// swing Begin Doc Some pretty good swing stuff. Works well for standards like "C'est Si Bon". The "Triple" and "Plus" versions are built on their basics, so it it sounds fine to toggle between, for example, Swing, SwingPlus and SwingTriple. End Author Bob van der Poel SeqClear Time 4 Timesig 4 4 Include stdpats ///////////////////////////////////////////////// ////// Additional pattern defs Begin Chord Define LongSS1 1 4 90 ; 1+81 82 80 ; 2 8 85 LongSS2 1 4 90 ; 2 4 80 ; 3+81 82 85 ; 4 8 80 End Begin Bass Define Sync1 1 4 1 90; 2+81 16 1 80; 3 4 1 90; 4+81 16 1 80 Sync2 1 4 1 90; 2+81 16 1 80; 3 4 5 90; 4 4 1 80 End Begin Walk Define Sync1 1 4 90 ; 2+81 82 80; 3 4 90 ; 4+81 82 80 Sync2 1 4 90 ; 2+81 82 80; 3 4 90 ; 4 4 80 End //////////////////////////// // Basic Swing Patterns //////////////////////////// ///////////////////// ////// Swing SeqClear Seqsize 4 // Make all the patterns 4 bars long // The hats use a swing pattern. Begin Drum-PHH Sequence Swing8 Tone PedalHiHat Rskip 30 Rvolume 10 Rtime 1 Volume p End Begin Drum-OHH Sequence Swing8 Tone OpenHiHat Rskip 30 Rvolume 10 Rtime 1 Volume p End // Kicks are one 1,2,3 and 4 Begin Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 Tone KickDrum2 Rskip 40 Rvolume 10 Rtime 3 Volume mp End Begin Drum-Side Sequence D1234 Tone SideKick Rskip 40 Rvolume 10 Rtime 3 Volume mp End // Low-Congas on 1 and 3; hi on 2,4 Begin Drum-LowConga Sequence D13 Tone LowConga Rskip 10 Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume f End Begin Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 Tone OpenHighConga Rskip 10 Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 Volume f End Begin Chord Voice Organ3 Sequence {1 2 90 ; 3+81 4. 85 } C1 Octave 6 Voicing Mode=Optimal Volume mp Articulate 80 Rvolume 3 End Begin Chord-Guitar Voice JazzGuitar Sequence C13 C1234 Voicing Mode=Optimal Articulate 90 Strum 5 Octave 5 SeqRnd On Volume mp Rvolume 5 End Begin Bass Voice AcousticBass Sequence Sync1 Sync2 Articulate 80 Octave 3 Volume mf Rvolume 10 End DefGroove Swing Basic swing beat. /// Change bass to walking. Groove Swing Bass Sequence - Begin Walk Voice $_Bass_Voice Octave $_Bass_Octave Sequence Sync1 Sync2 Articulate 76 Volume mf Rvolume 10 End DefGroove SwingWalk Change the 1/3 syncapated bass to the same \ pattern, but with a walking style. ////// Single bar triple swing Groove Swing SeqSize 1 Drum-PHH Sequence Triple6 Bass Sequence B13 Chord Sequence C13 Begin Chord-Guitar Sequence Triple6 Articulate 85 Accent 1 30 3 30 End DefGroove SwingTriple Modified Swing with quarter note triplets. Good \ for occasional fill bars. ////// Arpeggiating clarinet Groove Swing Begin Arpeggio Sequence Swing8 / / z Invert 0 1 2 0 Voice Clarinet SeqRnd On Volume p Articulate 70 Rskip 10 50 40 0 Rvolume 10 Octave 6 End DefGroove SwingPlus Adds clarinet arpeggios to Swing. Groove SwingWalk Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove SwingWalkPlus Swing with walking bass and arpeggios. /// Sustained strings over the swing pattern. Groove Swing 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 DefGroove SwingSus Add sustained strings to Swing. Groove SwingPlus Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove SwingPlusSus Add sustained strings to SwingPlus. This is\ getting a bit thick sounding. Groove SwingWalk Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove SwingWalkSus Swing with walking bass and sustained strings. Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove SwingWalkPlusSus Swing with walking bass, arpeggio \ and sustained Strings. ///////////////////// /// Variation 1 Groove Swing // Use basic swing voicing // Leave the drums mostly the same, but cancel the pedal hihats // and grab a RideCymbal Drum-PHH Sequence - Begin Drum-RideC Copy Drum-PHH Sequence Swing8 Tone RideCymbal1 End // Change the organ to a piano, same rhythm Begin Chord Voice Piano2 Octave 5 Articulate 80 End // Replace syncopated bass with straight 1/3 Begin Bass Voice SlapBass1 Octave 3 Articulate 90 Sequence B13 End DefGroove Swing1 A more syncopated version of Swing. This sounds \ a bit "twangy" with the piano voice selected. // Same swing with walking bass Bass Sequence - Begin Walk Voice $_Bass_Voice Octave $_Bass_Octave Sequence W1234 Accent 1 10 3 10 Articulate 70 Volume mf Rvolume 10 Rtime 5 End DefGroove Swing1Walk Walking bass version of Swing1. //// Triplet version Groove Swing1 SeqSize 1 Bass Sequence B11 Chord Sequence C13 Begin Chord-Guitar Sequence Triple6 Articulate 99 Accent 1 30 3 30 End Drum-HiConga Sequence - Drum-Kick Sequence D1 Drum-LowConga Sequence D13 Drum-OHH Sequence Triple6 Drum-RideC Sequence Triple6 Drum-Side Sequence D1 DefGroove Swing1Triple Modified Swing1 with quarter note triplets. ///// Sustained versions Groove Swing1 Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove Swing1Sus Swing1 with sustained strings. Groove Swing1Walk Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove Swing1WalkSus Swing1Walk with sustained strings. //// Clarinet versions Groove Swing1 Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove Swing1Plus Swing1 with arpeggiating clarinets. Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove Swing1PlusSus Swing1 with clarinet and sustained strings. Groove Swing1Walk Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove Swing1WalkPlus Swing1Walk with the clarinet. Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove Swing1WalkPlusSus Swing1Walk with clarinet and sustained strings. ///////////////////// ////// Variation 2 Groove Swing // Change the organ chording and voice Begin Chord Sequence LongSS1 / / / Voice Organ3 Voicing Mode=None Invert 0 2 1 0 Articulate 90 SeqRnd On Volume p Octave 5 End // Change guitar as well Chord-Guitar Sequence - Begin Chord-Sax Sequence LongSS2 C13 C1234 LongSS2 Voicing Mode=Optimal Volume ppp SeqRnd On Articulate 80 50 50 80 Octave 5 Voice AltoSax Limit 3 // Just play the 1st 3 chord notes; // the sustained chords take care of 7ths, etc. End // The bass line consists of 3 bars of walking bass // followed by a fourth bar of a root/root bass. Begin Walk Sequence W1234 / / z Articulate 60 Accent 1 10 3 10 Octave 3 Volume mf Voice SlapBass1 RVolume 10 End Begin Bass Voice $_Walk_Voice Octave $_Walk_Octave Sequence z z z B11 Articulate 60 Volume mf RVolume 10 End DefGroove Swing2 This version is much better with slower tempos \ (no walking bass versions since it's already marching). //////// Triplet Groove Swing2 SeqSize 1 Bass Sequence B13 Walk Sequence - Begin Chord Sequence Triple6 Volume mf Octave 6 End Chord-Sax Sequence C13 Drum-HiConga Sequence - Drum-Kick Sequence Triple6 Drum-OHH Sequence Triple6 Drum-PHH Sequence