OK, I'm going to rant (please ignore) that a power chord is not a chord, it is an interval. It takes 3 notes to make a chord. (rant is over).

This is one reason why I prefer MIDI styles to real tracks, I can export the finished BiaB product and edit to my heart's content. In this instance, open it up in the piano roll editor and erase the thirds in the major triad, turning them into a root/fifth interval (power chord).

BiaB is wonderful, bordering on pure genius. I've written styles for other auto accompaniment apps, and BiaB is by far the absolute best.

But as great as BiaB's output is, IMO it's not ready for prime time. It's like a very good band, but not an excellent band. In MIDI, granted you suffer a little tone, but you gain a huge opportunity for extensive editing. You can take that very good output and make something truly exceptional with it. Besides for fixing power chords, I can move drum rolls around, put real intros/endings on the song, insert song specific licks, do more than just shots/holds, change the instrument say from a piano to a clav or a jazz guitar to a telecaster, altering or changing the volumes of individual notes, change the chord inversion to help the singer, and so much more. This can make the music much more expressive.

Tone is subjective, and expression rules. After all, there are plenty of pop singers with less than stellar voices that are very popular, because they express themselves well. And who can say that the strat guitar sounds better than the 335 or the LP, or the tele or the danelectro?

But with a real track, which I occasionally use, I know of no way to get rid of any notes in a chord.

It's not the fault of BiaB, it's the difference between MIDI and recorded audio, and the technology of the day.

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