For me, I don't think of the BiaB matrix as numbered measures. Instead I just think of them as cells.

Each cell can contain up to 4 chord changes, evenly divided. 4 is the default, 3 for waltzes or use F5 to reduce it from 4 to 1.

Each cell can be two 6/8 measures or one 12/8 measure if using an appropriate triplet based style (sw). Each cell can also be two 2/4 measures.

Need 5/4? With F5 make one cell 3 beats and the next one 2 and both combined are a 5/4 measure.

You can get creative from here for 7/4, 9/8 and so on.

If you have a chord progression with more than 4 chords in a 4/4 measure, or a chord on a beat and the eighth note before that beat you can expand the song so that each cell is half a 4/4 measure, double the tempo and use one of Norton Music's EXPANDED styles. The EXPANDED styles are written to work properly when the song is expanded and the BiaB tempo is doubled.

There is a lot you can do with BiaB if you treat the numbered slots in the Matrix as cells instead of measures.

Of course, if you are depending on BiaB for notation purposes, this can make the notation difficult to read, but if you just want to play music, it can open up a lot of creativity and overcome some of the limitations of BiaB.

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