>>>> 1. BIAB's chord sheet annotation is relatively small, but it's pretty clear which measure is playing at any given time. The lead sheet annotation is relatively large, but it's not nearly as clear which measure is playing. (ie - the highlighting is dim and thin.) Is there a way to either increase the size of the chord sheet notation, or have the lead sheet highlight the current measure more prominently?


To get the leadsheet displaed more prominently, choose a track that has MIDI notes on it, and they will highlight in red as the song plays.


2. Having come from a background of playing off of sheet music (sight reading), I still have a lot of work to do in getting comfortable with quickly identifying chords and their inversions. So, is there any way to slow down the playback of a BIAB file that was created thru the Audio Chord Wizard (ACW), so that I can practice playing the accompanying chords slowly? I know that it's possible to increase/decrease the tempo for a chord progression/style that you input, but it doesn't seem that it's possible to do this with a file that came from the ACW.


Yes, since a song from ACW has tempo changes throughout the song, chenging the tempo doesn't work, because it would get overridden by the next tempo change. The solution is to change the relative tempo of the whole song. [main menu] Play - Tempo - Half Speed (Ctrl -) will half the tempo of the whole song, including tempo changes. Ctrl = gets you back to normal, and Ctrl - (minus) gets you half tempo.

3. Related to my inexperience with quickly identifying all but the most basic chords on the keyboard - Does BIAB have a built-in function somewhere that I could quickly refer to, that would show me the notes that comprise a given chord? Note: I have the Piano Chord Dictionary software, but it doesn't allow me to simply type in the chord (similar to the notation on BIAB's chord sheet). If nothing else, what's the best way to use BIAB to learn chords and their inversions (for piano/keyboard)?

There isn't a dedicated function to do this. You could find a simple style that plays the piano chords, and watch them on the piano (or the dedicated big piano window, or the notation.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.