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Rock and Roll Music
by Chuck Berry
© 1957
keywords: 50's rock boogie woogie blues MIDI Band-in-a-Box live sequence
Beatles cover
filename: ROCROL
1 .TXT: _this_text_
2 .MID: MIDI file type 1 (102K)
w/percussion for multitimbral synth
3 .MGU: Band-in-a-Box format file
4 .ZIP requires PKZIP to decode, includes all 3
8-19-96 MIDI sequence by Dave Butler
(phila/germantown amateur mandolin & piano player)
using Band-in-Box Pro Win 6.03
style: SKA_1
key sig: A
play time: 7:19 at 145bpm
live sequence on channel 4 was recorded in many takes,
often at tempo 10-20% slower than final mix,
usually one hand at a time,
bass line first, w/ lots of overdubbing,
but no quantizing, and few corrections:
_ch _track_ _voice_
4 melody 03 electric grand piano
BIAB-generated accompaniment is in a standard
BIAB style, not customized, has a
non-quantized "live" feel, including:
_ch _track_ _voice_
10 percussion 01 standard drums
2 bass 34 finger electric bass
3 piano 27 jazz electric guitar
7 guitar (not used)
8 horns (not used)
6 strings (not used)
my summer of 96 sequences include
this collection of songs the Beatles covered
-- but did not write:
Act Naturally / Johnny Russell, Vonie Morrison c1963
Anna (Go To Him) / Arthur Alexander c1962
Bad Boy / Larry Williams c1959
Boys / Luther Dixon & Wes Farrell c1960
Dizzy Miss Lizzie / LarryWilliams c1958
Kansas City / JLeiber,MStoller c1952
Long Tall Sally / EJohnson,RPenniman,RBlackwell c1956
Money-Thats What I Want / Berry Gordy Jr & Janie Bradford c1959
Rock and Roll Music / Chuck Berry c1957
Twist and Shout / Bert Russell, Phil Medley c1960
Words of Love / Buddy Holly c1957
You Really Got A Hold On Me / William 'Smokey' Robinson c1962
do you have any favorite sequences
or sources to share?
do you ever try to improve on stuff you download?
my sequences are all rough drafts
i'd love to hear improved versions.
I use BIAB to create a rough draft which might
be refined later w/ a sequencer like Cakewalk
which can handle editing like pause & slow down.
usually I add extra choruses, omitting melody
on every other chorus, for a 5-10 minute jam
which i'll accompany on mandolin.
this is a rough sequence created in an hour or two.
typically w/ BIAB i first spend about 10 minutes
selecting style & voices, typing the chord prog,
setting part markers, looping, & ending points.
in another 5 or 10 minutes I can add a simple melody
& be ready to jam.
sometimes I record a bass line in the 1st chorus of
melody track, copy it to all choruses, then overdub.
but often i'll just play a simple melody & rely
completely on BIAB's accomp.
BIAB will also generate harmonies if you want.
i usually don't.
channel 4 is the only channel set up for recording.
so if you mute / solo channel 4 you can hear
the generated & live parts separately.
unsolicited unpaid testimonial for BIAB from
dbut
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