I played the song "Come Life Your Life With Me" the other night. Even though it was a file that I'd written years ago, I couldn't remember exactly how nice the intro sounded
So, here's a little tutorial file which shows how to do cool intros in MMA.
// Here's a neat demo showing how to use a solo arpeggiate
// in an intro. This has been lifted from the song
// Come Live Your Life With Me (The Godfather, 1972)
// Using some violins and an intro style from stdlib we
// get a cool tremolo string section effect.
Tempo 110
Keysig C minor
Groove LatinWaltzIntro
// The notes in the solo lines match the notes
// in the chords. We set up a multi-line macro
// to make it easier to duplicate the sequence
Mset Notes
2.ceg;
2.dgb;
2.dfan;
2.dgb;
EndMset
Begin Solo
Voice Violin
Articulate 140
Volume ff
Octave 6
Harmony None
// Play with the following line for effects
Arpeggiate Direction=Both Rate=32 Decay=-8
Begin Riff
$Notes
End
End
Cresc pp mp 4 // fade in
1 Cm
2 Gm
3 Dm
4 Gm
// Let's do it again without the auto-generated chords from the intro
Decresc pp 4 // fade out this time
Begin Solo
Begin Riff
$Notes
End
End
5 z
6 z
7 z
8 z
Hope you enjoy and find these little tutorials useful.
