// rhumba

Begin Doc

Loosely based on the rhumba groove with added off beat syncopation.
Written for the Miles Davis tune "Nardis".

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Author Bob van der Poel


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Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats


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/////// Instrument patterns


Begin Drum Define
	D3+       D3 Shift .5
	D1+3+     D13 Shift .5
	D2+4+     D24 Shift .5
	D12+4     D14 ; D2 Shift .5  
	D13+      D1 ; D3+
	D3+4      D3+ ; D4
	D1+2+3+   D1+3+; D3+
End

Begin Walk Define
	W14+       1 2 100 ; 4.5 4 77  
End

Begin Bass Define
	B14+      1 2 1 90 ; 4. 4 1 90 
End

Begin Chord Define
	C30         1 81 70 ; 1+81 82 70 ; 2+81 82 70
End 

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///////// Jazz Rhumba

SeqSize 4

Begin Drum-Claves
	Sequence     D13  /  /  D134
	Tone  Claves
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 2
	Volume fff
End

Begin Drum-Maraca
	Sequence     D8  /  /  D1234
	Tone Maracas
    Volume m
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
End
	
Begin Drum-LoConga
	Sequence     D4  D3+4
	Tone LowConga
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
	Volume ff
End

Begin Drum-HH
	Sequence      D3             D3+        /  z
	Tone          OpenHighConga  OpenHiHat  /  /
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
    Volume m
End

Begin Drum-MuteConga
	Sequence     D2 { D1 Shift .5 }
	Tone MuteHighConga
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
    Volume m
End

Begin Drum-Bongo
	Sequence     D3        D2+4+
	Tone         LowBongo  HighBongo
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
    Volume mf
End


Begin Drum-Chh
	Sequence     D8
	Tone  ClosedHiHat
	Volume mp
	Rvolume 5
	Rtime 2
End

/////// Main chording is the piano ... this is for all the variations.

	
Begin Chord
	Sequence	C134  C123 { C1; C34 Shift .5 }	{ C2; C34 Shift .5 } 
	Accent 1 20 3 10
	Voicing Mode=Optimal
	SeqRnd On
	Rvolume 10
	Voice Piano2
	Articulate 93
	Octave 5
	Volume mp
End


//////// The walk and bass alternate bars. Gives a nice feeling.

Begin Bass
	Voice      FretLessBass
	Sequence   B14+   z    B14+  z
	Articulate 80
	Accent 1 20
	Rvolume 15
	Rtime 4
	Octave 3
	Volume m 
End

Begin Walk
	Voice      $_Bass_Voice
	Octave     $_Bass_Octave
	Rvolume    $_Bass_Rvolume
	Rtime      $_Bass_Rtime
	Accent     $_Bass_Accent
	Articulate 55
	Volume     $_Bass_Volume
	Sequence   z   W14+   z   W14+   
End


DefGroove JazzRhumba    Nice, smooth easy listening.

//////// Add sustained strings

/// The chord pattern just plays the root and 5th. The 2 defs
/// vary the volume of the root/5th.

Begin Chord-sus
	Sequence	{ 1 1 90 0 50 0 * 4 } { 1 1 50 0 90 0 * 4 }
	SeqRnd On
	Voicing Mode=Optimal
	Rvolume 10
	Voice Strings
	Articulate 110
	Unify On
	Volume p
	Octave 5
End

DefGroove JazzRhumbaSus  Sustained strings make it smoother.


////////////////////////////
// Add arpeggios


Groove JazzRhumba

Begin Arpeggio
	Sequence    A4  A8  A4  A8
	Invert      0   0   1   1
	SeqRnd On
	Voice PizzicatoString
	Articulate 120
	Octave 4
    Range 2
    Direction random
    Harmony OpenBelow
	Volume mp
	Rvolume 10
	Rskip  40
End

DefGroove JazzRhumbaPlus     Adds pizzicato arpeggios.

Chord-sus Groove JazzRhumbaSus
DefGroove JazzRhumbaSusPlus  Apreggios and sustained strings.

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//// Fill

Groove JazzRhumba

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Drum-Claves     Sequence     D1234
Drum-Maraca     Sequence     D13
Drum-LoConga    Sequence     D1
Drum-HH         Sequence     D1234
Drum-MuteConga  Sequence     D13
Drum-Bongo      Sequence     D13
Drum-Chh        Sequence     D8 

Chord           Sequence	L2
Begin Bass 
           Sequence    B13
           Articulate  65
           Volume  f
End
Walk            Sequence -

DefGroove JazzRhumbaFill    A one bar fill for endings.

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

Groove JazzRhumba

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Drum-Claves     Sequence     *      *       *       D1234
Drum-Maraca     Sequence     D8     /       /       D13
Drum-LoConga    Sequence     D4     D3+4    D2      D1
Drum-HH         Sequence     D3     D3+     /       z
Drum-MuteConga  Sequence     D2    { D1 Shift .5 }  D2  z
Drum-Bongo      Sequence     D3     D2+4+   D3      D3
Drum-Chh        Sequence     D8     /       /       D1234

Chord           Sequence	C134  /        /        {1 1 8	0}
Bass            Sequence    B14+   /     /  {1 2 5 70; 2.5 4 3 60; 3 4 2 50; 4.25 4 1 40}
Walk            Sequence -

DefGroove JazzRhumbaIntro   4 bar intro

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// Endings


Groove JazzRhumba

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Drum-Claves     Sequence  D8 D12
Drum-Maraca     Sequence  D1 
Drum-LoConga    Sequence  D1234 D12
Drum-HH         Sequence  D3+   D1
Drum-MuteConga  Sequence  D2 
Drum-Bongo      Sequence  D3    D2
Drum-Chh        Sequence  D8    D12
Chord           Sequence  C134  C12
Bass            Sequence  B14+ B1
Walk            Sequence -

DefGroove  JazzRhumbaEnd   Simple, 2 bar, ending.