Only had Biab for a day now so I'm still trying to figure some of it out, it's confusing to me how everything is considered a chorus when I am thinking like intro-verses-chorus-bridge-solo etc

I know somehow it can be done but I cant figure out how to name them different then have them play back in the right order?
say I have 4 parts is a song and want them to play 1 - 2- 3- 1 - 3- 4 etc.

Hi

The easiest way to get what you are asking for before you can understand more fully the workings of BIAB is to do the arrangement as unfolded (one big chorus) and without any repeats (the chorus box with 1 entered)

As you complete each section you can copy and paste to the designated bar numbers

The Conducter feature can also help once you have the full song entered

In the Help section go to Topics and there is a great deal of helpful info there

jazzman

Hi flyphish,

A BIAB "Chorus" means "once through the entire song." This is the more general use of the word "chorus".

When you start BIAB with a new song, it will typically default to 3 choruses (that is, 3 repeats of what you put in). Located to the right of the song tempo there are 3 buttons with numbers in. These are,

• Button 1 = bar at which the first chorus starts. This allows for an introduction and the intro bars will not repeat in chorus repetitions. Initially this will be set to 1.
  
• Button 2 = length of song in bars. Initially this will be set to 32.
  
• Button 3 = number of choruses. Initially this will be set to 3.

If these buttons are set as (say) 5, 36, 3, it means there's a 4 bar intro; the first chorus starts at bar 5; once through the song is 32 bars (namely bars 5 to 36); there are 3 repetitions of these 32 bars. With all this in mind, the song would be 100 bars long.

When I build songs, I prefer to use a single chorus and I use part markers to define each of my sections. As an example, if I wanted to make a song that had a 4-bar intro, 8-bar verse, 8-bar chorus, 8-bar verse, 8-bar chorus, 12-bar bridge, 8-bar chorus, 4-bar ending (a total of 60 bars), I'd set it up as follows.

• Left-click on each of the buttons mentioned above and set them to 1, 60, 1, respectively. Note: the song will be 62 bars long even though you entered its length as 60 because BIAB puts in a 2-bar ending.
  
• Click on the "5" of bar 5 so that a blue part marker occurs. This will separate the intro from the verse.
  
• Click twice on the “13” of bar 13. This will separate the verse from the chorus with a green marker.
  
• Click once of 21 (blue marker) and twice on 29 (green marker) to separate the next verse and chorus.
  
• Click once on 37 (blue marker), twice on 49 (green marker), and twice on 57 (green marker). This will separate bridge, chorus and ending.
  
• Enter a suitable chord progression for each musical section.

A NOTE ABOUT MARKERS
Blue markers define an A-style and green markers define a B-style. Generally, A-styles are a little simpler than the B-styles and, by varying the styles, the song develops musically. Also, because BIAB sees a marker as beginning a section, it will put instrumental and drum breaks in the bar immediately before the marker. This also helps to define these sections musically.

Hopes this gives you some ideas.

Regards,
Noel

Welcome to the forum, flyphish

Couldn't have put it better myself, Noel. Well done!

Thanks guys, I was doing it the way Noel described so I guess thats the best way .

thanks again

Biab will play a slight variation of the A & B markers on each "Chorus." The Multi-Styles also have C & D part markers in them as well. If you are going to use one long chorus, I'd suggest using a Multi-Style for that. The variations will be more apparent that way, if that is what you are looking for?

If you haven't done so, be sure to check out some of the Biab Videos. They will also give you an idea on how to use soloists, repeats etc . . .

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