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A More Complex Example</A>
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Fun time. We're going to take an old (slow) spiritual and surprise some people!
We'll also learn about repeats, play with volumes, and do some interesting
tempo things.
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00410000000000000000">
Deep River--A Swinging Spiritual</A>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 Align="Center" CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR="#efefef" BORDER=3>
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<B><FONT SIZE="+2">A Public Domain Song</FONT></B> <A NAME="eg:deepriver"></A>
</TR></TD> <TR><TD Align="Center">
<IMG WIDTH="95%" SRC="mup/deep.png" ALT="Lost Image">
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<P>
Rather than list the song separately, we've inter spaced the listing with
textual comments. If you want to see the listing, it is in the <B>egs</B>
directory.
<P>
We start out with a comment block.
<P>
<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>// Deep River </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Start off by selecting the 4 beat metronome.
<P>
<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
<TR> <TD>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Groove metronome2-4 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P>
We want to surprise our listeners a bit, so we start off with a ``normal''
tempo. The single ``z'' produces a 4 beat introduction.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Tempo 90
<BR>
z
<BR>
Groove FolkArticulated </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P>
As an introduction we play some nice, gentle chords for 4 bars.
<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>1 F
<BR>
2 Dm
<BR>
3 Gm
<BR>
4 C7 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Surprise time. We are going to pump the tempo up to 140 BPM and
select the Swing2 Groove.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Tempo 140
<BR>
Groove Swing2 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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If we just did a switch of rhythm and tempo it'd be quite ``interesting''.
We need some
kind of a transition. Hmmm, what if we have two beats (not four) of swing
drums? We could create a 2 beat measure, but it's quite cool to give the
drummer a real workout. So, here we double the time and put in a single
``z'' bar.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Tempo *2
<BR>
z </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Now, we restore the tempo to the original 140.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Tempo *.5 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
Each time we restart the piece we want the same volume setting. This is bit
of overkill, but it's supposed to be an example. So, we set the volume to
``mf'' and assign that to the <B>Volume Groove</B> ``Main''.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Volume mf
<BR>
DefVolume Main </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Now, just like the sheet music we insert a repeat start.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Repeat </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Set the volume, and advise
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> that we'd like it get softer over the
next 8 bars.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>SetVolume Main
<BR>
Decresc mp 8 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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This is straightforward chording.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>5 F
<BR>
6 Gm
<BR>
7 Dm
<BR>
8 Am C
<BR>
9 F
<BR>
10 Gm / Dm
<BR>
11 F / C7
<BR>
12 F
<BR>
13 Dm
<BR>
14 Am </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Increase the volume over the next 4 bars, and more chording.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Cresc ff 4
<BR>
<BR>
15 Bb
<BR>
16 Am / / C7
<BR>
17 F
<BR>
18 Gm
<BR>
19 F / C7
<BR>
20 Am / Dm C7
<BR>
21 F
<BR>
22 Gm </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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This is the first/second ending. Note how we've put a ``2'' at the end
of the next line ... this forces 2 repeats.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>RepeatEnding 2
<BR>
<BR>
23 / / / C7
<BR>
24 F </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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For the second and third time we play this we want a more interesting
accompaniment. So, we select ``Swing2Plus'' which adds a clarinet doing
its thing.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Groove Swing2Plus </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
This ends the repeated section.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>RepeatEnd </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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For our 2 bar ending we select the ``Swing2End'' groove. Next, we
ritard our tempo over the next 2 bars.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Groove Swing2End
<BR>
Tempo -40 2
<BR>
<BR>
1 / / / C7 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P>
The ``Swing2End'' groove has a neat little saxophone scale. But only on the
third and fourth bars. It is a four bar sequence and the first two give
the sax player time to rest. The <B>Seq 3</B> forces the sequence to use
the bar with the solo. We also set the solo to a louder volume.
<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Scale Volume ff
<BR>
Seq 3
<BR>
1 F
<BR>
Fermata -1 1 200 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
To finish off the example, we add a bit of time to the last note with a <B>fermata</B>
command.
<P>
Compile this example and play it. Follow along on both the sheet music and the
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> file so you understand what's happening.
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Future Directions</A>
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Well, that's two examples.
<P>
Certainly, the ideas here only scratch the surface of what
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> can do.
We, as developers, can only hope that we've included enough commands and options
for you to create wonderful music. And hope that if we haven't, that you
let us know.
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May we suggest that you list and examine some of the
sample songs--then, it's all up to you. Have fun!
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