Originally Posted by Andrew - PG Music
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I'm just really surprised that workarounds or fiddling with all kinds of settings are required to
get a basic 'This Masquerade' chord happening in BIAB.
It is 2024 right?

There's just one setting: Song Settings - "Natural Arrangements".

Here's another idea that should work well, and allows you to leave natural arrangements enabled (more natural playing with longer phrases)

1. Generate the track.
2. Song Settings | Natural arrangements - disable. (but don't re-generate)
3. Highlight only 17-18 and press F8 - generate new riff for just those bars.

Well this is getting really interesting. frown

I generated the track.
I had natural arrangements disabled.
I played the song and mMaj7 worked correctly on each occurrence for all three choruses this time!
Strange.

However I'm loathe to say this has been fixed.
Because I have a new can of worms.
I don't know if I should continue it in this thread or start a new one.

I think I'll just continue here.

I have been so fixated on the mMaj7 chords in the song that I have been disregarding the rest of the chords!

Well there's a whole pile of chords that are being misplayed. Here's just a SMALL sample:

CMaj7 > CMaj9
CMaj7 > C
Am7 > Am9
Am6 > Am7
G7b9 > G9
G7b9 > G7+b9
Dm7 > Dm
Bm6 > Bm7
E7 > E13

Now what can I say? For me this is totally unacceptable.
Chords are the backbone of BIAB.
If BIAB can't play chords you key in, (takes the liberty to play whatever it feels like)
what's the point of using BIAB? May as well hire some musicians. smile

OK so what's the secret to tell BIAB to play ONLY the chords that have been keyed in?
We know these chords have been recorded, they are as 'natural' as they come.

A BIAB user for more than 30 years (if you can believe it) !