Pushes, holds, and shots are what PGMusic calls several features in BIAB. You can add Rests to that list.

Starting with "Pushes", this is simply the ability to have a chord play either an 8th beat or a 16th beat earlier than it normally would. When you put a chord on the BIAB grid, that chord will start playing on the beat. If you type a caret (^) in front of the chord, it will instead play that chord an 8th beat earlier than on the beat. If you type two carets (^^) in front of a chord, it plays a 16th beat earlier.

For "Holds", "Shots", and "Rests", this gives you the ability to specify how you want the instruments to play a chord.

A "Hold" just means what it says - Hold the chord until another chord comes along. Just keep sustaining the notes (for those instruments that can do that). Holds are implemented by using three periods after the chord (or via the chord options menu).

A "Shot" is like a "hit". Play the note and then immediately rest. A shot is implemented by using two periods after the chord (or via the chord options menu).

A "Rest" means don't play anything. A rest is implemented by using a single period after the chord (or via the chord options menu).

The cool thing about Holds, Shots, and Rests is that you can exclude instruments from them. You have to use the legacy track names to do it (Drums, Bass, Piano, Guitar, and Strings); however, if you specify a chord as say "C7..bpd", it means play a shot on the C7 chord on all instruments except what's on the bass, piano, and drums track.

This is all basically PGMusic terminology, and while pretty much intuitive, not necessarily music theory terminology.

All this is explained pretty well in both the user manual and the help system.

Hope that helps.


John

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