Hi guys,

I got it to mute on the 2nd and 3rd chorus using both methods actually. For the F5 method I went to Instrument changes and went down to the Melody and selected Mute (while it said 2nd chorus at the top). Of interest I tried resetting it to normal after the F5 method and it does not come back properly. I reset it and it lost the first two bars of melody so maybe that is a bug. I had not saved the song so it is not a problem.

In the songs I mentioned above in the first post, I was wrong about the melody playing only on the first chorus of the first repeat. I went back and checked and it turns out that it plays on the first chorus of all repeats exactly matching what you guys have indicated.

So I guess it is solved.

As far as my finally realizing I prefer to play the melody from the printed lead sheet without the melody playing it BIAB at the same time, there are two reasons. 1/ I find it plays it a bit different in a few spots and 2/ I will be live jamming soon (using BIAB to prepare) so I may as well get use to reading the printed sheet now rather than having to deal with that when we jam. I have decided I am better off not memorizing the songs. I seem to be pretty good at keeping my eyes on the sheet and doing all the parts (melody, comping, rhythm and improvising). Maybe that is because I have been using lead sheets since age 13 when I first started playing the guitar and it seems much like walking to me.

Thanks again,
John

John Bowles
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