VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/basicrock.mma

// basicrock

Begin Doc

	Basic Rock beat for things a bit to hard for softrock and
	ballad beats. I wrote this for "Love Potion No. 9".

End

Author Bob van der Poel 

SeqClear
Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats

//////// Additional patterns

Begin Bass Define
	Ba   1 4 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4 1 90; 4.5 8 1 90
	Bb   1 4 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4 1 90; 4.5 8 5 90
End

/////////////

SeqSize 2

Begin Drum-Kick
	Tone KickDrum1
	Sequence  {D1; D2 Shift .5}
	Volume mp
	Rtime 10
	Rvolume 10
	Accent 1 20
End

Begin Drum-Snare
	Tone SnareDrum1
	Sequence  D24
	Volume mp
	Rtime 10
	Rvolume 10
End

Begin Drum-OHH
	Tone OpenHiHat
	Sequence  D1234
	Volume mp
	Rtime 10
	Rvolume 10
	Accent 1 20 3 10
End

Begin Drum-Tam
	Tone Tambourine
	Sequence  D8
	Volume mp
	Rtime 10
	Rvolume 10
	Accent 1 20 3 10
	Rskip 10
End

Begin Bass
	Voice FingeredBass
	Sequence  Ba Bb
	Volume f
	Octave 3
	Articulate 80
End

Begin Chord-Clean
	Voice CleanGuitar
	Sequence  {1 8 90; 1.5 8 90; 2.5 8 90; 3 8 90; 4 8 90}
	Octave 5
	Volume m
	Articulate 80
	Rtime 5
	Rvolume 10
End

Begin Chord-Clean2
	Copy Chord-Clean
	Sequence  {2 8 90; 3.5 8 90; 4.5 8 90}
	Invert 1
End

Begin Chord-Dist
	Copy Chord-Clean
	Voice DistortonGuitar
	Sequence {1 8 90 0; 1.5 8 90 0; 2 8 70; 3 8 70 0; 3.5 8 70; 4.5 8 70}
	Octave 4
	Volume p
	Articulate 70
	Rvolume 10
	RTime 5
	RSkip 5
End
	

DefGroove BasicRock       A very basic rock beat in 4.

Begin Chord-Sus
	Voice Strings
	Voicing Mode=Optimal
	Volume mp
	Articulate 100
	Unify On
	Octave 5
	Sequence  {1 1 90 0 90 0 * 4 }
End

DefGroove  BasicRockSus   Even rockers like strings!


///////  Take out some of the off-beat stuff in the guitar chords.

Groove BasicRock

Begin Chord-Clean
	Sequence  C1234
	Articulate 90
	Volume mf
End

Chord-Clean2   Sequence -

Begin Bass
	Sequence { B13; 3.5 8 5 90}  {B13; 4.5 8 5 90}
	SeqRnd On
End

DefGroove BasicRock4   Same rock with more of a 4/4 emphasis. Good for \
                       alternate sections.
                       

             
Chord-Sus Groove BasicRockSus

DefGroove BasicRock4Sus   Our 4/4 version with strings.                    

///////////////////////////////////////////
/// 4 bar intro

Groove BasicRock
Seqsize 4

Drum-Kick    Sequence  *    *    *   D13
Drum-Snare   Sequence  *    *    *   D123
// Drum-OHH
Drum-Tam     Sequence  *    *    *   {D12; D12 shift .25; D12 shift .5; D12 shift .75}
Bass         Sequence  *    *    *   B13
Chord-Clean  Sequence  *    *    *   C13
Chord-Clean2 Sequence  *    *    *   L1
Chord-Dist   Sequence  *    *    *   L1

DefGroove    BasicRockIntro   4 bar intro.

////////////////////////////////
/// Ending

Groove BasicRock

Drum-Kickb    Sequence  D13
Drum-Snare    Sequence  D24  D13
Drum-OHH      Sequence  D1234  D13
Drum-Tam      Sequence  D8   D13
Bass          Sequence  B13  B11
Chord-Clean   Sequence  C1234  C13
Chord-Clean2  Sequence  -
Chord-Dist    Sequence  {1 8 90 0; 3 8 70 }
	
DefGroove BasicRockEnd   A 2 bar ending.