VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/guitarballad.mma

// guitarballad

Begin Doc

 Guitar based ballad with a bit of a rock feel. Written for
 Beatles classic "Yesterday".

 This is a conversion of the pianoballad groove.
  
End

Author Bob van der Poel

SeqClear
Time 4		// All these patterns are 4/4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats


/////////////////////////
/// Basic Pattern

SeqSize 4

Begin Drum-Kick
	Tone KickDrum1
	Sequence D123
	Volume mp
	Rtime 3
	RVolume 10
End

Begin Drum-Side
	Tone SideKick
	Sequence D13
	Volume mp
	Rtime 3
	Rvolume 10
End

Begin Drum-CHiHat
	Tone ClosedHiHat
	Sequence D8
	Volume p
	Rtime 2
	Rvolume 10
End

Begin Bass
	Voice FingeredBass
	Volume mp
	Octave 3
	Articulate 80
	Sequence  {1 4. 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4. 1 90; 4.5 4 5 90} \
              {1 4. 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4  1 90; 4   4 3 90}
End

Begin Arpeggio-4
	Voice NylonGuitar
	Volume mp
	Articulate 80
	Octave 5
	Range 1
	Sequence A4
	Rskip 5
End

Begin Arpeggio-8
	Voice CleanGuitar
	Volume p
	Articulate 70
	Octave 5
	Range 2
	Sequence A8
	Rskip 20
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad   Simple ballad with drums and guitar.

Begin Chord
	Voice JazzGuitar
	Volume p
	Articulate 120
	Octave 5
	Sequence  C1 C13 C3 C1
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad1  Add additional guitar chords.

////////////////////////
/// Sustained version

Groove GuitarBallad

Begin Chord-Sus
	Voice  SynthStrings1
	Sequence { 1 1 90 0 90 0 * 4 }
	Voicing Mode=Optimal
	Octave 5
	Articulate 100
	Unify On
	Rvolume 10
	Volume p
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladSus  Guitar arpeggios with a bit of strings.

Groove GuitarBallad1
Begin Chord-Sus
	Groove GuitarBalladSus
	Volume -20
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad1Sus   Guitar arpeggios with chords and strings.

//////////////////////
//// Intro

Groove GuitarBallad

Drum-Kick      Sequence  D12 
Drum-Side 	   Sequence  D13
Drum-CHiHat    Sequence  D8

Bass           Sequence  *  *  *  { 1 2 1 90 }
Arpeggio-4     Sequence  A4 / / A2
Arpeggio-8     Sequence  A8 / / A4

DefGroove GuitarBalladIntro   A 4 bar introduction.

Begin Chord-Sus
   Groove GuitarBalladSus
   Sequence  {1 1 90 0 90 0 * 4} {1 1 70 0 60 0 * 4} {1 1 60 0 40 0 * 4}  { 1 1 50 0 30 0 * 4 }
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladSusIntro  The same 4 bar intro with strings.

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

Groove GuitarBallad

SeqSize 2
Alltracks Rskip 0

Drum-Kick      Sequence  D1234 D1 
Drum-Side 	  Sequence  D1234 D12
Drum-CHiHat    Sequence  D8 { D12 ; D12 Shift .5}

Bass           Sequence  *  { 1 2 1 90 }
Arpeggio-4     Sequence  A4 A2
Arpeggio-8     Sequence -

Begin Chord
    Sequence    C13  C123
    Octave      6     5
    Volume      mp    p
    Articulate  150
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladEnd    A 2 bar ending.