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Genre-Based Styles
Genre
Style Knob
Position
Time
Signature
Feel Style Description
Jazz 3 4/4 Even 16ths
Smooth jazz with poppy rhythm. Sounds
best at tempos between 70-130. Sparse
staccato bass groove with octave jumps.
Grooving drums, moving from tambourine
and side-stick in the normal intensity section
to hats and snare in the high intensity
section.
Jazz 4 4/4 Swing 8ths
'40s jazz boogie. Sounds best at tempos
between 140-190. Bass arpeggiating
between root and 5th with short walking
passages at chord transitions. Driven
beat with swung 8th hats and snare in
the normal intensity section, switching
to cymbal and snare in the high intensity
section.
Jazz 5 4/4 Swing 8ths
Medium tempo Dixieland. Sounds best at
tempos between 100-150. Bass alternates
between root and 5th with walking
transitions. Busy but subtle brush snare
pattern with short swirls. Cymbals added in
the high intensity section.
Jazz 6 4/4 Swing 8ths
Jazz ballad. Sounds best at tempos between
70-120. Bass arpeggiates chords with
slightly chromatic walking transitions. Brush
swirl/side-stick drum pattern with pedal hat
keeping the beat. Cymbals and snare in the
high intensity section.
Jazz 7 4/4 Swing 8ths
Swinging jazz. Sounds best at tempos
between 130-170. Bass moving between
root, 5th, and octave with occasional short
walking passages. Brush swirl/side-stick
drum pattern with side-stick and pedal hat
keeping the beat. Slightly higher intensity in
the high intensity section.
Jazz 8 4/4 Swing 16ths
Classic jazz. Sounds best at tempos between
100-160. Classic jazz walking bass. Swinging
brush snare with cymbals. Intensity is
increased in the high intensity section.
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