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Try googling "Xmas biab" or "hank williams biab" or something like that. A little experimentation will reveal that there are thousands of Biab songs ready to go available on the web.

to the right of the tempo window there are two buttons marked 'tap.' Put the mouse there and then tap four times on the mouse button with your finger. BiaB will figure out what your tempo is.

Study the songs that come with BiaB to learn more about how these things work. Look in the folder called "50SONGS" in your c:\BB folder. Load the demo songs from the style picker.


> Here is a post about 'Swing' vs 'even' from another thread >

Here is a way to divide beats into groups of two:

"Gran-Pa-John-ny, Gran-Pa-John-ny, Gran-Pa-John-ny..."
These are called eighth notes in America.

Here is a way to divide beats into groups of three, called triplets:

"Gran-pa-pa Jon-a-than
Gran-pa-pa Jon-a-than
Gran-pa-pa Jon-a-than..."

The first pattern would be called "even" eighth notes. An idea of "swing' can be had from the second pattern. In place of "Gran-pa-pa Jon-a-than," try saying only the first and third syllables:

"Gran * pa Jon * than
Gran * pa Jon * than
Gran * pa Jon * than"

...leave out the second syllable of "Grandpapa" and "Jonathan" to get a "long-short, long-short" pattern.

Now try some of the styles marked EV (even) and some marked SW(Swing) in the style picker. Listen to how the beats are divided into two-part and three-part divisions. Try chanting "Gran-pa-pa Jonathan" in the two ways described here and see what fits.

(Note that my description of "swing," above, is OK for beginners, but not quite perfect. Its a jazz thing.)

Last edited by flatfoot; 12/24/13 08:28 PM.
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