1. Note sure what you mean but it looks like (by playing with it and reading help) the "Include similar" seems to include any/all styles that have ANY (operative word) of the SAME

Category OR TimeSig OR Feel OR Tempo OR Type OR (maybe?) Other. (if you have any SQL knowledge this will make sense - if you don’t - don’t worry about it)


2. If you did as I suggested in another post then Style Picker totals/list reflects the total BB root directory (X:\bb ) only of usable an VAILD styles (good uncorrupted .sty files).

Step one of what I did was reset the Style Picker to list and look ONLY for the PG defined "base" (PG total .sty) list of .sty's and confirm they are (or aren't) in your BB root directory.

Step two adds in your 3rd party/user styles that are in the BB ROOT directory only, and only if they are VALID (no issues) .sty files.

3. I'm not PG but, as far as I can tell (by hands-on file "testing" - aka playing around like the geek I am) only .sty files in the BB ROOT directory (X:\bb\*.sty ) will be seen by the style picker so if you have styles (user styles) that ARE NOT in that root directory BB Style Picker won't see them .

Regarding the "extra" sty files in all the various sub-folders: some are duplicates and may (or may not) have already been placed in the BB root (if installed by PG installers) others are called up by the song from the directory the song is in, these seem to be specialized one-off styles:

Example in BB\Folk Songs\British\ the song (randomly picked) "brit17.mgu" calls up the style "SCOT30.sty" that it needs for that song, even though that style is not in the Style Picker.

If you have or find a .sty you like and want to use a lot, or modify, you could COPY it to the BB directory and it should show up as a user style (once re-scanned).

Finally I AM NOT the final authority on this but looks like .ls3 files aren't needed/used anymore - (even though it/they are still listed in the help file)????

good luck
Larry

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