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# Name Panel Name Rhythm Comments
Rock & Roll
43 Rock & Roll ROCK&ROLL 12-Beat Old-time ’60s Rock&Roll.
44
Boogie Woogie
BOOGIE12-BeatLate ’50s piano-based rock ‘n’ roll, with boogie woogie bass. Brass inPHRASE 1 &2,
piano bass in PAD.
45 Twist TWIST 8-Beat Straight-eight boogie, with a ”Twist.”
46 Rockabilly ROCKABILLY 12-Beat Simple, updated version of the Memphis ”Sun” sound.
47 16-beat 16RK&ROLL 16-Beat Hard rock & roll — bringing the ”Bo Beat” into the ’90s. Bring in more complex guitar,
Rock & Roll brass comping by playing more complex chords.
Traditional Jazz
48 Ragtime RAGTIME 8-Beat Turn-of-the-century piano style. Piano fills at PHRASE 1, piano bass at PHRASE 2.
49 Dixieland DIXIELAND 12-Beat Old-time New Orleans jazz. Trumpet at PHRASE 1, Trombone at PHRASE 2, and
Clarinets at PAD.
50Big BandBIG BAND12-BeatBig Band orchestra style and instrumentation. Piano at CHORD 1, guitar at CHORD 2,
trumpets at PHRASE 1, trombones at PHRASE 2, and saxes at PAD.
51
Big Band Ballad
B B BALLAD12-BeatSlowly swaying Big Band sound. Use in medley with Jazz Ballad to switch to piano/guitar
quartet.
52 Swing SWING 12-Beat European big-band swing style. Good for all mid-tempo swing tunes.
53 Swing Waltz SWING WALTZ
Nine-Eight
Mid-tempo 9/8 waltz.
Contemporary Jazz
54 BeBop BEBOP 12-Beat ’40s New York fast Bepop style. Good also for instantly adding a double-time feel to any
style!
55 Jazz Ballad JAZZ BALLAD 12-Beat Slow jazz style with piano, guitar, bass and brush drums. Turn off PHRASE 1 & 2 when
playing piano melody. Use in medley with Big Band Ballad to change orchestration.
56 Jazz Waltz JAZZ WALTZ
Nine-Eight
Swing style in 3/4 time for playing jazz waltz standards.
57 Fusion FUSION 16-Beat Latin flavored 16-beat fusion.
58 Fusion Shuffle FUSION SHFL 24-Beat West Coast type funk shuffle.
Latin
59 Mambo MAMBO 8-Beat Contemporary Latin dance music. If playing the melody with a piano sound, turn off
CHORD 2.
60 Merengue MERENGUE 8-Beat High-energy Latin style with lots of percussion and punchy brass.
61 Beguine BEGUINE 8-Beat Slow rumba rhythm, a la ”Begin the Beguine.”
62 Bomba BOMBA 16-Beat Puerto Rican dance rhythm, cousin to the Merengue.
63 Guaguanco GUAGUANCO 16-Beat Another high-powered Latin dance style, usually played with drums/percussion only. Use
RHYTHM 1 & 2, PHRASE 1 & 2 to bring individual percussion in and out.
Latin Pop
64 Pop Bossa POP BOSSA 8-Beat Soft, electric-piano based Latin pop sound.
65
Bossa Nova Slow
SLOW BOSSA 8-Beat Mellow and jazzy Bossa Nova style, good for mid to slow tempos.
66 Jazz Samba JAZZ SAMBA 16-Beat Traditional Brazilian samba with an added drum set.
67
Modern Cha Cha
MOD CHA CHA 16-Beat Afro-Cuban dance style for medium slow tempos.
68 Latin Rock LATIN ROCK 16-Beat Contemporary Cha Cha with electric bass and drum kit.
Caribbean
69 Ska SKA 8-Beat Ska rhythm. Minor keys add doubled ”skank.”
70 Calypso CALYPSO 16-Beat Traditional Jamaican Calypso music from the ’60s.
71 Reggae 16 REGGAE 16 16-Beat Modern Jamaican Reggae rhythm with fat synth bass.
72 Reggae 12 REGGAE 12 12-Beat Reggae shuffle.
Country & Western
73 Bluegrass BLUEGRASS 16-Beat Try this one with just CHORD 1 and RHYTHM 1 at first, then build up the arrangement by
adding different instruments.
74 Country Pop C POP 8-Beat Contemporary country style.
75 Country Rock C ROCK 8-Beat Soft country style with pedal steel sound. Guitar voicings are most authentic for simple
chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc.
76 Country Ballad C BALLAD 8-Beat Especially suited to slow tempos. Also, try playing with CHORD 1 only.
77 Country Waltz C WALTZ
Nine-Eight
Simple, versatile country style with acoustic guitar. Guitar voicings are most authentic for
simple chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc.
78
Country Shuffle
C SHUFFLE 12-Beat Traditional country style using acoustic guitar. Guitar voicings are most authentic for
simple chords, like major, minor, 7th, etc.
79
Western Shuffle
W SHUFFLE 12-Beat Down-home Country and Western shuffle, with a modern touch.