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86. How can I use the 101 Solo and Trio Intros in my songs?
The 101 Solo and Trio Intros are intended to be used as learning tools mainly, however it is possible to use them in your songs. For example, you could use one of the following two methods to start your song with one of the intros.
First method - start with one of the intros and build your song from that.
- Open one of the intros.
- Save the intro using File | Save As and type in a unique filename so you don't have to worry about modifying the original intro.
- If the Intro was an .MGX file (this tells you that the style was disabled), go to the Style menu and click on 'Style is enabled'.
- In the first bar, type in the same chord as is already there, followed by a period. This will 'rest' the chord.
- Highlight the first four bars, go to Edit | Copy Rests, and press OK.
- Change the number of choruses to 1. When asked if you want to "adjust melody to fit new # of choruses", click [Yes].
- Now frame your song (choose the number of bars and choruses you want in your song).
- Choose your style, key, type in your chords, etc.
Second method - import one of the intros into a song you already have.
- Open the Intro that you want to use.
- Transpose it into the same key as your song.
- Press .MID to save the song as a MIDI file. Save to Clipboard.
- Open the song you want to import the intro into.
- If you have already entered chords and melody without leaving space for the intro at the beginning of your song, you will need to use Edit | Copy (chords and melody), and set first and last bar of your chorus appropriately so that bars 1-4 are available for the intro. For example, you could set the first bar of your chorus to Bar 5 if you have more than one chorus. You will then be importing the intro into bars 1-4.
- Set the Melody track type to multichannel (Melody | Track type | Multichannel).
- In the first bar, type in any chord followed by a period. This will 'rest' the chord.
- Highlight the first four bars, go to Edit | Copy Rests, and press OK.
- Go to Melody | Edit Melody Track | Import Melody from Clipboard.
- In the Import MIDI File dialog, you may need to insert 1 blank bar at the beginning to get the intro to line up properly at the beginning of bar 1.
- Set 'How many bars to import?' to 4. Press OK.
Note that you may need to make minor adjustments to these instructions to get it to work properly for your specific situation.
Last edited by Alyssa - PG Music; 08/24/18 11:35 AM.
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