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Genre-Based Styles
Genre
Style Knob
Position
Time
Signature
Feel Style Description
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 hi-hat
action in the normal intensity section,
changing to cymbals and rolling snare in the
high intensity section.
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 the high intensity section.
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 3rd beat, cymbals in the high
intensity section.
Blues 10 3/4 Straight 8ths
Blues rock in 3/4. Sounds best at tempos
between 65-150. Even bass on the root of
the chord with occasional fast transition
passages. Rock drums switching from snare
and hats in normal intensity section to snare
and ride in the high intensity section.
Blues 11 3/4 Swing 8ths
Blues shuffle waltz. Sounds best at tempos
between 65-150. Even bass alternating
between root and 5th with two-note
transitions. Rock beat with hats and snare
in normal intensity section switching to ride
and snare in the high intensity section.
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