Repeating BIAB sections

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 30 Sep 2002 10:48 am

Howdy,

Can someone post how to do a few things in BIAB?

song 1 has 2 parts that should go:

part 1
part 1
part 2
part 1

Do I use the chorus # to do this?

Also, how do I set off an 'intro', so that the choruses that repeat start after the intro?

Thanks!

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 30 Sep 2002 12:17 pm

I would just
1. Enter the progression for part one
2. Copy that part and paste it so you have part 1 played twice
3. Enter the progression for part two
4. Copy part one and paste it after part two

If you want an intro, put it before the first instance of part 1

That will accomplish what you want to do. Just turn repeat OFF.

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Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 30 Sep 2002 9:18 pm

You can also have an intro play 1 time and then play the rest of the song several times over (without the intro). To do that, enter the intro chords starting with bar 1, and then enter the rest of the song by copying and pasting as described above (or just type in all of the chords). Then set the "Bar for beginning of chorus" to the beginning of Part 1 and set the "Bar for end of chorus" to the last bar of the song. Those settings are just to the right of the Tempo display. Check the "Loop" and play the song. The intro will play once and then every time the song repeats it will go back to the beginning of Part 1, not to the intro.

It's important to remember that BIAB uses the term "Chorus" to mean a song's entire chord progression, not the chorus section of a song.

So if you have a 4 bar intro, and a 32 bar song (total 36 bars), you'd set the "Bar for beginning of chorus" to 5 and the "Bar for end of chorus" to 36

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 30 September 2002 at 10:21 PM.]

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 1 Oct 2002 8:23 am

The above advice is correct and will work fine. Personally, I prefer to copy and paste the repetitions and set the piece to play through just once. That way, I can set stops, key changes, etc, without having them play each time the repeat occurs. It makes for a longer file, but gives more control over the parts.

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 1 Oct 2002 9:13 am

Check your help screen?? Most answers are there.....do you have a book? Step through some of the HT things in that. You'll be surprised what you can learn without having to wait for some one to pick up on your question & answer it. [This message was edited by Doug Seymour on 02 October 2002 at 07:51 AM.]

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 1 Oct 2002 11:05 am

Thanks to all of you for your replies, it's all making sense now....

Carter

Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 9 Oct 2002 2:36 pm

Along the same lines, when practicing, how can I get one section of a song to play repeatedly, say measure 4-6, over and over?

Thanks,

Carter