SC,

Here's something for you to try ...

I loaded in the style you mentioned above and set BIAB for 8-bars. I then entered C F | C F | C F | G C|, etc., to fill the 8 bars with 2 chords per bar (one chord on beat 1 and one on beat 3). I then generated the backing.

For the most part, the generation sounded fine. This particular soloist (RT 1586) is a very busy one and it sounds like Brent recorded phrases that work for 1-bar, 2-bar (and greater) generations. I suspect that the nature of these solos, for this particular RT, restricts their use for 1/2-bars. That being said, though, every once in a while, a 1/2-bar generation occurred. Mostly, though, the generations sounded like BIAB chose phrases that worked for both chords within the bar.

I'll be interested in what Matt and Solidrock say but, it may well be, that this particular soloist Realtrack has limitations and works best when there is a minimum of 1 chord per bar.

In Realband, it would be possible to generate part of a bar and to see if this helps achieve what you want.

Regards,
Noel

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