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   File: blues

   Note: If you don't understand the Blues, don't use these grooves ... they will make
     you way too sad.

   Defines:  Blues        Straight Ahead blues
             FastBlues    Fast blues with a bit of R&B   		
             FastBlues1   BluesFast with occasional piano triplets for beat 1,2
             FastBluesEnd Simple 1 bar ending
             SlowBlues	  Simple strums for simple songs with vocal OOHs
             SlowBluesEnd 2 bar ending

   Author: Bob van der Poel

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Time 4		// All these patterns are 4/4

////////////////////////////
/// Pattern definitions

Begin Chord Define
	C1	1 1 90 @
	C13	C1 * 2
	C24     C13 Shift 1
	C1234	C13; C24 @
	C14     1 4 90; 4 4 90 @
	C23     2 4 90; 3 4 90 @

	C6-34  	1 8 90; 1.33 8 90; 1.66 8 90; 2 8 90; 2.33 8 90; 2.66 8 90;
		3 4 90; 4 4 90 @
End

Begin Bass Define
	B13	1 2 0 80 ; 3 2 2 70 @
	B11	1 2 0 80 ; 3 2 0 80 @
	B1234	B13 * 2
	B134	1 4 0 90; 3 8+16 1 80; 4 4 2 85 @
	
	// These are used as sustained strings on root, 3rd, 5th
	
	L5   1 2 2 90; 3 2 2 70 @
	L3   1 2 1 90; 3 2 1 70 @
	L1   1 2 0 90; 3 2 0 70 @
End

Begin Walk Define
	W13	1 2 80 ; 3 2 70 @
	W1234	W13 * 2
	W1+34   1 4 80; 2.5 8 70; 3 4 80; 4 4 80 @
	W++     1 4 80; 1.75 16 70; 2 8 80; 2.75 16 60 ;3 4 82; 4 4 80 @

End


Begin Drum Define
	D1     1 0 90 @
	D13    D1 * 2
	D1234  D1 * 4
	D8     D1 * 8
	D16    D1 * 16
	D24    2 0 90; 4 0 90 @	
End


///////////////////////////
/// Groove definitons

// Blues

SeqClear
SeqSize 6

Begin Drum		
	Sequence D8
	Tone SnareDrum1 
	Rvolume 10
	Rskip 50
	Rtime 4
	Volume mp
End

Begin Drum1		
	Sequence D24 
	Tone HandClap
	SeqRnd
	Rvolume 10
	RSkip 50
	Rtime 4
	Volume pp
End

Begin Drum2
	Sequence D1234
	Tone ClosedHiHat
	RVolume 10
	Volume mp
End

Begin Walk
	Sequence W1234 W13
	Voice FretlessBass
	Octave 3
	Articulate 90
End

Begin Chord
	Sequence C13 C1234
	Voice Piano1
	Octave 5
	Volume ff
	Articulate 80
End	
	
DefGroove Blues

////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////// FastBlues

SeqClear
SeqSize 4

Begin Drum
	Sequence D8 
	Tone SnareDrum1
	Rtime 2
	Volume p
End

Begin Drum1
	Sequence D24 
	Tone HandClap
	Volume mp
	Rvolume 10
	RSkip 50
	SeqRnd
End

Begin Chord
	Sequence C13 C24 C14 C23
	SeqRnd
	Voice Piano1
	RVolume 5
	Octave 5
	Volume f
	Articulate 90
End

Begin Bass 
	Sequence B134
	Voice FretlessBass
	Octave 3
	Volume mp
	Articulate 80
End

DefGroove FastBlues

//////////////////////////////////////////////
// FastBlues1
// Change chord so that we sometimes get a Triplet/Triplet/Chord/Chord

Chord Sequence C13 C24 C14 C6-34

DefGroove FastBlues1

//////////////////////////////////////

Chord Sequence C1234
Bass  Sequence B1234

Defgroove FastBluesEnd


/////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// SlowBlues

SeqClear
SeqSize 6	// half of a 12 bar 


Begin Chord
	Sequence	C13	/ / C1234
	Invert 1 0 1 0
	Voice RhodesPiano
	RVolume 10
	Octave 5
	Articulate 90
End

Begin Bass2
	Sequence     L1  L1  L3  L5  L5   z
	SeqRnd
	Octave 4	
	Articulate 90
	Voice VoiceOohs
End

Begin Bass
	Sequence	B13	B11	z    B13 B13 z
	Octave 4
	Articulate 70
	Voice AcousticBass
End

Begin Walk
	Sequence	z	z	W1234  z z W1+34
	Octave 4
	Articulate 70
	Voice AcousticBass
End

Begin Drum
	Sequence D8
	Rvolume 5
	RSKip  40
	Tone OpenHiHat
	Volume p
End

Begin Drum1
	Sequence        D24
	Tone PedalHiHat
	Volume p
End

DefGroove SlowBlues

/////////////////////////////////////////
/// SlowBluesEnd

Begin Drum
	Sequence D16 D8
	Tone OpenHiHat
End
Chord Sequence C13
Bass2 Sequence L1

DefGroove SlowBluesEnd

