// bigband Doc For a standard tune which doesn't fit the Swing grooves. Author Bob van der Poel SeqClear Time 4 // All patterns are 4/4 Timesig 4 4 Include stdpats ////////// Do all the defs first. Begin Drum Define D1+234 D1234 ; 1.75 0 90 End Begin Chord Define C12' C1 ; C2 Shift .75 C2'4 C2 Shift .75 ; C4 End //////////////////////// // BigBand // Basic Big Band SeqSize 4 Begin Drum-HH Sequence { D1234; D24 Shift .75 } Rskip 10 Tone OpenHiHat Volume p Rvolume 10 Rtime 10 End Begin Drum-Snare Sequence z z z { D3 Shift .75 } Tone SnareDrum1 Volume mp Rtime 10 End Begin Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 Accent 1 20 2 -10 3 -10 4 -10 Tone KickDrum1 Volume mp Rvolume 10 Rtime 10 End Begin Drum-Ride Sequence D1 z z z Tone RideCymbal1 Rvolume 10 Rtime 10 End Begin Walk Sequence W1234 Accent 1 10 3 10 Octave 3 Voice AcousticBass Articulate 80 Volume f Rvolume 4 End Begin Chord Sequence { 1 4. 90; 2.75 8 90 } { 1.75 8 90; 3 8 90 } Voice Trombone Voicing Mode=Optimal RMove=10 Articulate 80 Octave 5 Volume mf Rvolume 9 End Begin Chord-Hits1 Sequence { 4 8 90 } { 2 8 90; 3 8 90 } Voice MutedTrumpet Articulate 90 Volume mf Octave 5 Rvolume 5 Rskip 10 End DefGroove BigBand Basic big band beat. Begin Chord-sus Voice TremoloStrings Sequence { 1 1 90 0 50 0 * 4 } { 1 1 50 0 90 0 * 4 } SeqRnd On Voicing Mode=Optimal Rvolume 10 Articulate 100 Unify On Volume p Octave 5 End Chord-Hits1 Sequence - DefGroove BigBandSus Tremolo strings added to BigBand. Groove BigBand Begin Arpeggio Sequence A2 A4 Swing8 z Invert 0 1 2 0 Voice Piano1 SeqRnd On Volume mf f mp Articulate 90 Harmony OpenAbove / - Rskip 10 20 40 0 Rvolume 10 Octave 6 End DefGroove BigBandPlus Additional piano notes. Groove BigBandSus Arpeggio Groove BigBandPlus DefGroove BigBandSusPlus Sustained strings and piano. ///////////////////////////////////// // BigBand1 // Basic Big Band with 1,3 bass // Walking bass is replaced with a 1/3 // Change 'bone seq to Piano // Synth voice added to contrast with brass hits Groove BigBand // restore basic sequence Walk Sequence - Begin Bass Sequence B13 Voice AcousticBass Octave 3 Volume f End Begin Chord Voice Piano1 Articulate 90 End Begin Chord-Hits1 Octave 5 End Begin Chord-Hits2 Sequence C2'4 C12' Octave 6 Voice SynthVox Articulate 70 Volume mp End DefGroove BigBand1 Basic big band with 1,3 bass, no walking. Chord-Sus Groove BigBandSus DefGroove BigBand1Sus Bigband1 with sustained strings. ///////////////////////////////////////////// // BigBand8 // Basic Big Band with 8 bar variation Groove BigBand // restore basic SeqSize 8 Drum-Kick Sequence D13 / / / / / / D8 Begin Chord Sequence C12' C2'4 C12' C2'4 C12' C2'4 C12' C13 Articulate 100 Volume p End Begin Walk Voice AcousticBass Sequence W1234 / / z W1234 / / z Accent 1 10 3 10 Octave 3 Volume f End Begin Bass Voice $_Walk_Voice Octave $_Walk_Octave Sequence z z z B13 z z z B11 Volume f End DefGroove BigBand8 BigBand with 8 bar variation. Chord-Sus Groove BigBandSus DefGroove BigBand8Sus BigBand8 with sustained strings. ///////////////////////// /// Fill Groove BigBand SeqSize 1 // no change in drums Walk Sequence {1 1 90 * 2} Chord Sequence - Begin Chord-Hits1 Octave 6 Articulate 80 Rvolume 0 Rskip 0 Sequence {1 4. 80; 3 16 100} End DefGroove BigBandFill Simple fill bar, good in an ending. Groove BigBandFill // Drum-HH Drum-Snare Sequence D13 // Drum-Kick // Drum-Ride Walk Sequence - Begin Bass Voice $_Walk_Voice Octave $_Walk_Octave Sequence B1234 End Chord Sequence C1234 Begin Chord-Hits1 Octave 5 Sequence {1 4. 80; 3 8. 95; 4 8 90} End DefGroove BigBand1Fill Louder, 4 in the bar fill. /////////////////////////////////// // Intros Groove BigBand Walk Sequence - Begin Bass Voice $_Walk_Voice Octave $_Walk_Octave Articulate 90 Volume f Rvolume 4 Sequence {1 4 1 90; 2 4 1 90; 3 4 3 90; 4 4 5 90} End Begin Chord Sequence { 1 4. 90; 2.75 8. 90 } { 1.75 8. 90; 3 8. 90 } Voice Trombone Voicing Mode=Optimal Rmove=0 Articulate 80 Octave 5 Volume mf Rvolume 9 End Begin Chord-Hits1 Sequence { 1 4 90 0 90 0; 4 8 90 0 90 0 } { 2 8 90 0 90 0; 3 4 90 0 90 0 } Voice Trumpet Voicing Mode=Optimal Articulate 90 Volume ff Octave 5 Rvolume 5 Rskip 0 End DefGroove BigBandIntro 4 bar introduction. ///////////////////////////////// // Endings // 2 bar to finish BigBand Groove Bigband SeqSize 2 Drum-HH Sequence D1+234 D13 Drum-Kick Sequence D13 D1234 Walk Sequence - Begin Bass Sequence B13 Octave 3 End Chord Sequence C1234 C13 Chord-Hits1 Sequence C1234 C13 DefGroove BigBandEnd Straight ending for BigBand. Groove BigBand1 SeqSize 2 Drum-HH Sequence D1+234 D13 Drum-Kick Sequence D13 D1234 Bass Sequence B11 Chord Sequence C1234 C13 Chord-Hits2 Sequence - Begin Chord-Sus Groove BigBandSus Volume m End DefGroove BigBand1End Ending for BigBand1. // 4 bar to finish BigBand. Simalar to BigbandEnd, but 4 bars Groove Bigband Drum-HH Sequence D14 D13 D1+234 D13 Drum-Kick Sequence D13 / / D1234 Walk Sequence - Begin Bass Sequence B13 Octave 3 End Chord Sequence C13 / C1234 C13 Chord-Hits1 Sequence C13 C123 C1234 C13 DefGroove BigBand2End Straight, 4 bar ending for BigBand. // 4 bar to finish BigBand8 Groove BigBand SeqSize 4 Drum-HH Sequence D1+234 D13 Drum-Kick Sequence D13 D1234 Walk Sequence - Bass Sequence B13 B11 Chord Sequence C2'4 C2'4 C13 C13 Chord-Hits2 Sequence C13 / DefGroove BigBand4End A 4 bar ending. Good ending for BigBand8.