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I am new to Band in a Box, but not to DAW's in general. I am trying to create a song in 3/4 time using the Chord Entry screen, but the chord entry screen only has two inputs per bar. It seems to me if that if my time is selected for 3/4 and the style selected is 3/4, then I should be able to input 3 chords per bar. Instead I can only input 2 chords per bar unless I split one input section using a comma (I.E. A,D for example).
Am I missing something? Should I expect three chord inputs per bar when in 3/4 time?
NOTE: When I switch to score view the sheet music is in 3/4 time (three beats per measure) but the chord view still only has two inputs per bar.
Thanks in advance for any comments and tips.
Ed
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First of all, to create a 3/4 (waltz) song, you must use a 3/4 style.
Then, you see that each bar has two cells. In a 4/4 song, you can enter two chords in the first cell separated by a comma, which will be beats 1 and 2. Then you can enter two chords in the second cell separated by a comma, which will be beats 3 and 4.
For a 3/4 song, however, you enter beats 1 and 2 in the first cell (separate the chords with a comma), then enter beat 3 as the first entry in the second cell. That completes your 3 beats to that bar.
Go to the next bar to enter up to 3 chords (beats 1 and 2 in the first cell; beat 3 in the second cell).
If you only want a chord on beat 2, but not beat 1, then just enter a comma and the chord for beat 2, and it will just continue with the previous chord on beat 1.
Hope that made sense.
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In addition to John's answer, if you should enter anything in the second half of the second cell (which would be beat 4 in a 4/4 song), it will be ignored.
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To both of you.
Thank you. That should help a lot.
I had a feeling the answer was similar to that but could not find it explained as you both just have.
Again thanks. Ed
Last edited by ejbsk8; 01/10/17 10:20 AM.
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