I have customised my chord display so that it displays a] chord display b] roman numerals c] piano voicings. I find this really useful when learning new piano voicings.
I have had to use "SECTION TEXT" to insert my piano voicings. Unfortunately they do not change when I hcange the key of the song and I have to enter them manually, again each key change. It's quite a faff to set up and it uses two layers and font sizes need changing, but it does pay big dividends ,especially when using advanced voicings.
I think it would be a strong selling point for BIAB to offer a layer which automatically displays piano voicings. Probably can be done with guitar too. Now I realise that there are more than one voicing for any chord, but there are stadard voicings, beyond the close position voicings. These can go from standard to advanced - different permutations. So, if BIAB could offer a pop up for each chord to select the voicing this would be ideal. Even advanced players could benefit from this deature, surely beginners and intermediates could too.
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I wonder if this might get more support/exposure if it was put in the Wish List Section?
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That's a slight misunderstanding. The piano track is for emulating the piano part. A song you are playing the piano part to might not have a piano part. Secondly you might not be emulating it. Chord voicings are IMO like a springboard for improvisations rather than a concrete wrten part. For a learner piano player, progressing from intermediate to advanced, one needs to go from voicing in stadard closed voicings, to voicing in spread voicings, to enhanced voicings using 9/11/13ths then to altered chords b9#9#4#5's.
I just(rather obviously) solved the problem with transposing the chord names. Simply use numerals e.g. for a C9 chord you might voice, 1 5 b7 3 5. If your chord is transposed, the same numbers apply. In other words don't use letters for note names.
Using the improved method, it's possible to practice advanced voicings of any chord and simply transpose. This is a mission critical part of advanced improvisation on the piano (and feasibly other instruments). I think some kind of custom feature similar to the "section text"
Above I suggested the chord voices could be selectable - from basic to more advanced. A pop up similar to the chord builder, but with a voicings option and perhaps an image of a piano keyboard is what I envision.
Such a functionality would be exactly what an intermediate piano improviser needs in in order to become advanced
That's a slight misunderstanding. The piano track is for emulating the piano part. A song you are playing the piano part to might not have a piano part.
Your suggestion looks very much more like a suggestion for specific educative Piano STYLES rather than cluttering the chord sheet window. An example might be PNOSIMP.STY?
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