1) About the power chord, the standard name I know is ‘power chord’ 😎

Although a chord is classically defined as three or more pitches, a power chord functions as a chord and is entered like any other chord. BIAB defines a few types of chords that might cause confusion when entering but I don’t see that it makes any difference what name it might be called.

HOWEVER - is there someplace in the BIAB documentation that is causing trouble?

2) About the sound being the same for C and C5, you tried some styles, but there are other things to try. I would start by turning off Natural Arrangement. I wrote an article about this and other fun in the Tips and Tricks Forum. It’s a sticky near the top, called When BIAB Doesn’t Quite Play the Chords You Wrote.

See if something there helps.


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