
// guitarballad

Begin Doc

 Guitar based ballad with a bit of a rock feel. Written for
 Beatles classic "Yesterday".

 This is a conversion of the pianoballad groove.

End

Author Bob van der Poel

SeqClear
Time 4		// All these patterns are 4/4
Timesig 4 4
Include stdpats


/////////////////////////
/// Basic Pattern

SeqSize 4

Begin Drum-Kick
    Tone KickDrum1
    Sequence D123
    Volume mp
    Rtime 3
    RVolume 10
End

Begin Drum-Side
    Tone SideKick
    Sequence D13
    Volume ppp
    Rtime 3
    Rvolume 10
End

Begin Drum-CHiHat
    Tone ClosedHiHat
    Sequence D8
    Volume p
    Rtime 2
    Rvolume 10
End

Begin Bass
    Voice FingeredBass
    Volume mp
    Octave 3
    Articulate 80 70
    Sequence  {1 4. 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4. 1 90; 4.5 4 5 90} \
              {1 4. 1 90; 2.5 8 1 90; 3 4  1 90; 4   4 3 90}
End

Begin Arpeggio-4
    Voice NylonGuitar
    Volume mp
    Articulate 80
    Octave 5
    Range 1
    Direction Random / Up Down
    SeqRnd On
    Sequence A4
    Rskip 5
    Rvolume 10
End

Begin Arpeggio-8
    Voice $_Arpeggio-4_Voice
    Volume pp
    Articulate 70
    Octave 5
    Direction Random / Up Down
    SeqRnd On
    Range 2
    Sequence A8
    Rskip 20
    Rvolume 10
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad   Simple ballad with drums and guitar.

Begin Chord
    Voice JazzGuitar
    Volume p
    Articulate 120
    Octave 5
    Rvolume 5
    Rtime 5
    Sequence  C1 C13 C3 C1
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad1  Add additional guitar chords.

////////////////////////
/// Sustained version

Groove GuitarBallad

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

DefGroove GuitarBalladSus  Guitar arpeggios with a bit of strings.

Groove GuitarBallad1
Begin Chord-Sus
    Groove GuitarBalladSus
    Volume -20%
End

DefGroove GuitarBallad1Sus   Guitar arpeggios with chords and strings.

//////////////////////
//// Intro

Groove GuitarBallad

Drum-Kick      Sequence  D12
Drum-Side      Sequence  D13
Drum-CHiHat    Sequence  D8

Bass           Sequence  *  *  *  { 1 2 1 90 }
Begin Arpeggio-4
   SeqRnd Off
   Sequence  A4 / / A2
End
Begin Arpeggio-8
   SeqRnd Off
   Sequence  A8 / / A4
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladIntro   A 4 bar introduction.

Begin Chord-Sus
   Groove GuitarBalladSus
   Sequence  {1 1 90 0 90 0 * 4} {1 1 70 0 60 0 * 4} {1 1 60 0 40 0 * 4}  { 1 1 50 0 30 0 * 4 }
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladSusIntro  The same 4 bar intro with strings.

////////////////////////
//// Ending

Groove GuitarBallad

SeqSize 2
Alltracks Rskip 0

Drum-Kick      Sequence  D1234 D1
Drum-Side     Sequence  D1234 D12
Drum-CHiHat    Sequence  D8 { D12 ; D12 Shift .5}

Bass           Sequence  *  { 1 2 1 90 }
Begin Arpeggio-4
   SeqRnd Off
   Sequence  A4 A2
End
Arpeggio-8     Sequence -

Begin Chord
    Sequence    C13  C123
    Octave      6     5
    Volume      mp    p
    Articulate  150
End

DefGroove GuitarBalladEnd    A 2 bar ending.
