PG Music - Band-in-a-Box for Mac - MIDI Style Set 7: Country & Pop

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MIDI Styles Set 7: Country & Pop

We've made an entire Styles Set devoted to Country and Pop. Six new pop styles including a "PHIL_C" ballad, a "MANLOW" pop ballad with strings in the "B" section, a Beach Boys style and a Techno-Disco style. There are also nineteen new country styles including Line Dances, "Achy Shaky", Eagles, Square Dance (check out the fiddle), Texas Swing, Travis, "Jethro" Bluegrass and many more! 25 Styles in all!

Country 2 Step Style [C_2STEP.STY]

2 step country dance style. Bass (root/5th), ac.Guitar (chording on 2), el. piano (pad chording).

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Achy Shaky Style [C_ACHY.STY]

Great for line dances. Even feel. el. piano (pad chords), bass (root/5th), muted guitar (5ths), jazz guitar (chording).

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Bobby Goldsbro Style [C_BOBBYG.STY]

Light Rock feel.Electric Piano, Bass (root/5th), Ac Guitar chording, Strings in 'b' section.

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Clancy (Irish) Style [C_CLANCY.STY]

Irish 6/8 feel, Piano, Accordian, Bass (root/5th).

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Denver (Country) [C_DENVER.STY]

Light Rock style . bass (root/5th), piano (floyd cramer clicks), guitar fingerpickin', strings in 'b'.

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Do-see-Do (Squaredance) [C_DOSEDO.STY]

Fiddle/squaredance tunes. Triplet feel. Bass (root/5th), Banjo(chording in 'a', picking in 'b'), Ac Guitar chording on 2&4.

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Eagles Style [C_EAGLES.STY]

Country light rock feel. Guitar strumming throughout. Guitar anticipates chords. Bass (root). Electric Piano (pad chording).

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Country EZ Shuffle [C_EZSHUF.STY]

Bass on root and 5, piano steady chording on 2 and 4.guitar fingerpicking.

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Fingerpickin' Guitar [C_FINGER.STY]

Ac Guitar fingerpicking. Electric piano (pad chording). Try muting all but the guitar.

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Country Guitar Waltz [C_GT_WLZ.STY]

Slow country waltzes. Bass (root on beat 1), uitar chording (on 2 and 3), electric piano (pad chording on 1), strings in 'b' section.

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Jethro Bluegrass [C_JETHRO.STY]

Acoustic Bass (root and 5th), Ac Guitar chording, Banjo (pickin in 'a', chording in 'b'.

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Country Line Dance [C_LDANCE.STY]

Drivin' bass on root and 5th, Muted Guitar in 5ths, Ac Guitar syncopated fills.

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Line Dance (Shuffle) [C_LSHUFF.STY]

Rockin' in 'a', swing in 'b'. Shuffle feel. Bass (drivin' on root in 'a' section, swing in 'b' section), Muted Guitar (chording in 5ths). Tempo = 150 (medium).

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Country New Ballad [C_NU_BAL.STY]

Slow Ballads (tempo=65). Piano, AC Guitar and bass in 'a', Strings in 'b'.

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Country New Waltz [C_NUWALZ.STY]

Bass (root on beat 1), Ac. Guitar chording, Jazz Guitar fills, Ac. Piano (Floyd Cramer).

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Country Simple 2 &4 [C_SIMP24.STY]

Bass on root and 5ths, Guitar chording on 2 and 4. Strings in 'b'.

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Country Swing [C_SWING.STY]

Swing bass in both 'a' and 'b' section. Drums change to ride cymbals in 'b'. Electric piano and guitar chording.

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Country Texas Swing [C_TEX_SW.STY]

Two beat feel in 'a' and swings in 'b' section. 'Bob Wills' (Texas) used to talk to the audience and musicians during the 'b' section.

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Country Merle Travis [C_TRAVIS.STY]

Fingerpickin' Merle Travis style, bass (root and 5th), electric piano chording, Ac. Guitar chording in 'b' on 2 and 4.

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50's Bounce [P_50BOUN.STY]

This style is between a swing and a light pop style. strings in 'b'.

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Joni Mitchel piano [P_JONI.STY]

Solo piano style. Left hand plays pattern, Right hand chording- anticipating the beat.

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Pop_Manlow Style [P_MANLOW.STY]

Pop Ballad style. Ac Guitar and Piano chording. Strings in 'b' section.

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Phil_Col Style [P_PHIL_C.STY]

Slow Pop Ballad style. 16th note feel on drums. Electric piano chording. Synth Voice pad as well. Elec. Guitar rhythm in 'b' section.

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Surfin' style [P_SURFIN.STY]

Typical surfin song rhythm, synopated in 'b' section

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Dance Tek 1 Style [P_TEK1.STY]

Techno-Disco Dance rhythm. Open High hats in 'b' section. 16th note feel. Tempo =125. Uses Tr-808 Kit.

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