Hi BIABguy,

You could do this by using 2 bars that will effectively play in the same time as the single bar.

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING, save the song with a new file name. This will allow you easily to return to the present song if you need to.

Read on ...

1. Insert a bar after the present bar. Click on the inserted bar. Now press f5 and set the number of beats of this inserted bar to "2".



2. Click on the bar following the inserted bar and set the beats to 4.

(In effect, what's happened is that a 2/4 bar has been inserted and we've set BIAB to play 4/4 after the inserted bar.)

3. Type G13 on beat 1 of the inserted bar.

4. Now click on the bar before the inserted bar. Press f5 and change the tempo to twice the speed. (For example, if your song's tempo is 85, type 170 in the box highlighted below.)



5. On the chord sheet for this bar, type Bb13 on beat 1 and Ab 13 on beat 4. (That is type Bb13 on beat 1 and ,Ab13 on beat 3. The comma is important.)

6. Now click on the inserted 2/4 bar and set the tempo back to the song's original speed.

7. Generate the song and play.


What have we done?

In a nutshell, we've created a 4/4 bar that plays twice as quickly as the rest of the song. This means, it will play in the same amount of time that half a bar will play at the song's normal speed. Since it's a 4/4 bar, though, I can put 4 chords into it. When I couple this twice-as-fast 4/4 bar with the following 2/4 bar at normal speed, I end up with the combined effect of a single bar.

Try it and see if it works ok for you. You might want to experiment with Shots and Holds to make it even more effective.

Please let Dan and I know how it worked out for you. We're interested!

All the best,
Noel

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