The default method for the top half of the button is assigned from this menu. Clicking on the bottom half of the button opens a menu of the options for opening songs. Clicking on the top half opens a song selection dialog using the default method assigned to the button. The button opens a menu of commands for opening files by various methods.

You can load a song from the or button on the toolbar. Type “bossa” to load in the first song with bossa in the name AFTER the current song name, in the current folder. For example, type C:\a\MySong.sgu to load in that exact song name. In chord entry mode type the word “Song” followed by a file name, or partial file name, and the song will get loaded in. You can quick-load a song by typing only. You can also play karaoke files, including Karaoke MP3/CDG files with scrolling graphical lyrics, in Band-in-a-Box. It will open most audio file formats, and its powerful Audio Chord Wizard feature will interpret the chords from an audio file and write them to a Band-in-a-Box song file. Band-in-a-Box supports most popular song formats in addition to its own native song files.