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I have transposed "My Funny Valentine" to Abm, however the leadsheet shows a key signature with 5 sharps. Now to my mind Ab m is the relative minor to Cb not B so that the key signature should have seven flats. Is there a workaround?
I have Band-in-a-Box for Windows Version 2012.5 (357)
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Hi rico,
BIAB has limitations when it comes to Cb.
If you have a look under the key signature settings, there is no Cb major key (even though Ab minor is listed). BIAB interprets Cb as its enharmonic equivalent of B. BIAB is also limited when it comes to displaying the note Fb (which is in the key of Ab minor) and will display it as E.
While a chord backing in the key of G# minor (5 sharps) will sound the same as a backing in the key of Ab minor, if you want to read the music in seven flats, it is necessary to export the song to music notation software and create a lead sheet there.
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To add to the good explanation, there is also a limitation with E# and B#.
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To add to the good explanation, there is also a limitation with E# and B# The B-sharp major scale has 2 sharps, 5 double-sharps. The E-sharp major scale has 3 sharps, 4 double-sharps. Warning: The B-sharp and E-sharp keys are theoretical major scale keys. Of course C-flat has seven flats and F-flat has six flats and one double flat. I would have to look; does BIAB even support double sharps or double flats even in notation (much less the key signature)?
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Thanks for the swift replies. I wonder why they haven't sorted this out. Doesn't seem that complicated.
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I would guess it’s more that the original program was designed for jazz fakebooks where this limitation wasn’t as noticeable. Having created the whole programming structure for the program, it’s probably hard to change the older code and doing so would make file compatiblility an issue. But that’s just a guess.
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They'll change it when they go to 64bit.
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