In Lesson Two you'll write a song in each of the twelve MiBAC JAZZ styles. The Style dialog lets you choose between the four main styles, each of which has a slow, a medium, and a fast substyle. Combine the four main styles with the three substyles and you get the twelve jazz styles available in MiBAC JAZZ.

Style and Tempo When you write a song, MiBAC JAZZ checks the tempo setting to determine which substyle to use.

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Substyle Tempo Limits The tempo boundaries for each substyle are determined by the settings in the Substyle Tempo Limits dialog. You can open this dialog using the Substyle Tempo Limits command in the Settings menu. The default settings are shown below. We'll assume these tempo boundaries are in effect for the rest of this chapter.

Following are brief descriptions of each of the twelve styles. The default tempo range for each substyle is shown in parentheses. All styles use two chords per measure except where noted. If two chords are used in a measure, the slow tempo substyles will play both chords. Other styles may play one or both of the chords.

Jazz 4/4 Substyles

Latin Substyles

Slow 4 Substyles

Jazz 3/4 Substyles

Common Elements

To write and play each of the twelve substyles as quickly and easily as possible, let's reuse the same song form and chord progression each time. That way you'll be able to write a new substyle just by changing the tempo. You'll slightly modify the procedure used in Lesson One by changing the order of Steps 1-3 and adding Step 4a. Here's the lesson plan:

Lesson 1 - The Six Step Blues	Lesson 2 - The Twelve Jazz Styles
1. Set the Style	1. Set the Form
2. Set the Form	2. Type the Chords
3. Type the Chords	3. Set the Style
	4a. Change the Tempo
4. Write the Song	4b. Write the Song
5. Play the Song	5. Play the Song
6. Save the Song	6. Save the Song

Steps 1 and 2 have to be done only once and will apply to all styles. Step 3 needs to be done four times, once for each of the four main styles. Steps 4-6 need to be done twelve times, once for each of the substyles.

Set the form

Click the Form tool

Set the Chorus Length to 12 measures. All other settings can be left unchanged. Click OK.

Type the chords You'll use a new chord progression that's liberally sprinkled with ii-V chords. Press the Tab key, or use the Arrow keys, to move from measure to measure. When using two chords in a measure, type exactly one space between the chords. Using more than one space will cause an error. The chords will appear to be positioned over beats one and two, but they will be performed on beats one and three.

You're now ready to write the three Jazz 4/4 substyles.

Jazz 4/4 Substyles: Ballad, Swing, Bebop

The following chart shows the default tempo ranges for the three substyles of the Jazz 4/4 main style. When you click the Write tool, MiBAC JAZZ checks the tempo setting and then chooses the appropriate substyle.

Jazz 4/4 Substyle	Minimum Tempo	Maximum Tempo
Ballad	40	100
Swing	101	249
Bebop	250	500

Set the style

Click the Style tool

When the Style dialog appears, set the main style to Jazz 4/4 and click OK.

JAZZ 4/4 Ballad

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song.

Set the tempo to 75 (although it could be any tempo between 40-100). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J44 Ballad.mjz."

JAZZ 4/4 Swing

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 150 (although it could be any tempo between 101-249). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J44 Swing.mjz."

JAZZ 4/4 Bebop

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 250 (although it could be any tempo between 250-500). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J44 Bebop.mjz."

You're now ready to write the three Latin substyles.

Latin Substyles: Rock Shuffle, Bossa Nova, Samba The following chart shows the default tempo ranges for the three substyles of the Latin main style.

Latin Substyle	Minimum Tempo	Maximum Tempo
Rock Shuffle	40	100
Bossa Nova	101	179
Samba	180	500

Set the style

You've used the Style tool to open the Style dialog. You can also choose the Style command from the Write menu.

When the Style dialog appears, set the main style to Latin.

Latin Rock Shuffle

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 80 (although it could be any tempo between 40-100). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "Latin Rock Shuffle.mjz."

Latin Bossa Nova

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 140 (although it could be any tempo between 101-249). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "Latin Bossa Nova.mjz."

Latin Samba

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 185 (although it could be any tempo between 180-500). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "Latin Samba.mjz."

You're now ready to write the three Slow 4 substyles.

Slow 4 Substyles: 12/8 Blues, Two Beat Swing, Four Chord Ballad

The following chart shows the default tempo ranges for the three substyles of the Slow 4 main style.

Slow 4 Substyle	Minimum Tempo	Maximum Tempo
12/8 Blues	40	90
Two Beat Swing	91	279
Four Chord Ballad	280	500

Set the style.

You've already seen how to use the Style tool and the Style menu command. A third way to change styles is to use the Style control in the Status Toolbar. Each click cycles to the next style. The Style dialog is not displayed. Click the Style control until Slow 4 is displayed.

Slow 4 12/8 Blues

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song.

Set the tempo to 72 (although it could be any tempo between 40-90). Drag the tempo slider to 70 or 75, then click the tempo up or down arrows until the tempo is 72.

Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "Slow4 12-8 Blues.mjz."

Slow 4 Two Beat Swing

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song Set the tempo to 130 (although it could be any tempo between 91-279). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "Slow4 Two Beat Swing.mjz."

Slow 4 Four Chord Ballad

This is a special style where every one measure of the actual song is represented by two measures on the screen. Beats one and two of the actual song measure will be an odd numbered screen measure. Beats three and four of the actual song measure will be an even numbered screen measure. For example, measure four of the song will occupy measure 7 (beats one and two) and measure 8 (beats three and four) on the screen. You need to write the substyle at a fast tempo and then change to a slower tempo for playback. The actual playback tempo will be half the screen tempo. Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song Set the tempo to 300 (although it could be any tempo between 280-500). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Then, before you play this song, you need to change the tempo. The actual playback tempo will be half of that shown on the screen. For an actual playback tempo of 80, you have to set the screen tempo to 160. Click the Play tool to play the song. Save the song as "Slow4 Four Chord Ballad.mjz."

You're now ready to write the three Jazz 3/4 substyles.

JAZZ 3/4 Substyles: Ballad, Swing, Bebop

The following chart shows the default tempo ranges for the three substyles of the Jazz 3/4 main style.

Jazz 3/4 Substyle	Minimum Tempo	Maximum Tempo
Rock Shuffle	40	100
Bossa Nova	101	209
Samba	210	500

The Jazz 3/4 substyles only allow one chord per measure. You'll have to alter the chord progression.

Type the chords

Change the chord progression so there is only one chord per measure, as shown below.

Set the style

Use any of the three methods discussed previously to set the style to Jazz 3/4.

JAZZ 3/4 Ballad

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 90 (although it could be any tempo between 40-100). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J34 Ballad.mjz."

JAZZ 3/4 Swing

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 150 (although it could be any tempo between 101-209). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J34 Swing.mjz."JAZZ 3/4 Bebop

Change the tempo, write, play, and save the song

Set the tempo to 220 (although it could be any tempo between 210-500). Click the Write tool in the Main Toolbar. Click the Play tool in the Main Toolbar. Save the song as "J34 Bebop.mjz."