VocalEasel/mma/lib/stdlib/bluegrass.mma
Matthias Neeracher d599bfbe4e Added MMA
2006-11-10 08:07:56 +00:00

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// bluegrass
Begin Doc
Completely out of my league and knowledge base here! But, what
the hell, we might as well give the old banjo a go.
End
Author Bob van der Poel
SeqClear
Time 4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats
////////////////////////////////
///////// Pattern defines
Begin Arpeggio Define
Arp4 1 2+16 90; 3.66 4+32 80
Arp4 Arp4 * 2
End
////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////// Bluegrass
SeqSize 4
Begin Chord
Voice NylonGuitar
Sequence C1234 / / C13
Accent 1 20 3 10
RSkip 10
Voicing Mode=Optimal
Octave 5
Strum 2
Articulate 90
End
Begin Chord-Banjo
Voice Banjo
Sequence C8 / / C1234
RSkip 20
SeqRnd On
Voicing Mode=Invert
Octave 5
Strum 30
Articulate 50
Volume pp
End
Begin Bass
Voice AcousticBass
Sequence B13 / / z
Accent 1 20
Octave 3
Articulate 80
Volume f
End
Begin Walk
Voice $_Bass_Voice
Octave $_Bass_Octave
Sequence z z z W1234
Accent 1 20
Articulate 80
Volume f
End
Begin Drum-HH
Sequence D13 / / D1234
Tone OpenHiHat
RSkip 20
Volume pp
Rvolume 20
Rtime 4
End
Begin Drum-Snare
Sequence D1234 / / D8
Rskip 10
Tone SnareDrum1
Rvolume 20
Volume pp
Rtime 3
End
DefGroove BlueGrass A simple BlueGrass sound with a banjo and guitar doing \
the strumming with a doghouse bass and drum holding the beat.
// Add in a hand clap
Begin Drum-Clap
Tone Handclap
Sequence D13 / / D1234
Rskip 5
Rtime 10
Rvolume 10
Volume mf
End
DefGroove BlueGrassClap Bluegrass with added handclaps.
/// Add in the good-old bottle section
Begin Arpeggio
Voice BottleBlow
Sequence Arp4
Articulate 50 60 70 80
Octave 5 4 5 4
Volume mf
SeqRnd On
Rskip 20 30 10 20
Rvolume 30
End
DefGroove BlueGrassBottle Adds in a blow-bottle which no blue grass group \
seems to be without.
Drum-Clap Groove BlueGrassClap
DefGroove BlueGrassBottleClap Bottles and handclaps...where will it stop!
///////////////////////////////
// Sustained strings with bluegrass? Sure
// Note the sequence used in the sustain. A full half note
// on beat 1 and a half note minus 1 midi tick on beat 3.
// This, with "Articulate 100" forces same-chords within
// the bar to be joined, but a short break at the bar ends.
Groove BlueGrass
Begin Chord-Sus
Sequence { 1 2 90 0 90 0; 3 2-0 90 0 90 0}
Octave 5
Voice Accordion
Voicing Mode=Optimal
Articulate 100
Unify On
Volume p
End
DefGroove BlueGrassSus Add sustained accordion.
//////////////////////////////////////////
// Simple ending for the bluegrassers
Groove BlueGrass
SeqSize 1
Walk Sequence -
Drum-Snare Sequence D1234
Drum-HH Sequence D8
Chord Sequence C1234
Begin Bass
Sequence B11
Volume ff
End
Begin Chord-Banjo
Sequence C8
Strum 0
Articulate 99
End
DefGroove BlueGrassEnd One bar ending.