Are You From Dixie?
words by Jack Yellen, music by George L Cobb
© 1955 M Witmark & Sons
keywords: country bluegrass MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
          Jerry Reed
file: AREYOU.ZIP
requires PKZIP to decode, includes:
1  _this_text_
2  MIDI file type 1 
   w/percussion for multitimbral synth
3  Band-in-a-Box format file

3-24-95 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player)
using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
OZARK.STY Ozark bluegrass style
key sig: C
play time: 
long play-along version has 5 choruses,
omitting melody on every other chorus

live sequence on channel 4 was recorded
at tempo 200, in several takes,
 first the bass line closely following
 published arrangement,
 then one or two overdubs of
 melody & harmony, some improvising,
 no quantizing,
 few corrections:
 ch track        voice
  4  melody      04  honky tonk piano

BIAB-generated accompaniment is in a standard
 BIAB style, not customized, has a 
 non-quantized "live" feel, including:
 ch  BB track    voice
 10  percussion  01  standard drums
  2  bass        33  acoustic bass
  3  piano       106 banjo
  7  guitar      25  nylon string guitar
  8  horns       (not used)
  6  strings     111 fiddle

I use BIAB to create a rough draft which might
be refined later w/ a sequencer like Cakewalk
which can handle editing like pause & slow down.
usually I add extra choruses, omitting melody 
on every other chorus, for a 5-10 minute jam
which i'll accompany on mandolin.

this is a rough sequence created in an hour or so. 
typically w/ BIAB i first spend about 10 minutes
selecting style & voices, typing the chord prog,
setting part markers, looping, & ending points.
in another 5 or 10 minutes I can add a simple melody
& be ready to jam.
sometimes I record a bass line in the 1st chorus of 
melody track, copy it to all choruses, then overdub.
but often i'll just play a simple melody & rely
completely on BIAB's accomp.

BIAB will also generate harmonies if you want.
i usually don't.

channel 4 is the only channel set up for recording.
so if you mute/solo channel 4 you can hear 
the generated & live parts separately.

unsolicited unpaid testimonial for BIAB from

dbut
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