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<LI><A NAME="tex2html90"
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00510000000000000000">Let's Create Our First G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL></A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html91"
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00511000000000000000">The Drummer</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html92"
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00512000000000000000">The Bass Player</A>
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00513000000000000000">The Piano</A>
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00514000000000000000">Putting It All Together</A>
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HREF="node5.html#SECTION00520000000000000000">How To Use Our First G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL></A>
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00500000000000000000">
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Library File Creation</A>
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You should know that the G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> definition engine is a very powerful
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tool that has almost unlimited possibilities. It is impossible to
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explain all those possibilities in a short tutorial. The flexibility
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of
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> allows you to do the same things in different ways; the example
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you'll see here is just one way to create a G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL>. We have tried
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to keep it simple and organized it in different sections so that you
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understand how the G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> was built.<A NAME="tex2html2"
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HREF="#foot757"><SUP>5.1</SUP></A>
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The day that you decide to create your proper G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL>s you'll have
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to read the manual in detail!
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Let's Create Our First G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL></A>
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The G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> we will create will be a simple <B>4/4</B> rock G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL>.
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The first thing we have to do set the timing for <B>4/4</B>
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and initialize some variables (those are explained in detail in the
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> manual)
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Time 4
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The Drummer</A>
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For the drummer we will use the following pattern:
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As we can see this is a pretty simple pattern.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Drum Define
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<BR> D1 1 8 90 ; 2.5 8 90 ; 4 8 90 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Well, we have just translated what we have seen on the score. We have
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created a pattern D1 with a 8th note on beats 1, 2.5 and 4 and a velocity
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HREF="#foot759"><SUP>5.2</SUP></A>
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Using the same logic we can create the pattern for the snare drum.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>S1 2 8 90 ; 4 8 90 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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For the closed HiHat pattern we will use a little trick to avoid having to
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enter 8 notes
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>End </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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instruments.<A NAME="tex2html4"
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Drum-Kick
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So we go up in our text file to the point where we created the patterns
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for the drum (the line after End) and we add:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Bass Define
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You will already recognize the timing of the riff, the duration and
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the velocity of the notes. The only item that is different for a bass
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player is that we add in the pitch definition for the note to be played.
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If we look at the first note definition we see that beat 1 is a
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note with duration 4+8 (dotted quarter),<A NAME="tex2html5"
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HREF="#foot720"><SUP>5.4</SUP></A>the note to play is the first
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(root) of the chord and the volume or velocity of the note is 90.<A NAME="tex2html6"
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Now the only thing left is to add the bass player at the end of the
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The Piano</A>
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Creating piano patterns is a bit different from other players as they
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(most of the time) play with both hands. As we can see on the above
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score (using only a C chord), our piano player will play the second inversion
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of the chord with his right hand as a dotted halfs and a fourth note
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and with the left hand he plays the root on the start of the bar also
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as a dotted half note.
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here is just one of the possibilities.
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We will define both ``hands'' of the piano player separately.<A NAME="tex2html8"
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HREF="#foot763"><SUP>5.7</SUP></A>
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Let's start with the easiest, the left hand. Actually if you think
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a bit about it, there is not a big difference between a bass player
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and the left hand of a piano player. Following this logic, we will
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simply define a new pattern and attach it to a new bass player called
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We already know how to do this.
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<P>
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In the pattern section of our G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> we will add:
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
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<TR> <TD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>L1 1 2+4 1 90 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Remember: First beat, half+fourth note, root of the
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chord, velocity 90.
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<P>
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And we will create a new bass player
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<P>
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
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<TR> <TD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Bass-LeftHandPiano
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<BR> Voice Piano1
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<BR> Sequence L1
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<BR> Octave 3 // This a new command, but simple to understand
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<BR>
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End </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Now the right hand. What the right hand of the piano player does is
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more the playing of chords than playing simple notes. That's exactly what
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we will tell
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> : play chords.
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On the example score we see that he plays the chord in his first inversion
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form, but for the sake of simplicity of this ``Getting started'' document
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we are just ignoring this and we will define the standard form of
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the chord.<A NAME="tex2html9"
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HREF="#foot764"><SUP>5.8</SUP></A>
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Again, we go up in the definition section of our G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> and under the
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bass patterns we will enter the chord definition
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
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<TR> <TD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Chord Define
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<BR> C1 1 2+4 80 ; 4 4 80 <A NAME="tex2html10"
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HREF="#foot851"><SUP>5.9</SUP></A>
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<BR>
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End </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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</TD></TR></TABLE>
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As you can see the chord definition structure is a bit different from
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what we have done until now.
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<P>
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Chord definitions are done as follows: Name (C1), Beat (1), and the note
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volume or velocity. It is possible to specify different velocities for
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each note in a chord (see page <A HREF="#sec-chordseq"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A> in the Reference Manual)
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and even disable certain notes or limit the range of chord.
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<P>
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Finally we need our piano right hand player
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<P>
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
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<TR> <TD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Begin Chord-RightHandPiano
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<BR> Voice Piano1
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<BR> Sequence C1
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<BR>
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End </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00514000000000000000">
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Putting It All Together</A>
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</H2>
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<P>
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We have just created a trio to play Drums, Bass and Piano for
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us.
