After playing with it for awhile, this workflow seems to work and make sense to me,

1) make sure BIAB setting is no capo and no tune down
2) transpose song to its actual key (some of my songs are already stored transposed to reflect the chord shapes I am playing with a capo)
3) set capo and BIAB changes the displayed chords while keeping the key the same


If I want to change the capo setting one fret lower and keep the chord shapes,

1) transpose my song down one semitone
2) move capo one fret lower than before and previous chord shapes are displayed with lower key


If I want to change the capo setting one fret higher and keep the chord shapes,

1) transpose my song up one semitone
2) move capo one fret higher than before and previous chord shapes are displayed with higher key


I think I understand this now but until these settings are stored with the songs I'll probably just transpose to get chord sheets. I see this as problematic every time I load a different song to have to remember to remove or add capo and remember the settings for each one.

It might even be better if BIAB did not remember the capo settings at all so every time I start it I'd start from the same standard place rather than starting wherever the last song had its capo set.

Last edited by JohnJohnJohn; 01/12/13 01:52 PM.