Black Magic Woman
by Peter Green © 1968 by King Publ, London
as recorded by Santana on Columbia Records
keywords: Santana 60s rock MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
MIDI sequence by Dave Butler "dbut@omni.voicenet.com"
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin&keyboardist)
26-Jan-95 using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
Band-in-a-Box format file also included
ZZREGGAE.STY reggae style
key sig: C
play-along version w/percussion for multitimbral synth
every other chorus melody-unencumbered
MIDI file type 1 
with BIAB-generated accompaniment

channel
 4. live performance non-quantized
    baritone sax
    multi-take sequencing
 2. bass generated by Band-in-a-Box
    contra bass
    non-quantized "live" feel
 3. piano generated
    rhodes electric
10. percussion generated
 7. guitar generated
    overdrive guitar
 8. horns (not used)
 6. strings (not used)

BIAB is great for creating a first draft
to be refined later w/ a sequencer like Cakewalk
which can handle editing like pause & slow down.
this is a rough sequence created in a couple hours.
typically w/ BIAB i first spend about 10 minutes
selecting style & voices, typing the chord prog,
setting part markers, looping, & ending points.
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 channel 4 you can hear the generated
accompaniment alone.
often i record only a single note melody on every 
other chorus, producing a workable piece in 20 min.
a piece that doesn't need any more editing for 
just sitting in my living room
jamming on the mandolin. 
i don't mind that in BIAB the tempo never varies
but when i get more ambitious i'll midi over
to cakewalk & do some serious editing.

for a fuller effect, as in this sequence,
i start by recording a bass line for intro & first
chorus, & saving with the "copy 1st chorus to 
rest of song" option.
then i erase that part from one or two choruses.
then i add various parts for each chorus,
usually recording one chorus at a time, 
several takes.
on every other chorus i usually leave out the 
melody so that i can rock out on the mandolin.
these "solo" choruses usually have my bass and/or
harmony line but may just feature BIAB's fine work.
unsolicited unpaid testimonial from

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dbut   |          |
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       |   U      |
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