Yep Mac, I could not live without BB leadsheets. We use them in all the jazz bands I play with in preference to RealBooks. A production print run for me usually involves C (treble clef and bass clef), Bb, Eb parts and a chord chart. I also like to get each part on a single sheet of A4. You need very good control of the print layouts, I can tell you. But it is okay, once you get it down.

And you can even produce quite complex band arrangements (charts) using the automatic harmony features. Now there's a challenge for 'would-be printers out'. Harmony parts!

I also use BB for the first stage of any big band arrangement because it is so easy to enter the melody and secondary lines compared to the Finale, Sibelius, Overture 4 etc. And, again, that ability to create different types of harmonies very quickly. Only then do I dump a BB midi file into Sibelius to tidy up the arrangement.

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