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Genre
Style Knob
Position
Time
Signature
Feel Style Description
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 verse to
snare and ride in the chorus.
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 chorus.
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 verse and cymbals in
the chorus.
Blues 6 4/4 Swing 8ths
Slow Chicago-style blues. Sounds best at
tempos between 60-115. Bass arpeggiates
chords on 8th notes with the occasional
busy fill. Simple swung beat with brush
snare action.
Blues 7 4/4 Swing 8ths
Lo-fi blues band. Sounds best at tempos
between 110-140. Staccato walking blues
bass. Off-beat snare and lots of open high-
hat action in the verse, changing to cymbals
and rolling snare in the chorus.
Blues 8 4/4 Swing 8ths
Soulful blues shuffle. Sounds best at tempos
between 90-130. Walking blues bass.
Blues shuffle drums with hats switching to
cymbals in chorus.
Blues 9 4/4 Swing 8ths
Blues shuffle. Sounds best at tempos
between 105-150. Classic shuffle blues with
large jumps between chords. Shuffle drums,
snare on 3, cymbals in the chorus.
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