I run into an occasional problem where I disagree with the way BiaB voices a chord. Like when I specify a D9 for example, and BiaB insists on "jazzing things up" and playing a D#9 instead. Well, I learned how to reel it in from doing that (Song Settings/Force Song to Simple Arrangement). Right now I'm having an issue with the way BiaB insists on playing sus2 chords, e.g., just plain 2 chords, according to BiaB's text terminology. I tried forcing it to simple arrangements with the sus2 chords, but it didn't work.

According to the music theory I recall, a suspended 2nd chord has no third. It's just the root, the 2nd and the 5th, at its simplest. But there should be no 3rd. Yet, when I type 2 chords into the BiaB text page, and play them back, they sound funny. So I go check the voicing, typically on the keyboards, and, sure enough, BiaB is sticking a 3rd in there. A D2, for example, will have a D,E,F#,A, or inversions thereof. So, not only is this incorrect chord voicing, it destroys the mood I'm trying to convey through the use of sus2 chords.

Quoting Wikipedia: "A suspended chord (or sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second."

It is annoyingly difficult to edit, say, the keyboard track to get rid of the 3rds because you can only edit Melody and Solo tracks. So one must copy the kb track over to the solo track, edit it and then copy it back to the kb track. This is a tremendous amount of bother. It would be so much nicer to tell BiaB to play chords correctly. It would be even nicer if I didn't have to tell BiaB to do things correctly.

So what I want to know is, is there some sort of global edit function, where I can get inside BiaB's head, if you will, and tell it NOT to include 3rds in 2 chords? I tried the Chord Builder, and it's no good for this cuz you can't specify the exact components of a chord like this one.

If there isn't a global way to change BiaB's penchant for voicing, then I'm requesting to the PG Staff that they correct their mistaken voicing of sus2 chords. Sus4 chords get spelled correctly, so it's only fitting that sus2 chords get spelled correctly also.

Best,
Michael

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