VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/rockballad.mma

// rockballad

Begin Doc

	Written for slowish/doo-wop things like "You Belong To Me".
      
End

Author Bob van der Poel

NewSet SusVoice  ChoirAahs
NewSet SusVoiceOctave 4

Begin DocVar
	  SusVoice  Voice used for sustained voicing in RockBalladVoice (default=ChoirAahs).
      SusVoiceOctave  Octave for sustained voices (default=4).
End
 
SeqClear
Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats

///////////////////////////////////////
////// Additional patterns


/////////////////////////////////////////////////
////// RockBallad

SeqSize 4

Begin Drum
	Sequence	{D1234 * 3 }
	Tone ClosedHiHat
	Volume mf
	Rskip 1
	Rvolume 10
 End

Begin Drum-Snare
	Sequence   D1234
	Tone SnareDrum1
	Volume p
	Rvolume 20
End

Begin Drum-Kick
	Sequence D1
	Tone KickDrum1
	Volume mp
	Rvolume 20
End

Begin Bass
	Voice FretlessBass
	Sequence B13 / / z
	Octave 3
	Volume mf
	Articulate 80
End

Begin Walk
	Voice $_Bass_Voice
	Octave $_Bass_Octave
	Sequence z z z W1234
	Volume mf
	Articulate 80
End

Begin Chord
	Sequence  C1234  /   /  { C1234 * 3 }
	Accent 1 20 3 20
	Voice JazzGuitar
	Volume mp
	Octave 5
	Articulate 80
	Voicing mode=optimal
End

DefGroove RockBallad   Basic beat with triplet Hi-Hats.

Groove RockBallad

Chord Sequence C1234 

DefGroove RockBallad1   Same as the basic pattern, but skips the chord triplet on bar 4.


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// Guitar Fill

Groove RockBallad

Begin Arpeggio
	Voice JazzGuitar
	Sequence  A4  /   /  { A4 * 3 }
	RSkip 5
	Octave 4   / / 5
	Range 2
	Harmony Open / / None
	Direction Up
	Articulate 105
End
		
DefGroove RockBalladFill    Add guitar arpeggios.

Groove RockBallad1
Arpeggio Groove RockBalladFill
DefGroove RockBallad1Fill   Guitar apreggio fills without 4th bar triplets.

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// Adds some (sustained) voices

Groove RockBallad

Begin Chord-Sus
	Voice $SusVoice
	Sequence  { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2}  // Root and fifth notes only.
	Voicing mode=optimal
	Volume p
	Octave $SusVoiceOctave
	Articulate 100
	Unify On
End

DefGroove RockBalladVoice   Adds some cheese with choir voices.

Groove RockBallad1
Chord-Sus Groove RockBalladVoice 
DefGroove RockBallad1Voice   Cheese without 4th bar triplets.

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//// Intro

Groove RockBallad

Begin Drum
        Sequence   {D1234 * 3}   /     /   {1 1 55}
        Tone       ClosedHiHat   /     /   CrashCymbal1 
End

Drum-Snare  Sequence   D1234  /    /   D1
Drum-Kick   Sequence   D1
Bass        Sequence   B13    /    /   {1 4 1 90; 2 4 3 90; 3 4 5 90; 4 4 1+ 90}
Walk        Sequence   -

Begin  Chord
       Sequence  { C1234 * 3 } /  C1234 L1
       Articulate  80          /   /    105
End


DefGroove RockBalladIntro 4 bar intro.

Groove RockBalladIntro

Chord-Sus Groove RockBalladVoice

Begin Chord
	  Volume -10
	  Sequence  C13 / / L1
	  Articulate 110
End

Drum  Volume -20
Drum-Snare Volume -20
Drum-Kick  Volume -10

Bass Volume -20
Walk Volume -20


DefGroove RockBalladSusIntro  4 bar intro with mostly strings.


///////////////////////////////////////////////
/// 4 bar ending


Groove RockBallad

Chord  Sequence  C1234
Bass   Sequence  B13
Walk   SeqClear

Begin Scale
	Sequence Scale16 Scale8 Scale4 Scale2
	Volume mp
	Voice TenorSax
	Articulate 99
End

DefGroove RockBalladEnd    Ending with a scaling tenor sax. Use Seq 1 \
                           to 4 for 16ths, 8th, 4th or 1/2 note runs.
	

Groove RockBallad

Seqsize 2

Chord Sequence C1234 L2
Bass  Sequence B13   B1
Walk  Sequence -

DefGroove RockBalladEnd1  Simple 2 bar ending.