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Genre-Based Styles
Genre
Style Knob
Position
Time
Signature
Feel Style Description
Country 6 4/4 Swing 8ths
Western swing bebop. Sounds best at
tempos between 60-110 or 160-200. Sparse
bass sitting on the root with occasional
5ths and octaves and short walks between
chords. Pedal hat driving the rhythm with
brush-hit accents in the normal intensity
section, switching to slow ride cymbal with
quiet snare hits in the high intensity section.
Country 7 4/4 Swing 16ths
Slow pop-country. Sounds best at tempos
between 55-100. Bass on 1/2 notes playing
root/5th/octave. Beat driven by slightly
loose hats with triplet feel and rimshot/
brush in the normal intensity section,
changing to cymbal and snare in the high
intensity section.
Country 8 4/4 Swing 8ths
Country boogie. Sounds best at tempos
between 100-160. Bass bounces between
root and 5th with short walk up/down
transitions. Sprightly drums with loose hats
and snare/side-stick in the normal intensity
section, changing to cymbals with snare in
the high intensity section.
Country 9 4/4 Swing 8ths
Country shuffle. Sounds best at tempos
between 70-130. Simple root and 5th bass
with short walks between chords. Snare
brush swirls and pedal hat in the normal
intensity section with fast shuffle brush
swirls and brush hits in the high intensity
section.
Country 10 3/4 Straight 8ths
Poppy country waltz. Sounds best at tempos
between 110-180. Even bass on quarter
notes with walk up/downs in transition
bars. Brush snare hits with more cymbal hits
added in the high intensity section.
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