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How do I add a two beat pickup #879604 02/11/26 03:35 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Feb 2026 Posts: 3 C Chris## OP Newbie
OP Chris## Newbie C Joined: Feb 2026 Posts: 3	Hi All How do I add a two beat pickup on beats 3 and 4 at the beginning of a song. I am running BIAB 2025 for Mac I've googled, searched the forum and tried chatgpt to get the correct way to to do this but none of the methods I found work. Is there a simple way to do this?

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Chris## #879635 02/11/26 10:29 PM Beginners Forum
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Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,569 Australia	Is the 2-beat pick-up for melody only or for the accompaniment? MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Noel96 #879638 02/12/26 01:19 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Chris## Newbie C Joined: Feb 2026 Posts: 3	I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm pretty new to this. Accompaniment I think. The song I want to play along with is Sunny Side Of The Street. It's in the key of C, the chord in the pickup is G7 and the two note pickup consists of two eighth notes E and D. I will be playing the two notes (Chromatic Harmonica) I have done some looking in the manual and online but have not found a solution. I would appreciate any help. I have BIAB 2025 and a Mac Thanks

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Chris## #879698 02/12/26 02:24 PM Beginners Forum
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Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,569 Australia	Thanks, Chris. That explains thing well. The easiest way to get a 2-bar pick-up that you need is to begin the song at bar 2 (not bar 1). 1) Set the first half of bar 1 to rest everything using Shots, Holds and Rests in Chord Options (Alt+F5 in Windows or right click on the chordsheet and select it). You can also simply type C. on the chordsheet. The C chord won't play because the period after it tells the chord to rest. 2) Enter the G7 chord on beat 3 of bar 1. 3) You might also try clicking on the number 2 in bar 2 to add a part marker. This will tell BIAB to add a drum break before bar 2. (If you want to remove the part marker, just keep clicking the mouse on it until it returns to its non-partmarker state. 3) Generate the the song for the settings to be updated in the instrumental playback. --Noel ★ my latest song using BIAB and Synth V: A World Of Wonder MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Chris## #879741 02/12/26 08:15 PM Beginners Forum
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Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 11,031 Winston Salem, NC USA	Hi Chris, To bring up the "Edit Current Bar Options" window Noel96 references in 2025 Mac you can either select F5 or select the Option+B keys on the Mac keyboard. Jim Fogle - 2026 BiaB (Build 1224) RB (Build 8) - Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk Sonar - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Chris## #879861 02/14/26 02:10 AM Beginners Forum
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OP Chris## Newbie C Joined: Feb 2026 Posts: 3	Thanks very much Noel and Jim I've got that sorted.

Re: How do I add a two beat pickup Chris## #879862 02/14/26 02:30 AM Beginners Forum
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Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,569 Australia	Chris, When you are happy that the problem has been sorted out, please click on the "Resolved" button in your original post that started this thread. That helps other users see that this problem was solved and might be useful to read. Happy music making. --Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

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