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Chord Builder Question #790769 12/20/23 03:18 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 112 Hampshire, UK G GAJ52 OP Apprentice
OP GAJ52 Apprentice G Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 112 Hampshire, UK	When I first load BIAB I get the C chord preselected in the Chord Sheet as usual. If I now select the Chord Builder - Progression tab I get the suggested blue and orange chords, but if I click on the Key of C box (bottom left) the orange selection keeps changing - why is this ? Glen Intel i7 3770K @ 3.50Ghz, 16GB Ram, Windows 10 64-bit, BIAB 2024 UltraPak, Cubase 13 Pro, Yamaha Genos 2 Arranger Keyboard.

Re: Chord Builder Question GAJ52 #790809 12/20/23 07:02 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 468 Jonesboro Arkansas B Brian Hughes Journeyman
Brian Hughes Journeyman B Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 468 Jonesboro Arkansas	As explained in the Bootcamp video that orange outlined chord is not is the scale of C major but it can be used to add something interesting and change the direction of the progression. BIAB 2024 Ultrapack- Studio One Pro 6.5 Windows 10

Re: Chord Builder Question GAJ52 #790842 12/20/23 08:54 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP GAJ52 Apprentice G Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 112 Hampshire, UK	Yes I understand that, but why does it select a different orange chord each time I press the 'Key of C' box in the lower left corner. I would have thought all the orange chords would be the same for a C chord. Intel i7 3770K @ 3.50Ghz, 16GB Ram, Windows 10 64-bit, BIAB 2024 UltraPak, Cubase 13 Pro, Yamaha Genos 2 Arranger Keyboard.

Re: Chord Builder Question GAJ52 #790857 12/20/23 11:00 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 468 Jonesboro Arkansas B Brian Hughes Journeyman
Brian Hughes Journeyman B Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 468 Jonesboro Arkansas	Originally Posted by GAJ52 Yes I understand that, but why does it select a different orange chord each time I press the 'Key of C' box in the lower left corner. I would have thought all the orange chords would be the same for a C chord. Yea I am not sure about the full intention there but I thought perhaps they were trying to be like Scaler plugin by sending the chord progression in a different path. But I have not given it a full play around as of yet. BIAB 2024 Ultrapack- Studio One Pro 6.5 Windows 10

Re: Chord Builder Question GAJ52 #790995 12/20/23 10:28 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,604 PeterGannon PG Music Staff
PeterGannon PG Music Staff Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,604	The “orange” highlited chords are indeed variations. So following a C chord, there may be 5 standard chords that would follow it. And maybe 4 ”interesting” chords that we would highlight in orange, by default, we just show one of the 4 (at random) because we don’t want to overwhelm by showing a bunch of orange chords. There is a checkbox, to show all of them at once, which allows to override and see them al, at once. Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.

Re: Chord Builder Question PeterGannon #791018 12/21/23 02:27 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP GAJ52 Apprentice G Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 112 Hampshire, UK	Ok I now understand why this is happening, thank you Peter for your explanation Glen Intel i7 3770K @ 3.50Ghz, 16GB Ram, Windows 10 64-bit, BIAB 2024 UltraPak, Cubase 13 Pro, Yamaha Genos 2 Arranger Keyboard.

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