// softshoe

Begin Doc

 Syncopated ditty for the old dancers. Written for "Me and
 My Shadow".
  
End

Author Bob van der Poel

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


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/// Basic Pattern

SeqSize 4

Begin Drum-Kick
	Tone      KickDrum1
	Sequence  D13
	Volume    pp
	Rtime     5
	Rvolume   10
End
	 
Begin Drum-Side
	Tone      SideKick
	Sequence  D24
	Volume    pp
	Rtime     10
	Rvolume   10
End


Begin Drum-OHH
	Tone      OpenHiHat
	Sequence  { D13 ; D24 Shift .75 } / / {D1234 ; D12 Shift .75; D34 Shift .5}
	Volume    pp   /   pp-10   pp-20
	Rtime     2
	Rvolume   10
End

Begin Bass
	Voice     AcousticBass
	Sequence  B13  /  /   z
	Accent    1 20
	Articulate 80
	Octave    3
	Volume    mp
	Rtime 5
	RVolume 5	
End

Begin Walk
	Voice $_Bass_Voice
	Sequence z z z W1234
	Articulate $_Bass_Articulate
	Octave $_Bass_Octave
	Volume $_Bass_Volume
	Rtime $_Bass_Rtime
	Rvolume $_Bass_Rvolume
End

Begin Chord
	Voice Piano2
	Volume mp
	Articulate 110 110 80 70
	Octave 5
	Sequence  C13 / {C134 ; C2 Shift .5} {C134; C23 Shift .5}
	Rskip 5
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 3
End
	
DefGroove Softshoe  Nice little dance beat with ``shuffles'' on bar 3 and 4.

Begin Arpeggio
	Voice      Clarinet
	Sequence   {A4 Shift .5; A2} A8 A4 {A2 Shift .5}
    SeqRnd     On
	Harmony    Open
	Articulate 80
	Octave     5
	Range      2
	Direction  Up
	Rskip      50
	Volume     p
End

DefGroove SoftShoePlus    Add a cool clarinet.

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/// Sustained version

Groove Softshoe

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

DefGroove SoftShoeSus     Add sustained strings.

Begin Arpeggio
	Groove  SoftShoePlus
	Volume  pp
	Articulate 70
	Direction Down
End
	
DefGroove SoftShoeSusPlus   Add the cool clarinet and strings.


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

Groove SoftShoe

 
Drum-Side    Sequence  * * * D1
Drum-OHH     Sequence  { D13 ; D24 Shift .75 } / / D13

Bass         Sequence  B13 / / {1 4 5 90; 2 4 4 90; 3 4 3 90; 4 4 2 90}
Walk         Sequence -

Chord        Sequence  * * * L1
	

DefGroove SoftShoeIntro   A 4 bar introduction.


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//// Ending

Groove SoftShoe

SeqSize 2

	 
Drum-Side  	Sequence  * D1
Drum-OHH    Sequence  D8  D12

Bass        Sequence  {1 4 5 90; 2 4 4 90; 3 4 3 90; 4 4 2 90} {1 2 1 90}
Walk        Sequence  -

Chord       Sequence  C13 L1

	
DefGroove SoftShoeEnd   2 bar ending with nice walk on first bar.