Hi,

BIAB 'thinks' best in 3/4 and 4/4.

With this in mind, if I was writing a song in 6/8 that I wanted to import into BIAB, I'd actually notate it in 4/4 using eighth note triplets where half a bar of 4/4 is equal to one bar of 6/8. That is, half a bar contains two groups of eighth note triplets.

This will import fine and there are some really great 12/8 styles based on 4-beats per bar, and some swing styles, that will sit really comfortably with the melody.

For example, the image below shows how I've translated four bars of music in 6/8 into 4/4. While writing eighth note triplets in 2/4 is more appropriate to 6/8, since both are duple time signatures, 4/4 is much better suited to BIAB from a 'finding suitable styles' perspective when the melody is loaded.

Hope this helps,
Noel

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