Hi again Matt!
Once again, thanks for your help. That worked for me at the end of each verse and chorus. But...I have a problem with the ending of the song. I want to end with a C chord held for one bar, followed by the next bar having the same thing (held C), and ending with a held G chord. So, I am putting C...in Bar 102, C... in Bar 103 and then G...in Bar 104. But, it doesn't want to play the chord at all in Bar 103. I'm thinking, the held chord from Bar 102 is still ringing possibly, preventing the new held C to strike in Bar 103? For reference the instrument is a piano, and I am bringing the tracks into Reaper and eventually into my Roland VS-2480 24track. Thanks for your time, and let me know what you think.
Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Yes, this is what really starts to make a song sound realistic.

Let's say the 6-beat held chord is a G7 chord and it starts on measure 30.

Put this: G7... in the beginning of measure 30. Yes, that's three dots after the chord name.

Go to the second cell of measure 31 and put C.d

In measure 32, you will probably want to put a new chord so chords start playing again.

Explanation:

If you look in Help, Index, Rests, you will see how to use one, two or three dots after a chord name to make a rest, shot, or hold respectively.

C.d means, play a C chord but rest all instruments EXCEPT the drums.

This will give you just a drum playing. I used the chord C because if you are resting all the other instruments, it doesn't matter what chord you put here.

Next you can also experiment with substyle part markers (the blue or green colors you get by clicking over the measure numbers) at the beginning of measure 32 because they will generate a drum fill pattern and you can try to get the one you want.

Play around with these and you should get to the next step. Let me know if anything isn't clear.

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