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Hi,
I'm new and can't even get started. In the editable notation mode, can I make the treble clef staff go away? I can't read treble clef. I play bass clef. I want to enter a solo into the base clef line, but I can't enter any notes on the bass clef staff above concert Bflat, no matter what options I select.
Is this a drawback to BIAB, or am I missing a key step?
Thanks,
Geezer
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Try going to Opt., Preferences, Notation. There is a place in the center of the dialog box to change "Clefs split at". Raise the number to C6 instead of the default C4. You will still see a treble clef (not sure how to get rid of it) but all your notes will be in the bass clef.
Stay tuned here in case someone else knows a better solution.
And Welcome to the forum.
ps If, when you are done, the notes sound in the wrong register (too high), we can adjust that, too; just ask.
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Thanks!
I also noticed a little box up in the left that tells me what note my cursor is pointed on. If I mind the note duration value at the same time I'm watching that little window, then I can pick off the note(s) I want.
I'm not formally musically trained. IOW's, I'm a dummy; a dummy who is largely self-taught to play tenor trombone. So I'm used to ledger lines. When I didn't see any in the edit notation window, I was confused. Light bulb. The treble clef and base clef staffs are connected at middle C in music theory, so they are as well in BIAB. Now that I understand THAT, I can work it.
And I have discovered that I can get a chord progression of a melody line I enter on the bass clef by using the "Reharmonizing" feature. Baby steps.
Thanks again,
Geezer
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Sounds like you're doing well! Tenor trombone, OK. I wonder whose bell is bigger, yours or mine (see my avatar). 
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Hi Geezer, Welcome to the forums! What you see in Editable Notation is mode is what the music theorists call the Grand Stave and it's not possible to turn off half of the stave. What you can do, though, is to enter 'Editable Notation Mode', click on "Opt" (#1 on the image) and set the "Clef splits at" to C6 (#2). This will allow bass clef notes to be entered.  Here are some notes I just entered with the split point set at C6.  Hope this helps, Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2024
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BAND IN A BOX CAN INDEED DISPLAY BASS CLEF ONLY NOTATION. IN THE NOTATION VIEW, FIRST CLICK ON THE "B" TO DISPLAY THE BASS CLEF. THEN, CLICK ON OPTIONS AT UPPER LH OF NOTATION WINDOW.  THE DROPDOWN SLOT IS HIGHLIGHTED -- BASS IS AT THE BOTTO OF THE DROPDOWN LIST, SELECT THAT. NOTE ABOVE THAT THE "TAB" IS ALSO CHECKED, SO YOU CAN SEE THE TAB AS WELL AS THE BASS CLEF, THIS IS OPYIONAL. THEN, YOUR BASS PART, WHEN YOU SELECT IT IN FUTURE, SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:  --Mac
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Mac is displaying the Bass track (by clicking on the B). Be careful if you do this, because anything you enter here will be erased when the song reloads or regenerates, UNLESS you first freeze the track.
However, if you use the Melody or Soloist, you can enter your melody all on the bass clef just by changing the clef split point as I mentioned earlier, and you won't have to worry about the track being overwritten. The downside is that you will see the unused treble staff.
Also be aware there is something in BIAB called the Lead Sheet View (there's a green icon). This will show only the bass clef, and tons of ledger lines, if you have adjusted the clef split point. You would probably not want to set a transposition to bass if you use this view, or the entire melody may be in the stratosphere with ledger lines.
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ALTO SAX MELODY LINE MOVED TO AND DISPLAYED ON BASS CLEF:  --Mac
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