OK, John knew what I was talking about (no surprise there), the Song Form. I don't think it's in the menus but there's an icon for it in the Tools toolbar. It's right under the box for Number of Choruses.

I think it's pretty self-explanatory, but look in Help, Index, Song Form Maker. You would give your empty measures a section letter but not use that letter in the song form.

However - this is on BIAB 2015, and you said you have BIAB 2013. I don't remember which version introduced this feature but it is recent. I thought it might be in 2013, but what do I know?

Checking now..

If it's not in 2013, this is one more good reason to consider upgrading.

EDIT: Good news, I was right: this feature was introduced in BIAB 2013. Here's their description:
A new Song Form feature allows you to define sections of a song (A, B, C etc.), and then rearrange the song by simply typing the form you want (e.g. AABABAACA). You can revisit this dialog, to re-order the sections. Or change a chord in the “A” section, and propagate the changes through all of the “A” sections.

Bad news: doing this renumbers the measures as if the omitted section wasn't there.

Good news: it's undo-able. And you can always print before invoking the song form (or even after).

Last edited by Matt Finley; 09/28/15 08:15 AM.
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