into Band-in-a-Box unless you happen to already have the sheet music for the song. This is where Notation Musician serves as a great companion to Band in a Box at an inexpensive price! If you can find a MIDI file on the Internet for your song, and you usually can, then you can use Notation Musician to automatically analyze the chord names for the song. Then you can quickly enter the chord names into Band-in-a-Box (tm).

Musician can accurately analyze harmonies in a MIDI score to determine chord names and display them above the top staff, as illustrated below:

When Musician analyzes the song for chords, you can specify which types of chords will be detected, in a dialog box such as illustrated below:

Different styles of music tend to use different kinds of guitar chords or piano chords. In the above example, the checkboxes show the types of chords Musician initially selects for the "Country" music style. You can permanently change the types of chords selected for a given music style; or you can temporarily change the types of chords selected for a particular song. Musician distinguishes common chord names from uncommon ones with the white versus gray background, but you can select or unselect any of the chord types.

Upon selecting the types of chords, Musician analyzes the harmonies of notes in those staves (tracks) you are currently viewing, and ignores notes in staves that you have temporarily hidden. This way, you can help Musician focus on parts that have mostly notes in the harmonies of the chords rather than "passing notes".

Once Musician displays the chord names in your MIDI file song, you can quickly type these chord names into Band-in-a-Box. Musician does the hard part of analyzing the chord names for you!

Using Musician to analyze chord names in MIDI files is only one of many ways you will enjoy this music software.

If you read music, or want to learn, you'll love this music software!
With Notation Musician you can:

Save money on sheet music! Print your own sheet music for free from MIDI files that Musician helps you find and download from the Internet.
Print sheet music arrangements that match your taste or playing ability better than store-bought music.
Learn how to read music notation by watching notes as they play for songs you already know.
Have more fun listening to music by following the notes on the screen during playback.
Enjoy musical accompaniment and automatic page turning while you sight read from the screen.
Practice singing or playing your acoustic instrument, while reading the notes from the screen at any tempo you choose.
Study composition and arrangement techniques of MIDI file performances you admire.

Do you need to rearrange the music
- both notation and performance -
after you generate your accompaniment?
Then you should check out Notation Composer!