Originally Posted By: Islansoul
...I'm not really asking for a visual indication of a rest, rather a program function that tells BIAB that whenever there is an N.C. inserted in a measure, no chord will be played until a chord is played. In my case, I use a lot of leadsheets to get the chords for songs I want to play the melodies from, and sometimes they may have a N.C. on measure one. If I was to just leave that measure blank it would just insert the tonic of that key.

I'm certain you know this, but I'm just checking: You know that by putting a single period after a chord name, and no other letters following, it causes all instruments to rest. So BIAB has the 'program function'. What you want is for that function to be triggered in another way, by using the special chord symbol NC. Agreed. PG Music apparently intended for that to work, also.

But your last post ("no chord will be played until a chord is played") made me think maybe you are looking for a way to start a song on command, by playing a chord and then BIAB comes in with the lead-in bar, using only the chord you played. Is that correct?

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