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FROPPE
Akahai
USA
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 Posted - 02/27/2006 : 5:09:33 PM
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Aloha,
I'm interested in using Band in a Box for my regular guitar and flute practicing. Has anyone used this? If so, what do you think about it? Would it work for slack key and/or ukulele practice?
Any input or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Mahalo,
Froppe
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2006 : 06:55:56 AM
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| Contact Don Narup (Ianui). He's used it. I saw it at his place and it's got lots of features for creating original music. |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:12:07 AM
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Been using it since v 1.
It's a great program for practicing, plus it has some fairly sophisticated tools for creating your own "styles" etc. And you can export MIDI files into your DAW to ruff out arrangements.
Just enter the chords, pick a style (the jazz styles are by far the best, IMHO) and wail away. You can easily set to up to practice over simple changes, vary the tempo, change keys, etc.
That being said, don't expect to find anything approaching Hawaiian musical styles out of the box.
Go for it. |
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Ianui
Lokahi
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 1:13:54 PM
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I have it, and as Mark says not real useful in creating Hawaiian music. Not a whole lot of Blues either. Entering chords and selecting styles produces some interesting songs. I like the fact that it creates tabs and separate sheet music for each instrument you include.
You can also put in your chords and ask the program to create a melody.
I have converted songs to wav or MIDI files and imported them. That's how I learned uncle Dennis's song Far away. Slowed the tempo, and created loops for different sections which is very easy to do. The program also displays a guitar fret board and highlights the fingering on the fretboard as the song plays. I find that feature very useful
It's a fun tool
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FROPPE
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2006 : 05:18:12 AM
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Thank you for your responses, Terry, Mark and Don. I sincerely appreciate your input. I've already tried the program, and think that it will work very well for me. Being practically computer illiterate, I can see that it will take some time for me to learn how to utilize many of the features. However, I do believe that it will be a very useful tool for practicing and writing arrangements.
Mahalo!
Aloha,
Ben Sterling
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