The repeat symbols are intended to be a way for you to view/print your song like it would appear in a Fake book. When you have a repeated section, the repeated bars do not disappear, Band-in-a-Box still has to generate parts for them. The parts will be slightly different, as you would expect if you listened to musicians play the song, and the melody and soloist might not play exactly the same way each time. So the bars are there as they need to be, but they can be conveniently hidden from view if you select "Fakesheet mode".



There are two ways that you can create a repeat. In the repeats dialog, if you have "generate new bars" selected, then BIAB will add in the repeated bars. If unchecked, then it will use bars that already exist.

I would suggest writing your entire song form as you would play it the whole way through. Then go back if you want to add a repeat, and leave the 'generate new bars' unchecked.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.