biab rests

biab rests

>>>but I don't see a complete list of rests pushes etc one section on C. C.. and C...

Try the HELP button, under the topic rests...


Rests

"Breaks" (Rests, Pushes, and Held Chords)
"Breaks" are points in a song when one or more of the instruments rests, plays a shot, or holds a chord.

· Rests Can specify any, some, or all instruments to rest at any bar. For example, you could rest all instruments except the bass for the first 4 bars, and then add in the piano for 4 bars, and then add in the entire band for the rest of the song. You may optionally disable the rests in the middle or final choruses (where people are likely taking solos, and rests are not appropriate).

· Shots You can specify certain instruments play a "shot," where the chord is played and then a rest follows. For example the song "Rock Around The Clock" has a shot on beat 1 followed by a rest for 2 bars.

· Held chords You can specify that certain instruments hold a chord sustained for a certain number of bars. For example, you can have the bass and piano hold a chord sustained while the drums continue to play a pattern

A chord can be specified as a Rest by adding a period after the chord.
indicates a C chord that is a Rest.
A chord can be specified as a Shot by adding two periods after the chord.
indicates a C chord that is a Shot.
A chord can be specified as a Held Chord by adding three periods after the chord.
indicates a C chord that is a Held Chord.

Putting these breaks into the chord sheet: in the example that follows, bar 1 will have a normal chord then bar 2 will have a chord with a break on it (a rest, shot or held chord).

Here is an example of 2 bars of the Piano part played by Band-in-a-Box.

2 bars of C chord ( no break on bar 2 )
This is the usual situation without any break. Note that the piano plays rhythmically on bar 2.

Rest on bar 2
This rests the instruments until the next chord on the Chordsheet.
The rest is typed in as a C chord followed by one period.

A shot is put on bar 2
The shot plays a staccato chord on bar 2, and then rests until the next chord on the Chordsheet.

The shot is typed in as a C chord followed by two periods.

This illustrates a held chord on bar 2
The chord on bar 2 is a held chord that will be held (sustained) until the next chord on the Chordsheet.
The held chord is typed in as a C chord followed by three periods.

"Breaks" for only some instruments
You can specify that some instruments not be affected by the break.
The coded names for the instruments are:
B for Bass

D for Drums
P for Piano
G for Guitar
S for Strings

To type a rest for all instruments on a C chord type

C.

To exempt instruments, add their letters following the break. For example, typing

C.bd

will put a rest on all instruments EXCEPT the bass and drums, or to put a held chord for all instruments except the piano, type

C...p

Let’s say you’d like to do the following:

· For the first 4 bars of a tune, play just the drums. (Bars 1-4)

· For the next 4 bars, add in the bass. (Bars 5-8)

· for the next 8 bars, play all instruments. (Bars 9-17)

· On bar 18, play a shot. (Bar 18)

· On Bar 19 resume playing all instruments.

Let’s do this to an existing song. Load in any song.
Here’s how you do it (for all these examples, assume the chord is C).

1.) On Bar 1 type the first chord as C.d

This puts a rest for all instruments except the drums until the next chord on the Chordsheet.
Now you need to type all chords from bar 1 to 4 like this. There is an easy way to do that. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy the rests from Bar 1 Beat 1 for 4 bars to Bar 1.

2.) On Bar 5 , type C.bd

This puts a rest on all instruments except the bass and drums. This has the effect of adding in the bass, since only the drums were playing at this point. Choose Edit | Copy Rests to copy these rests from Bar 5 to 9.

3.) On Bar 9 to 17 we want chords with no rests, so you don’t have to make any changes. If you want to erase rests from that area, copy a chord with no rests to that area.
4.) On Bar 18 we want a shot; type C..

This plays a shot on beat 1, and will then rest till the next chord on the chord sheet.

5.) On Bar 19 we resume normal chords

LET’S SET THESE RESTS TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST CHORUS ONLY.
By default, a song will play these chord modifications the same way every chorus. If you want a variation, you can set the rests to happen only in the first, middle, or last choruses. To do this, choose Edit | Settings (for This Song) and deselect the Allow Rests checkboxes (shown below) to determine which choruses will or will not allow rests.