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Genre-Based Styles
Genre
Style Knob
Position
Time
Signature
Feel
Style Description
Blues
1
4/4
Even 8ths
Mid tempo jazz blues. Sounds best at
tempos between 65-120. Bass walks slowly
between chords. More sparse style with
little decoration. Simple beat with straight
kick and snare. Hats in the normal intensity
section, switching to cymbals in the high
intensity section.
Blues
2
4/4
Even 16ths
Smooth jazzy blues with a poppy rhythm.
Sounds best at tempos between 70-130.
Sparse staccato bass groove with octave
jumps. Grooving drums moving from tight
hats and side-stick/snare in the normal
intensity section to splashy hats and snare in
the high intensity section.
Blues
3
4/4
Even 8ths
Slow blues. Sounds best at tempos between
75-130. Bass walks between chords to
transition and is quite busy. Drums alternate
between side-stick and snare in the normal
intensity section to snare and ride in the
high intensity section.
Blues
4
4/4
Swing 8ths
Chess records style blues. Sounds best at
tempos between 80-150. Bass sits on the
root on 8th notes, short walks between
chords to transition. Driving swung rock
drums with busy brush snare. Cymbals
come in on the high intensity section.
Blues
5
4/4
Swing 8ths
Blues with a boogie woogie/zydeco flavor.
Sounds best at tempos between 80-125.
Simple, relaxed blues bass playing octaves
with occasional walks between chords.
Shuffled, brush snare-heavy drums with
brush/side-stick in the normal intensity
section and cymbals in the high intensity
section.
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