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Duets for Band-in-a-Box

By Miles Black
 
 
Have you ever noticed how much easier and fun it is practicing along with
another musician? Whether you’re working on your sight-reading, or
learning a new piece of music, you can often make a lot more progress when
someone else is practicing with you.

This is the purpose of the ‘Duets’ series: To provide the Band-in-a-Box user
with a more inspiring way to practice! This program contains 50 original
Duets. They are divided into five stylistic genres of music: Bebop, Classical,
Rock, Smooth Jazz, and (Mainstream) Jazz. The user simply prints out their
melody part, and Band-in-a-Box will provide the accompaniment using great
sounding styles along with a harmony-counterpoint part.

Or, just open up the lead-sheet window, hold down the Ctrl key and select M
(Melody) and S (Soloist) if you want to display both parts. These are the 2
separate tracks for the Duets. If the computer is your Duet partner – which is
the whole idea – you need only display the part you are playing. Don’t forget
to set the ‘Scroll-ahead’ (Opt. – Notation Options) to the desired setting. This
way you’ll have an automatic page- turner.

Before you know it, your sight-reading will improve and you’ll gain a deeper
understanding of how to play stylistically within each genre.

Have fun.