A work-around has been suggested to force the player feature to play on an upbeat:
Half-beats
http://www.irealb.com/forums/showthr...-on-half-beats
http://www.irealb.com/forums/showthr...chopate-chords

The player is not able to play melodies.

You can add any text information you like to charts for your own use.

You could export iRp audio or midi to an external device and add a melody track there.
Also, read this:
http://irealpro.com/exporting-to-midi-and-musicxml/
)BOB