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<P>
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We have to give a name to the created G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL>, so that we can use it
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in a song:
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<P>
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
|
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<TR> <TD>
|
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>DefGroove Myrock1 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
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</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P>
|
||
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is added at the end of the file.
|
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<P>
|
||
|
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The file that we created should look like this<A NAME="tex2html11"
|
||
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HREF="#foot766"><SUP>5.10</SUP></A>
|
||
|
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<P>
|
||
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||
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<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
|
||
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<TR> <TD>
|
||
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|
||
|
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>SeqClear
|
||
|
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<BR> SeqSize 1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Timesig 4 4
|
||
|
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<BR>
|
||
|
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<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Drum Define
|
||
|
|
<BR> D1 1 8 90 ; 2.5 8 90 ; 4 8 90
|
||
|
|
<BR> S1 2 8 90 ; 4 8 90
|
||
|
|
<BR> CH1 1 8 90
|
||
|
|
<BR> C1 CH1 * 8
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Bass Define
|
||
|
|
<BR> B1 1 4+8 1 90 ; 2.5 8 1 90 ; 3 8 1 90 ; 3.5 4 1 90 ; 4.5 8 1 90
|
||
|
|
<BR> L1 1 2+4 1 90
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Chord Define
|
||
|
|
<BR> C1 1 2+4 80; 4 4 80
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Drum-Kick
|
||
|
|
<BR> Tone KickDrum1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence D1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Drum-Snare
|
||
|
|
<BR> Tone SnareDrum1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence S1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Drum-HH
|
||
|
|
<BR> Tone ClosedHiHat
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence C1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Bass-Simple
|
||
|
|
<BR> Voice AcousticBass
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence B1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Bass-LeftHandPiano
|
||
|
|
<BR> Voice Piano1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence L1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Octave 3 // This a new command, but simple to understand
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Begin Chord-RightHandPiano
|
||
|
|
<BR> Voice Piano1
|
||
|
|
<BR> Sequence C1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
End
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
DefGroove Myrock1 </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</TD></TR></TABLE>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<H1><A NAME="SECTION00520000000000000000">
|
||
|
|
How To Use Our First G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL></A>
|
||
|
|
</H1>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Save the text file we just created in the lib-directory of
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> under
|
||
|
|
the name <TT><A NAME="tex2html13"
|
||
|
|
HREF="myrock.mma">myrock.mma</A></TT>.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
First thing we have to do is tell
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> to update its database
|
||
|
|
so that our new G<SMALL>ROOVE</SMALL> can be found.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Go to a command prompt and enter: $ mma -g
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Now start a new textfile to create a song and start the file with:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=5 BGCOLOR="OldLace" BORDER=3>
|
||
|
|
<TR> <TD>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Groove Myrock1
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
Tempo 120
|
||
|
|
<BR>
|
||
|
|
<BR>// Enter chords here </B></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</TD></TR></TABLE>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Save the file as Mysong.mma and compile it as explained in the first
|
||
|
|
part of this tutorial.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<H1><A NAME="SECTION00530000000000000000">
|
||
|
|
Where Do We Go From Here</A>
|
||
|
|
</H1>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
As you probably noticed, the style that we have created here sounds
|
||
|
|
very simple and lacks variation ...an intro, a break and an ending ....
|
||
|
|
Don't panic, all those things are possible but beyond the scope of
|
||
|
|
this small '`Getting Started''.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Now before you do anything else: <B>READ THE MANUAL!</B>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
This is the best advice you can get. The author of this program has
|
||
|
|
put a lot of effort in the development process so that the software can be as powerful
|
||
|
|
and flexible as possible. Years of development went into this product,
|
||
|
|
so don't think you will learn it in a day.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
Also read the README files that are delivered with the distribution.
|
||
|
|
You can find valuable information in these.<A NAME="tex2html14"
|
||
|
|
HREF="#foot754"><SUP>5.11</SUP></A>
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
<B>Have fun with
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> !</B>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<P>
|
||
|
|
<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4>
|
||
|
|
<DL>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot757">... built.</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html2"><SUP>5.1</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>This chapter was written
|
||
|
|
by Rony Steelandt of Kara Music
|
||
|
|
Production with minor spelling and grammar fixes by Bob van der Poel.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot759">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html3"><SUP>5.2</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>See
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> Reference Manual section <A HREF="#sec-drum"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>
|
||
|
|
for more details.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot760">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html4"><SUP>5.3</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>See
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> Reference Manual section <A HREF="#drum-tone"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A> for more details.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot720">... quarter),</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html5"><SUP>5.4</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>When specifying the
|
||
|
|
duration of a note the following are equal: ``4+8'', ``4.'' or ``8+8+8''.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot761">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html6"><SUP>5.5</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>See
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> Reference Manual section <A HREF="#sec-bass"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A> for more detail.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot824">... AcousticBass</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html7"><SUP>5.6</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>For drums we use T<SMALL>ONE</SMALL> for other instruments we use V<SMALL>OICE</SMALL>.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot763">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html8"><SUP>5.7</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>As many things in
|
||
|
|
<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> there are different ways to define that kind
|
||
|
|
of pattern. If you're curious, look at the Reference Manual section <A HREF="#duproot"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>, page
|
||
|
|
<A HREF="#duproot"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot764">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html9"><SUP>5.8</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>If you are curious about how to define inverted chords, see the Reference Manual
|
||
|
|
section <A HREF="#chord-invert"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>, page <A HREF="#chord-invert"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot851">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html10"><SUP>5.9</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>This is not exactly right, it will play the 7th on a C7 chord too,
|
||
|
|
but this is beyond the scope of this tutorial.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot766">... this</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html11"><SUP>5.10</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>If you are really lazy and don't want to type the text, you download
|
||
|
|
the file here: <TT><A NAME="tex2html12"
|
||
|
|
HREF="http://www.kara-moon.com/MMA/tut1.mma">http://www.kara-moon.com/MMA/tut1.mma</A></TT>.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
<DT><A NAME="foot754">...</A><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="node5.html#tex2html14"><SUP>5.11</SUP></A></DT>
|
||
|
|
<DD>Amongst others, some very good information about fake books.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
</DD>
|
||
|
|
</DL><HR>
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