Ian,

I agree with your request. It would be great if selected bars could be generated.

In the meantime, and in addition to my comment about MIDI, another approach that might help shortcut the testing of chords would be...

1. Set preferences so that multiple instances of BIAB can be open.

2. Open a second instance of the program.

3. Set the second instance to the same tempo and one or two of the same Realtracks. Make the song 8 bars long and save it as something like "arranging_test.SGU" (in the same folder as your original song).

4. While it's not possible to copy chords from one instance of BIAB to another one, it's easy to type in 3 or 4 chords.

5. Any time you want to test a chord progression, use the 8-bar chord sheet in the second instance of BIAB -- this will generate much quicker.

Hope this helps,
Noel


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