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I had little idea on how important the bass is until this thread. Combination of username and comment made me smile <grin>
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Dave, I think that was one your best posts. Nicely said.
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Very original. Fine use of Real Tracks and an excellent mix. Your voice/vocals is/are compelling. Well done. Thank you, Scott. Appreciate the listen!
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Totally impressed by your musical talent - clearly a professional - and thank you for your service. Scott H.- Thanks so much!
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Dan, Very sorry to hear about your friend... Beautiful tribute and remembrance. Bob
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Gorgeous song, Janne. Love the lush arrangement and how the vocalists intertwine. Am sure these results are technically challenging to achieve, but they sound natural and effortless. Cool theme. Our natural wonders should indeed be cherished. Top notch stuff.
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Ray, Thanks - much appreciated! Bob
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Depuis plusieurs jours j'échange par mail & par chat avec PG music pour obtenir l'annulation de mon achat et son remplacement par BIAB 2026. A part quelques réponses lénifiantes , aucune réaction aucune action. C'est affligeant! A se demander si les canadiens ne seraient aussi bêtes que leur voisin!!
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I've been thinking about BIAB and how, especially in the beginning, it was very difficult for me to get the answers to questions about how it operated. How do you do this, and how do you do that looking at the videos and all that sort of stuff for the information was a little bit hard to absorb. So here's what I was thinking about doing. I have been building AI LLM models that only search databases I tell it to. I could build an AI for BIAB where anyone could type in a question in plain English or any language for that matter [color:#333333]Minecraft Bedrock Apk[/color], and get an answer. As this is experimental, I don't know how well it would work. This requires a good bit of work so.... Would this be of real value? Is anyone willing to help? Cheers, Billy Yes, this would absolutely be of real value. BIAB has a steep learning curve, and many users struggle to find clear answers by digging through videos and documentation. An AI that can answer plain-language questions from a curated BIAB knowledge base would save time and make learning much easier, especially for beginners. If it’s limited to trusted sources and well-structured data, it could be very effective. I’m sure there would be users willing to help by contributing questions, testing responses, or helping curate the database.
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Aren't these chords ambiguous since the root isn't specified? Depending on the root, the name of the chord changes. Ambiguity comes from various places. Part of disambiguating something is determining what sort of thing it is. When we hear a chord with no context, we generally listen for stable intervals to determine the root of the chord, as the root is generally how we determine function. With a C-E-G, the most stable intervals are C-G (perfect fifth) and C-E (major third). An inversion of those notes G-E-C gives less stable intervals, but we'll often infer a chord anyway. If we can "find" an arrangement that gives a more stable explanation, we'll hear it as an inverted stable chord. The lowest note interacts with the higher notes, creating tensions via waves interacting. And some chords are unstable by nature, like the Dim7 chord. That's a stack of minor thirds (with a diminished fifth and dom7) so there's no stable interval to be found. Each one of the notes has equal claim to being the root, but the lowest note usually wins. Jazzers often like to think of a diminished chords as a 7th chord missing the root, because we like to "understand" things using stable intervals, even if they aren't there at all. 
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Hi, Josie. It's good to hear from you! I was wondering where you were. Now I know.
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FWIW I think it's the presence of a bass note, played by whomever, that anchors the chord. Just about anything else has the potential, at least, to be ambiguous unless that bass note is present. We have on keyboards, and I presume also on most or all chording instruments, what we call rootless voicings, which rely on someone else, normally the bass player, to supply the anchor for the chords, however it's also not that unusual to play those rootless voicings solo. The effect is of both some ambiguity and some lack of stability, which helps to keep the music evolving. I had little idea on how important the bass is until this thread. I think I'm slowly understanding this, but I think more discussion is needed to really clarify this. What if in your studio there is no song and no key, you just play C-E-G (with pitch increasing from left to right) as a chord on your piano. Is that an ambiguous chord? And no one else has used the term "rootless voicing", I think that brings some clarity.
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Great song, Janne, very accessible (an accomplishment when someone is as adventurously creative with music as you are) and a memorable chorus. I loved the voices and how they combined, very musical. Believe me, I will never bother a cassowary in my lifetime, they scare me! And I have no desire to traipse throught the mud of a mangrove, that really looks disgusting. Happy to watch documentaries and be done with it, as far as nature is concerned. I have a backyard with birds and small mammals and that is sufficient for me. I don't usually watch videos but I'm glad I did in this instance - that title screen, in particular, was so appealing. It's always a pleasure to hear what your creativity has in store for us. Great work!
