// bossanova Begin Doc This is a great latin rhythm for pieces like "Girl From Ipanema". There's a real tendency for me to get these latin rhythms way too complicated, so if you want to take some stuff out, feel free to do so. End Author Bob van der Poel SeqClear Time 4 Timesig 4 4 Include stdpats ///////////////////////////////////////////////// // Do all defines first // For all the beats I describe them with 1,2,3,4 representing on-the-beat // and 1', 2', etc. being on the and-of-1, and-of-2, etc. // '8' is 8 8th notes Begin Drum Define D2'4' D13 Shift 1.5 D23' D2; 3.5 0 90 D12'3 D13; 2.5 0 90 D12'4 D14; 2.5 0 90 D13' D1 ; 3.5 0 90 D12'34' D13; D2'4' End Begin Bass Define Basic 1 4. 1 100 ; 2.5 8 5 90 ; 3 4. 5 90 ; 4.5 8 1 90 End Begin Chord Define C1233'4' C123; 3.5 8 90; 4. 8 90 C1'2'34 C12 Shift .5; C34 Sus1 1 1 90 * 2 Sus3 1 1 0 90 0 * 2 Sus5 1 1 0 0 90 0 * 2 End ////////////////////////////////////////////// // BossaNova SeqSize 4 Begin Drum Tone Cabasa Sequence D8 Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume mf Accent 2 90 4 90 End Begin Drum-LowConga Sequence D13' Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume f Tone LowConga End Begin Drum-OpenHiConga Sequence D2'4' Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume mf Tone OpenHighConga End Begin Drum-MuteConga Sequence D2 Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume f Tone MuteHighConga End Begin Drum-LowBongo Sequence D3 Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume mf Tone LowBongo End Begin Drum-CHH Sequence D23 Rvolume 10 Volume mp Rtime 5 Tone ClosedHiHat End Begin Drum-SideKick Sequence D12'4 D23' // this is a 3/2 Clave pattern with delayed last beat Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume mp Tone SideKick End Begin Drum-Kick Sequence D12'34' Rvolume 10 Volume mp Rtime 5 Tone KickDrum2 End Begin Drum-Clave Sequence D12'4 D23' // this is a 3/2 Clave pattern with delayed last beat Tone Claves Volume mf RSkip 30 End Begin Bass Sequence B13 Basic / / Accent 1 20 SeqRnd On RVolume 20 Rtime 5 Voice JazzGuitar Octave 3 Articulate 70 Volume mf End Begin Chord Sequence C1233'4' C1'2'34 Accent 1 20 3 10 Voicing Mode=Optimal Voice JazzGuitar Articulate 75 Rskip 5 Strum 5 Octave 5 Volume mp End DefGroove BossaNova Standard bossanova beat. ////////////////////////////////// // Sustained versions Groove BossaNova // Change the seqsize from 4 to 8. This is done to let us give a lot // of variety to the voices. We use 5th, 3rds and roots in 2 octaves. SeqSize 8 Begin Chord-Sus Voice ChoirAahs / / / VoiceOohs / / / Sequence Sus1 Sus3 Sus5 Sus1 Sus1 Sus3 Sus5 z Voicing Mode=Optimal Volume ppp Octave 5 Articulate 100 Unify On SeqRnd On End DefGroove BossaNovaSus Adds sustained choir voices. /// Back to 4 bar patterns Groove BossaNova Begin Chord-Sus Sequence { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2} // Root and fifth notes only. Octave 5 Voice Strings Voicing Mode=Optimal Articulate 100 Unify On Volume pp End DefGroove BossaNova1Sus Adds sustained strings. Groove BossaNova Begin Bass-Sus Voice Strings Octave 6 Harmony Open+8Below Sequence {1 2. 5 90; 4 4 3 90} {1 1 1 90} Articulate 120 Unify On Volume mp End DefGroove BossaNova2Sus Basic Bossa with decending string pattern. Groove BossaNova1Sus SeqSize 4 Begin Bass-Sus Groove BossaNova2Sus Sequence * * z z End Begin Chord-Sus Sequence z z * * Volume mp Octave 6 End DefGroove BossaNova3Sus A combination of BossaNova1Sus and BossaNova2Sus. Alternating \ bars of decending strings with full chords. ///////////////////////////// /// Plus versions ... add in arpeggiating guitar Groove BossaNova Begin Arpeggio Voice JazzGuitar Octave 6 Articulate 120 Volume m Rtime 10 Rskip 25 Harmony OpenBelow Rvolume 10 Range .9 Direction Random Sequence {1 4 90; 2 4 90; 3 4 90; 3.5 8 90; 4. 8 90 } {1.5 8 90; 2.5 8 90; 3 4 90; 4 4 90} End DefGroove BossaNovaPlus Basic rhythm with apreggiating guitar. Groove BossaNovaSus Arpeggio Groove BossaNovaPlus DefGroove BossaNovaSusPlus Sustained choir and arpeggios. Groove BossaNova1Sus Arpeggio Groove BossaNovaPlus DefGroove BossaNova1SusPlus Sustained strings and arpeggios. Groove BossaNova2Sus Arpeggio Groove BossaNovaPlus DefGroove BossaNova2SusPlus Descending strings and arpeggios. Groove BossaNova3Sus Arpeggio Groove BossaNovaPlus DefGroove BossaNova3SusPlus Alternating 1Sus/2Sus and arpeggios. ////////////////////////// // BossaNovaFill // Add some bells. Good for a 1/2 bar transition Groove BossaNova // Drum mods ... // 1 - kill the congas // 2 - add a triangle // 3 - add in snares on 8ths Drum-OpenHiConga Sequence - Drum-MuteConga Sequence - Begin Drum-Triangle Sequence { D1234 Shift .5 } Rskip 30 Tone OpenTriangle Volume ff End Begin Drum-Snare Sequence D1234 Volume mf RSkip 10 Tone SnareDrum1 End Begin Drum-Snare1 Copy Drum-Snare Sequence { D1234 Shift .5 } Tone SnareDrum2 End // Make the bass just 13 Bass Sequence B13 // Make chord just 1234 Chord Sequence C1234 DefGroove BossaNovaFill Adds a bell to the BossaNova groove and \ forces the chord to a straight pattern. \ This Good for the occasional bar in an ending, etc. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Intro Groove BossaNova Alltracks SeqRnd Off Bass Sequence B13 Basic / B1 Chord Sequence C1233'4' C1'2'34 / {1 2 90} DefGroove BossaNovaIntro Dull introduction. SeqSize 8 Bass Sequence B13 Basic B13 Basic B13 Basic Basic B1 Chord Sequence C1233'4' / C1'2'34 / C1233'4' / C1'2'34 {1 2 90} DefGroove BossaNovaIntro8 Another dull intro, but this is for 8 bars. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Endings Groove BossaNova Alltracks SeqRnd Off Bass Sequence B13 / / {1 2 1 90} Begin Scale Sequence Scale8 Scale4 Scale2 Scale Range 4 Octave 4 Articulate 99 Voice Strings End Chord Sequence C1234 Chord Duproot -1 DefGroove BossaNovaEnd The strings do a scale. First bar is eights, \ second is quarters, third is halves, and \ the last is a held whole note. Begin Chord-Sus Sequence { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2} // Root and fifth notes only. Octave 5 Voice TremoloStrings Voicing Mode=Optimal Articulate 100 Unify On Volume mp End DefGroove BossaNova1End Same ending, but with sustained strings added. Scale Sequence - DefGroove BossaNova2End Ending with sustained strings, but no scale.