File: merengue.mma

Groove: Merengue1Sus

Notes: This is a very fast dance rhythm native to the Dominican Republic. The demo song for this ``Compadre Pedro Juan''. Note that you'll have to double up on the tempo for this to sound right. Patterns are from ``Latin Rhythms: Mystery Unraveled'' by Victor Lopez.

Author: Bob van der Poel

Description: Bandoneon rhythm and sustain.

SeqSize: 2 Time (beats per bar): 4

Variables
BandoneonOctave The Octave setting for the bandoneon (default=6)

Track Name: Bass

Voice/Tones: AcousticBass Articulate: 70
Unify: 0 Octave: 3
Volume: 104.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 0 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None

Track Name: Chord

Voice/Tones: Bandoneon Articulate: 90
Unify: 0 Octave: 6
Volume: 20.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 0 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None Voicing: OPTIMAL

Track Name: Chord-2

Voice/Tones: Piano1 Articulate: 90
Unify: 0 Octave: 5
Volume: 80.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 0 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None Voicing: OPTIMAL

Track Name: Chord-Sus

Voice/Tones: Bandoneon Articulate: 100
Unify: 1 Octave: 6
Volume: 70.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 0 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None Voicing: OPTIMAL

Track Name: Drum-Claves

Voice/Tones: Claves Articulate: 90
Volume: 88.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 10.0
Rtime: 2 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None

Track Name: Drum-Cowbell

Voice/Tones: CowBell Articulate: 90
Volume: 88.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 10.0
Rtime: 2 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None

Track Name: Drum-Hhat

Voice/Tones: OpenHiHat Articulate: 90
Volume: 32.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 2 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None

Track Name: Drum-Snare

Voice/Tones: SnareDrum2 Articulate: 90
Volume: 32.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 2 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None

Track Name: Drum-Tom

Voice/Tones: LowTom2 Articulate: 90
Volume: 80.0 Harmony: None
Rskip: 0 Rvolume: 0
Rtime: 2 SeqRND: Off
Strum: None