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Dan, so very sorry for your loss. A sad but temporary reality of making it this long is so many we treasure will move on before us. Hope you and M'Len are well. Ron
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Thank you for the listen and your comments Herb. I’ll tweak the guitars as you suggest and I’ve also had some tweaks suggested by RayC. Im just waiting for the AC to bring my music room down from 35 degrees C. It’s roasting in Adelaide today. Kind regards.
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Hi Rob SUNO or not, that’s a lovely song. Production perfection, excellent lyrics, really really good. Kind regards
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Hi Daniel. I'm sorry for your loss. May your friend rest in peace. Beautiful songs! Loved them both.
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Hi Bob. Nice, moody with a Dylan-isk, (sp?) vocal. I really like this.
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I like this Marty! Smooth and soulful. Great vocal. Thanks for posting it.
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Are you sure about this? If so, can you provide a reference for this? I understand that guitarists can play ambiguous or unambiguous chords. C-E-G would be a Cmajor unambiguous chord even if no bass player is present. How do you know it's not Em(add#5) (?) Or for that matter an inversion of D11, whether minor or major? What key is the song? What was the previous and next chord? Those two questions can be important when determining how to refer to the chord.. I'm talking strictly from a theory point of view, not everyday use of a C chord (or G Bb D, or whatever it was), C just seems to be the prevalent choice. What key the example is in doesn't matter. Here's an example: Song is in D Guitar player says the fourth chord before it starts again is a C major In My head I'm thinking "OK" but I'm also thinking "is it really an Am7 leading back to D?" I mean both could work, and maybe in this particular song it works better if you use C the first time thru and then Am7 the second time right before the chorus. Point is, it's all just theory but it helps
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You say: “IF there is only a guitar then any chord is an ambiguous chord because there is no bass.” Are you sure about this? If so, can you provide a reference for this? I understand that guitarists can play ambiguous or unambiguous chords. C-E-G would be a Cmajor unambiguous chord even if no bass player is present. FWIW I think it's the presence of a bass note, played by whomever, that anchors the chord. AFAICS and major or minor triad is probably unambiguous. Just about anything else has the potential, at least, to be ambiguous unless that bass note is present. We have on keyboards, and I presume also on most or all chording instruments, what we call rootless voicings, which rely on someone else, normally the bass player, to supply the anchor for the chords, however it's also not that unusual to play those rootless voicings solo. The effect is of both some ambiguity and some lack of stability, which helps to keep the music evolving. Whether or not that's what you mean here by ambiguity I'm not sure, but it may be an area to explore.
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... My Only Problem Is The Difference In Chords Like The Slight Difference Between A Chord Like FMaj And F2 Or FAdd9. ... So Could You Please Correct My Chords If I'm Wrong? Two quick things. First, F2 and Fadd9 are indeed different chords but BIAB implements them both as F2. Same for Fadd2; it's played as F2. You should not expect to hear different chords. Second, unless you turn off Natural Arrangement (and sometimes even if you do!), BIAB is likely to choose similar chords sometimes, just as a normal human player would, especially in jazz. In the example you tested, BIAB might simply have substituted F2 for F. But first, turn off Natural Arrangement and run the test again many times. Then if you want to know more, read my article here and try more experiments: https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=694482#Post694482
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Good idea to test that. There is another setting for the lowest note BIAB uses, and I think it may be in the same area, and it's possibly E2. My point is there may be other settings that could interact and that needs to be checked especially if someone is making more than one change. There is also the Preferences, Channels where you tell BIAB what register an instrument is in and how to adjust the display. The bass plays an octave lower than written so that is -1. On my computer the Melody is a plus 1. I wonder what would happen if that were changed to 0 or -1. If we can't find any way to do this that sticks, I will report this thread to the developers.
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All we want from you is...YOU...some writers are prolific but not good and some are good but not prolific in their writing skills but you my friend are both...this is just another example of a well produced super performed song. I love hearing your stuff and I don't know if you and Dave are joined at the hip but you sure are joined at the brain...what a team!
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Hi Shawn, I've tried altering the settings and changing them, too. My experience was that if I selected treble clef, it was fine. If I selected bass clef, though, the next time I opened BIAB it was set to treble clef. Normally, I set my clef to Auto and that stays as well. So it seems that only the bass clef is not able to be set and locked into place. That said, something that is worth trying is to set your clefs to Auto and then set you split to C6 instead of C4. This should force any notes lower than C6 (one octave above middle C to be displayed in the bass clef). In BIAB terminology, C5 = middle C. The setting is found in "Lead sheet option | Notation options". Regards, --Noel
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