D1 Drum-Side Sequence Triple6 DefGroove Swing2Triple Modified Swing2 with quarter note triplets. /// Clarinets Groove Swing2 Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove Swing2Plus Swing2 with clarinet ///// Sustained version Groove Swing2 Chord-Sus Groove SwingSus DefGroove Swing2Sus Swing2 with sustained strings. //// Combo Groove Swing2Sus Arpeggio Groove SwingPlus DefGroove Swing2PlusSus Swing2 with clarinet. /////////////////////// // Intro Groove Swing Alltracks SeqRnd Off Drum-PHH Sequence Swing8 / / D12 Drum-OHH Sequence Swing8 / / D12 Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 / / D12 Drum-Side Sequence D1234 / / D12 Drum-LowConga Sequence D13 / / D1 Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 / / D2 Chord Sequence {1 2 90 ; 3+81 4. 85 } C1 C13 {1 2 90} Chord-Guitar Sequence C13 C1234 C13 L1 Bass Sequence Sync1 Sync2 Sync1 B1 DefGroove SwingIntro Simple, 4 bar introduction. Groove Swing2 Alltracks SeqRnd Off Drum-PHH Sequence Swing8 / / D12 Drum-OHH Sequence Swing8 / / D12 Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 / / D12 Drum-Side Sequence D1234 / / D12 Drum-LowConga Sequence D13 / / D1 Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 / / D2 Chord Sequence {1 2 90 ; 3+81 4. 85 } C13 C13 {1 2 90} Chord-Sax Sequence {C1; 3 8 100} / / {1 2 100} Walk Sequence - Bass Sequence Sync1 Sync2 Sync1 B1 DefGroove SwingIntro2 Same intro, but Swing2 voices. /////////////////////// // Endings Groove Swing // Use basic swing voicing SeqSize 2 Alltracks SeqRnd Off Chord Sequence C13 Chord-Guitar Sequence C1234 C13 Bass Sequence B1234 B13 Begin Drum-Snare Sequence D8 D13 Tone SnareDrum1 End Drum-Kick Sequence D13 Drum-PHH Sequence - Drum-OHH Sequence - Drum-Side Sequence - Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 D13 DefGroove SwingEnd Basic ending based on Swing. 4 beats on first bar; \ beats on 1 and 3 on the second. Groove Swing1 SeqSize 2 Alltracks SeqRnd Off Chord Sequence C1234 C13 Chord-Guitar Sequence C1234 C13 Bass Sequence B11 Walk Sequence - Drum-Kick Sequence D13 Drum-RideC Sequence D8 D13 Drum-OHH Sequence D1234 D1 Drum-Side Sequence D13 - Drum-LowConga Sequence D24 D13 Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 D13 DefGroove Swing1End Ending for Swing1. Groove Swing2 // We use the same inst for the Chords, but change the pattern // We continue with the Sax Chord for 2 bars, then kill it // We make the alto play the impossible scale for the 3rd bar, // and a hold note for the last. Alltracks SeqRnd Off Chord Sequence LongSS2 LongSS2 LongSS2 C12 Chord-Sax Sequence C1234 z z z Begin Scale SeqCLear Sequence z Scale16 Scale8 Scale2 Direction Up Articulate 99 Range 3 octave 5 Volume mp ScaleType Chromatic Voice AltoSax End // Change the bass to be more repetitive Bass Sequence z z B11 B11 Walk Sequence W1234 / / z // And some finality to the the drums Drum-HiConga Sequence D24 / D1 / Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 / D13 D1 Drum-LowConga Sequence D13 / / D13 Drum-OHH Sequence Droll / D1234 D1 Drum-PHH Sequence DRoll D1234 D13 D1 Drum-Side Sequence D1234 / / D1 DefGroove Swing2End Swing2 ending with alto sax run. Use ``seq'' so \ that you end on bar 4. The sax plays 1 bar of chords,\ then 16th, 8th, half note runs on bar 2, 3 and 4. If \ don't like the sax run, use ''Scale Off'' to disable.