Hi JEL,

BIAB will certainly do it's best to interpret a single note as a chord. That being said, though, the output will probably be unsatisfactory.

The reason for this is that it takes three notes to define a chord.

For example, when you press C, you are thinking of a C chord. BIAB, however, doesn't think like this. The note C can belong to many chords.... F, C, Am, D7, G7sus4, Ab, B7b9.... these are only a few of a list goes on for quite a while. Because of these possibilities, BIAB has the potential to choose many variations other than the one you are after.

What you might find better, is to use the Nashville number system when you enter chords. To do this, assign each note in the scale a number from 1 to 7 starting with 1 as the root note. Using the C scale as an example, this will give (note the Key must be set correctly for this to work properly)...

C = 1
D = 2
E = 3
F = 4
G = 5
A = 6
B = 7

Now, on the chord sheet, put the cursor on beat 1, bar 1 and type 1 then press <enter>; BIAB will show C. Move the cursor to beat 1, bar 2 and type 6m + <enter>; BIAB will now show Am... etc.

Thus, if I want to enter D, G, Em7, A7 in the key of D...

1) Set the key to D

2) Type 1 <enter>, 4 <enter>, 2m7 <enter>, 57 <enter>...

This method of chord entry might be useful for you.

Regards,
Noel

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