VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/bossanova.mma

// bossanova

Begin Doc

	This is a great latin rhythm for pieces like
    "Girl From Ipanema". There's 	a real tendency
    for me to get these latin rhythms way too complicated, so
    if you want to take some stuff out, feel free to do so.

End

Author Bob van der Poel

SeqClear
Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats

/////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Do all defines first

// For all the beats I describe them with 1,2,3,4 representing on-the-beat
// and 1', 2', etc. being on the and-of-1, and-of-2, etc.
// '8' is 8  8th notes

Begin Drum Define
	D2'4'    D13 Shift 1.5
	D23'     D2; 3.5 0 90
	D12'3    D13; 2.5 0 90
	D12'4    D14; 2.5 0 90
	D13'     D1 ; 3.5 0 90
	D12'34'  D13; D2'4'
End


Begin Bass Define
	Basic   1 4. 1 100 ; 2.5 8 5 90 ; 3 4. 5 90 ; 4.5 8 1 90
End


Begin Chord Define
	C1233'4'  C123; 3.5 8 90; 4. 8 90
	C1'2'34   C12 Shift .5; C34
	Sus1      1 1 90        * 2
	Sus3      1 1 0 90 0    * 2
	Sus5      1 1 0 0 90 0  * 2
End

//////////////////////////////////////////////
// BossaNova


SeqSize 4

Begin Drum
	Tone Cabasa
	Sequence  D8
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume mf
	Accent 2 90 4 90
End

Begin Drum-LowConga
	Sequence   D13'
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume f
	Tone LowConga
End

Begin Drum-OpenHiConga
	Sequence  D2'4'
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume mf
	Tone OpenHighConga
End

Begin Drum-MuteConga
	Sequence  D2
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume f
	Tone MuteHighConga
End

Begin Drum-LowBongo
	Sequence  D3
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume mf
	Tone LowBongo
End

Begin Drum-CHH
	Sequence  D23
	Rvolume 10
	Volume mp
	Rtime 5
	Tone ClosedHiHat
End

Begin Drum-SideKick
	Sequence D12'4  D23'	// this is a 3/2 Clave pattern with delayed last beat
	Rvolume 10
	Rtime 5
	Volume mp
	Tone SideKick
End

Begin Drum-Kick
	Sequence D12'34'
	Rvolume 10
	Volume mp
	Rtime 5
	Tone KickDrum2
End

Begin Drum-Clave
	Sequence D12'4  D23'	// this is a 3/2 Clave pattern with delayed last beat
	Tone Claves
	Volume mf
	RSkip 30
End

Begin Bass
	Sequence  B13  Basic  /  /
	Accent 1 20
	SeqRnd On
	RVolume 20
	Rtime 5
	Voice JazzGuitar
	Octave 3
	Articulate 70
	Volume mf
End

Begin Chord
	Sequence C1233'4' C1'2'34
	Accent 1 20 3 10
	Voicing  Mode=Optimal
	Voice JazzGuitar
	Articulate 75
	Rskip 5
	Strum 5
	Octave 5
	Volume mp
End

DefGroove BossaNova   Standard bossanova beat.

//////////////////////////////////
// Sustained versions

Groove BossaNova

// Change the seqsize from 4 to 8. This is done to let us give a lot
// of variety to the voices. We use 5th, 3rds and roots in 2 octaves.

SeqSize 8

Begin Chord-Sus
	Voice     ChoirAahs    /     /      /    VoiceOohs   /      /     /
	Sequence  Sus1       Sus3   Sus5  Sus1   Sus1       Sus3   Sus5   z
	Voicing   Mode=Optimal
	Volume    ppp
	Octave    5
	Articulate 100
	Unify On
	SeqRnd On
End

DefGroove BossaNovaSus    Adds sustained choir voices.

/// Back to 4 bar patterns

Groove BossaNova

Begin Chord-Sus
	Sequence   { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2}  // Root and fifth notes only.
	Octave     5
	Voice      Strings
	Voicing   Mode=Optimal
	Articulate 100
	Unify      On
	Volume     pp
End

DefGroove BossaNova1Sus    Adds sustained strings.

Groove BossaNova

Begin Bass-Sus
	Voice Strings
	Octave 6
	Harmony Open+8Below
	Sequence {1 2. 5 90; 4 4 3 90} {1 1 1 90}
	Articulate 120
	Unify On
	Volume mp
End

DefGroove BossaNova2Sus   Basic Bossa with decending string pattern.

Groove BossaNova1Sus
SeqSize 4
Begin Bass-Sus
	Groove BossaNova2Sus
	Sequence * * z z
End

Begin Chord-Sus
	Sequence z z * *
	Volume mp
	Octave 6
End

DefGroove BossaNova3Sus  A combination of BossaNova1Sus and BossaNova2Sus. Alternating \
                         bars of decending strings with full chords.

//////////////////////////
// BossaNovaFill
// Add some bells. Good for a 1/2 bar transition

Groove BossaNova

// Drum mods ...
//   1 - kill the congas
//   2 - add a triangle
//   3 - add in snares on 8ths


Drum-OpenHiConga Sequence -
Drum-MuteConga   Sequence -

Begin Drum-Triangle
	Sequence   { D1234 Shift .5 }
	Rskip 30
	Tone OpenTriangle
	Volume ff
End

Begin Drum-Snare
	Sequence D1234
	Volume mf
	RSkip 10
	Tone SnareDrum1
End

Begin Drum-Snare1
	Copy Drum-Snare
	Sequence  { D1234 Shift .5 }
	Tone SnareDrum2
End

// Make the bass just 13

Bass Sequence B13

// Make chord just 1234

Chord Sequence C1234

DefGroove BossaNovaFill  Adds a bell to the BossaNova groove and \
                         forces the chord to a straight pattern. \
                         This Good for the occasional bar in an ending, etc.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Intro

Groove BossaNova

Alltracks SeqRnd Off

Bass   Sequence  B13   Basic   /  B1
Chord  Sequence  C1233'4' C1'2'34 / {1 2 90}

DefGroove BossaNovaIntro   Dull introduction.

SeqSize 8


Bass  Sequence  B13 Basic B13  Basic B13  Basic  Basic B1
Chord Sequence  C1233'4' / C1'2'34 / C1233'4' / C1'2'34 {1 2 90}

DefGroove BossaNovaIntro8   Another dull intro, but this is for 8 bars.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Endings


Groove BossaNova

Alltracks SeqRnd Off
Bass Sequence B13 / / {1 2 1 90}

Begin Scale
	Sequence Scale8 Scale4 Scale2 Scale
	Range 4
	Octave 4
	Articulate 99
	Voice Strings
End

Chord Sequence C1234
Chord Duproot -1

DefGroove BossaNovaEnd  The strings do a scale. First bar is eights, \
                        second is quarters, third is  halves, and \
                        the last is a held whole note.

Begin Chord-Sus
	Sequence   { 1 1 90 0 80 0 * 2}  // Root and fifth notes only.
	Octave     5
	Voice      TremoloStrings
	Voicing   Mode=Optimal
	Articulate 100
	Unify      On
	Volume     mp
End

DefGroove BossaNova1End  Same ending, but with sustained strings added.

Scale Sequence -

DefGroove BossaNova2End  Ending with sustained strings, but no scale.