Band-in-a-Box is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Band-in-a-Box and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Band-in-a-Box are MMA, JJazzLab, Rosegarden and Jazz++.
Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.
Almost everyone thinks Impro-Visor is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.
“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives.
MMA is free. It runs on (among other platforms) linux. I have it running on my $35 Raspberrry Pi. The data file of chords (and, optionally, melodies, and song structure (repeats!), is text but pretty easy to follow. Type in the chords, the repeats, some melody or solo licks, choose styles (and substyles) and a quick run will generate a MIDI file. A free Biab alternative!
Produces backing tracks to play over.
After trying it out, I should be able to describe it.
Almost everyone thinks MMA is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.
JJazzLab is a free Midi-based application which automatically generates backing tracks (a musical accompaniment) for any song. It’s a jam buddy to have fun improvising, learn new stuff or just practice your instrument. It’s also a great tool for teachers.
Simple to use and with a several song packages to download
Easy to use and imports Band-in--a-Box files
Almost everyone thinks JJazzLab is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.
Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
Rosegarden is a DAW, BAiB is not.
IT's a DAW and BIAB is not.
This alternative is disputed. Rosegarden is a legitimate Band-in-a-Box alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
The Tonelib JAM is a software for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music for guitar and other fretted instruments. You can use Tonelib JAM for regular guitar practicing, for learning songs or for advancing your performance skills to the next level.
Harmony Assistant is an unbeatable software for computer-assisted music composition and editing.
Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License.
create sheet music not accompaniments
This alternative is disputed. Frescobaldi is a legitimate Band-in-a-Box alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Melody Assistant is dedicated to music writing, printing and rendering. Easy to use, Melody Assistant offers a user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities. Now used by a very active community of thousands of people, it has become a favored tool for creating music.
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GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.
LeMMA is a simple GUI “front-end” written in Python for MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment – also written in Python). Just enter the chords, select the grooves and press “Play”.
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better user interface. many similar facilities to BIAB.