// rockballad Begin Doc Written for slowish/doo-wop things like "You Belong To Me". End Author Bob van der Poel NewSet SusVoice ChoirAahs NewSet SusVoiceOctave 4 Begin DocVar SusVoice Voice used for sustained voicing in RockBalladVoice (default=ChoirAahs). SusVoiceOctave Octave for sustained voices (default=4). End SeqClear Time 4 Timesig 4 4 Include stdpats /////////////////////////////////////// ////// Additional patterns ///////////////////////////////////////////////// ////// RockBallad SeqSize 4 Begin Drum Sequence {D1234 * 3 } Tone ClosedHiHat Volume mf Rskip 1 Rvolume 10 End Begin Drum-Snare Sequence D1234 Tone SnareDrum1 Volume p Rvolume 20 End Begin Drum-Kick Sequence D1 Tone KickDrum1 Volume mp Rvolume 20 End Begin Bass Voice FretlessBass Sequence B13 / / z Octave 3 Volume mf Articulate 80 End Begin Walk Voice $_Bass_Voice Octave $_Bass_Octave Sequence z z z W1234 Volume mf Articulate 80 End Begin Chord Sequence C1234 / / { C1234 * 3 } Accent 1 20 3 20 Voice JazzGuitar Volume mp Octave 5 Articulate 80 Voicing mode=optimal End DefGroove RockBallad Basic beat with triplet Hi-Hats. Groove RockBallad Chord Sequence C1234 DefGroove RockBallad1 Same as the basic pattern, but skips the chord triplet on bar 4. ////////////////////////// // Guitar Fill Groove RockBallad Begin Arpeggio Voice JazzGuitar Sequence A4 / / { A4 * 3 } RSkip 5 Octave 4 / / 5 Range 2 Harmony Open / / None Direction Up Articulate 105 End DefGroove RockBalladFill Add guitar arpeggios. Groove RockBallad1 Arpeggio Groove RockBalladFill DefGroove RockBallad1Fill Guitar apreggio fills without 4th bar triplets. ///////////////////////////// // Adds some (sustained) voices Groove RockBallad Begin Chord-Sus Voice $SusVoice Sequence { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2} // Root and fifth notes only. Voicing mode=optimal Volume p Octave $SusVoiceOctave Articulate 100 Unify On End DefGroove RockBalladVoice Adds some cheese with choir voices. Groove RockBallad1 Chord-Sus Groove RockBalladVoice DefGroove RockBallad1Voice Cheese without 4th bar triplets. ///////////////////////////// //// Intro Groove RockBallad Begin Drum Sequence {D1234 * 3} / / {1 1 55} Tone ClosedHiHat / / CrashCymbal1 End Drum-Snare Sequence D1234 / / D1 Drum-Kick Sequence D1 Bass Sequence B13 / / {1 4 1 90; 2 4 3 90; 3 4 5 90; 4 4 1+ 90} Walk Sequence - Begin Chord Sequence { C1234 * 3 } / C1234 L1 Articulate 80 / / 105 End DefGroove RockBalladIntro 4 bar intro. Groove RockBalladIntro Chord-Sus Groove RockBalladVoice Begin Chord Volume -10 Sequence C13 / / L1 Articulate 110 End Drum Volume -20 Drum-Snare Volume -20 Drum-Kick Volume -10 Bass Volume -20 Walk Volume -20 DefGroove RockBalladSusIntro 4 bar intro with mostly strings. /////////////////////////////////////////////// /// 4 bar ending Groove RockBallad Chord Sequence C1234 Bass Sequence B13 Walk SeqClear Begin Scale Sequence Scale16 Scale8 Scale4 Scale2 Volume mp Voice TenorSax Articulate 99 End DefGroove RockBalladEnd Ending with a scaling tenor sax. Use Seq 1 \ to 4 for 16ths, 8th, 4th or 1/2 note runs. Groove RockBallad Seqsize 2 Chord Sequence C1234 L2 Bass Sequence B13 B1 Walk Sequence - DefGroove RockBalladEnd1 Simple 2 bar ending.