VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/popballad.mma
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// popballad
Begin Doc
A rock ballad in 4.
End
Author Bob van der Poel
SeqClear
Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats
////////////////////////////////
///// Additional patterns
Begin Bass Define
B12'3 B13; 2.75 32 1 50
B12'34' B12'3; 4.5 4 5 90
End
Begin Chord Define
// A fairly complicated piano chord. On beats 1,2,3,4 we have
// quarter note ROOT tones, on the off-beats (1.5, etc) we
// have the 3rd and 5th of the chord.
Cpiano 1 1 90 0 * 4; 1 1 0 80 80 0 * 4 Shift .5
End
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
SeqSize 4
Begin Drum-HH
Tone ClosedHiHat
Sequence D8
Rtime 5
Rskip 5
Rvolume 5
End
Begin Drum-Cym
Tone CrashCymbal1
Sequence D1 z
Volume p
End
Begin Drum-Kick
Tone KickDrum1
Sequence { D13; D23 Shift .5 }
Volume mf
Rskip 20
Rtime 5
Rvolume 10
End
Begin Drum-Snare
Tone SnareDrum1
Sequence D24
End
Begin Drum-Cabasa
Tone Cabasa
Sequence D1234
Rskip 40
Rtime 10
Rvolume 20
End
Begin Drum-Shake
Tone Shaker
Sequence D1234
Rskip 40
Rtime 10
Rvolume 20
End
Begin Bass
Sequence B12'3 B12'34'
SeqRnd On
Voice AcousticBass
Articulate 80
Rtime 4
Rvolume 10
Octave 3
End
Begin Chord
Sequence Cpiano
Accent 1 10 3 10
Voice Piano2
Octave 4
Articulate 90
Rskip 5
Volume p
End
Begin Arpeggio
Voice Atmosphere
Sequence A8
Octave 5
Articulate 90
Rtime 5
Rvolume 10
Rskip 10
Volume p
Harmony Open
Direction Down
End
DefGroove PopBallad Plain old Pop Ballad.
/////////// PopBallad1
/// Change the drums a bit and change the atmosphere to synthstring
Groove PopBallad
Drum-HH Sequence -
Begin Drum-Ride
Tone RideCymbal1
Sequence D8
Rtime 10
Rvolume 20
End
Begin Drum-Conga
Tone MuteHighConga
Sequence D24
Rtime 5
Rvolume 20
Volume p
End
Begin Drum-OConga
Tone OpenHighConga
Sequence { D34 Shift .5 }
Rtime 5
Rvolume 20
Volume p
End
Begin Drum-LConga
Tone LowConga
Sequence D13
Rtime 10
Rvolume 20
Volume p
End
Begin Chord-Sus
Voice SynthStrings1
Sequence { 1 1 90 0 90 0 * 4 }
Voicing Mode=Optimal
Octave 5
Articulate 100
Unify On
Rvolume 10
Volume p
End
Arpeggio Sequence -
DefGroove PopBallad1 The PopBallad with a bit more drum beat and \
some sustained strings.
/// PopBallad without the arpeggios and a stronger piano
Groove PopBallad
Arpeggio Sequence - // No arps
Begin Chord // Bump piano volume
Volume mf
Articulate 76
End
Drum-Kick Sequence D1234 // Kill kickdrum offbeats
Defgroove PopBallad2 A straighter version of the ballad.
/////// Ending
Groove PopBallad
SeqSize 1
Drum-Kick Sequence D1234
Bass Sequence B1234
Chord Sequence C4
Arpeggio Sequence -
DefGroove PopBalladEnd This is a finalizing, 1 bar ending.