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Hello Everyone, I just downloaded BIAB 2011.5 UltraPak and I'm going thru all the styles looking for Cut Time
Styles. I have this 2 Beat Bluegrass Number I'm trying to learn. I can't find where I can change a 4/4 Time Signature to Cut Time or I think that is written 2/2 where there is 2 beats in a measure and a half note gets one beat. All of the Bluegrass Styles as far as I can determine are written in 4/4 Time Signature. Can anyone help me with this. Thank You. After a little research I find what I really want is Half-Time Styles, where there are two beats in each measure. I really am confused between Half-Time & Double-Time. In other words if a tune is written in 4/4 Time Signature how does Half Time or Cut Time affect how many beats there are to a measure?

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Our Bluegrass styles are 16th note based, so a fast bluegrass style would be tempo of 130.

If you want to see a tempo of 260 instead, with 8th notes, then you would use Half-Time.
I don't think we've made a style that is like that (we should be able to upload one next week).

In the meantime, you could make one by setting all of the realTracks to half-Time in the RealTracks assign dialog.
(note that half time doesn't apply to drums, so choose no drums or an 8th note based drums style.


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Thank you Peter...I have SO MUCH to learn yet.

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>> I have SO MUCH to learn yet.

It's more fun to be playing, than learning <G> ... so I made a 8th note based Bluegrass style for you. This uses Bluegrass RealTracks, so you need to have those RealTracks.

Here's a video of the style in action
http://screencast.com/t/h5GxNLCp5H

Here's an audio of it:
http://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/jazzu/misc/_BGBand8.mp4

And here is the style and a demo song.... put them in your BB folder, and load in the song and play!

STY and SONG in the ZIP...
http://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/jazzu/misc/_BGBAND8.zip


Here's a video showing how I made the 8th note based style (tempo 260), starting from a 16th note based style (tempo 130). Note that you can do this yourself with any style!
Video on making half-time style for Bluegrass: http://screencast.com/t/aQAgGpTDdN9N


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Thank you so much Peter.....This is so much more than I expected. Learning can be fun too!!
BTW I did find a Style that worked for me on the Bluegrass 2 Beat Tune. It was called ALABAMA2. The meter was right but didn't have a Mandolin or Banjo. I'm thinking about trying to Record some Banjo strumming from my keyboard into the Melody track. But instead I can use what you did for me. Thanks a bunch.

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Had a chance to listen to the new style Peter. I found it to be Outstanding for what I wanted to use it for. I do appreciate your time on this and am very happy with your products. You can count on my support for a long time.


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