.mp3 Album #5 - Smooth Jazz / Funk

 
Track/Feel Tempo Description
1. Harvey Mason Groove
89.5bpm (intro) 8 bars with break, (verse) 8 + 8 + 1 + 1 bar break, (chorus) 8 + 2, (interlude) 4 with break, (verse) 8 + 8, (march-type bridge) 6, (march) 2 bars with break, (chorus) 8 + 6 (ends on 2 &-uh of 6th measure)
 
2. 1/2-Time Funk 72 bpm (intro) 8, (verse) 8 + 8, (chorus) 8 + 8, (interlude) 8, (verse) 8, (chorus) 8 + 8, (bridge) 8 + 8, (solo section) 8 + 8 + 8 + 7 (ends on last 8th note of 7th measure)
 
3. Medium 1/2-Time Shuffle 80 bpm (intro) 8, (verse) 8 + 8, (chorus) 8 + 6, (interlude) 8, (verse) 8, (chorus) 8 + 6, (solo section) 8, (chorus) 8, (verse) 8 + 8, (chorus) 8 + 6, (chorus) 8 + 8,
(bridge/ stop x) 8 bars, (solo) 4, (chorus) 8 + 8 + 8 + 8, (outro) 3 bars - ends on last 8th note of 3rd bar
 
4. Hi-Hat Lope 122 bpm ||: (intro) 4 + 4, (verse) 8 + 8, (chorus-ride)) 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 :||
(solo section) 4 + 4 + 8, (funky section) 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 bars then ends on 4 bar figure
 
5. Heavier Funk 97 bpm (verse) 8 + 8, (chorus) 8, (interlude) 2, (verse) 8 + 4, (chorus) 8, (bridge) 2 + 2 + 2 + 2, (verse) 8 + 4, (chorus) 8 + 8, ends on beat 1 of next measure
 
6. 6/8 Charleston Groove 107 bpm (intro) 4, ||: (verse) 8 + 4, (chorus) 8, (interlude) 4 :|| (bridge) 8, (verse) 8 + 4, (chorus) 8 + 8, (outro) 8, ends on beat 1 of next measure
 
7. Ride Lope Funky Beat 116 bpm ||: (intro) 4 + 4, (verse) 8, (chorus) 4 + 4 :|| (solo section) 8 + 8, (chorus) 4 + 4,
interlude 4 + 4, (verse/outro) 8 + 8, ends on figure on next measure
 
8. 1/2-Time Shuffle Ballad 59.5 bpm (intro - cymbals) 8, (A section) 8 + 10, (A section) 8 + 10, (B section) 8 + 7,
(A section) 8 + 10, (A section) 8 + 10, (tag) 10 + 2, (outro) 8 + 7, ends on downbeat of next measure
 
9. Fast Funk 136 bpm ||: (intro) 4, (verse) 16, (chorus) 9 :|| (interlude) 4, (solo section) 8 + 8, (verse) 8, (chorus) 8 + 9, (outro) 8, ends on 8th measure, last 16th note of beat 2
 
10. Fast Groove with 1/2-Time 143 bpm (intro) 8, ||: (verse) 9, (pre-chorus) 6 + 5, (chorus) 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 :||
(pre-chorus) 6 + 10, (last verse) 10, (outro) 10, ends on downbeat of 10th measure
     
Notes: 1.) ||: :|| = Repeat everything between these two signs. 2.) All songs are in 4/4 time unless otherwise noted.

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