% basic vamp patterns from "Interview with a Vamper", Peter Barnes

% key of F
%  i  F  u  Bb  v  C  w  Dm  j  Gm  t  Am
% key of Bb
%  i Bb  u  Eb  v  F  w  Gm  j  Cm  t  Dm  

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% combined chords for keys of F, Bb
L: 1/8  % to give 2 quarter notes (beats) per measure
K: C
 bb  | [_B,,,_B,,] [_B,DF]  [F,,F,]    [_B,DF] | 
 c   | [C,,C,]   [G,CE]    [G,,,G,,]  [G,CE]  | 
 eb  | [_E,,_E,] [_B_EG]   [_B,,,_B,,] [_B_EG]  | 
 f   | [F,,F,]   [FAC]     [C,,C,]    [FAC]   | 
 g   | [G,,G,]   [B,DG]    [D,,D,]    [B,DG] |  
% minor chords
 am  | [A,,,A,,] [A,CE]    [E,,,E,,]  [A,CE]  | 
 cm  | [C,,C,]   [G,C_E]   [G,,,G,,]  [G,C_E] | 
 dm  | [D,,D,]   [A,DF]    [A,,,A,,]  [A,DF]  | 
 gm  | [G,,G,]   [_B,DG]   [D,,D,]    [_B,DG] |  
% half measure chords
 Bb  | [_B,,,_B,,] [_B,DF] |
 C   | [C,,C,]   [G,CE]    |
 Eb  | [_E,,_E,] [_B_EG]   |
 F   | [F,,F,]   [FAC]     |
 G   | [G,,G,]   [B,DG]  |
% minor half measure chords
 Am  | [A,,,A,,] [A,CE]   |
 Cm  | [C,,C,]   [G,C_E]  |
 Dm  | [D,,D,]   [A,DF]   |
 Gm  | [G,,G,]   [_B,DG]  |
% end of phrase specials....
 bb*  | [_B,,,_B,,] [_B,DF] [_B,DF] [z] |       
 c*   | [C,,C,]   [G,CE]    [G,CE]  [z] | 
 eb*  | [_E,,_E,] [_B_EG]   [_B_EG] [z]  | 
 f*   | [F,,F,]   [FAC]     [FAC]   [z] | 
% minor end of phrase
 am*  | [A,,,A,,] [A,CE]    [A,CE]  [z] | 
 cm*  | [C,,C,]   [G,C_E]   [G,C_E] [z] | 
 dm*  | [D,,D,]   [A,DF]    [A,DF]  [z] | 
 gm*  | [G,,G,]   [_B,DG]   [_B,DG] [z] |  
% end of tune cadence/coda
 bb..  | [_B,,,_B,,] [_B,DF]  [_B,,,2_B,,2] | 
 c..   | [C,,C,]   [G,CE]    [C,,2C,2]    | 
 eb..  | [_E,,_E,] [_B_EG]   [_E,,2_E,2]  | 
 f..   | [F,,F,]   [FAC]     [F,,2F,2]    | 
 g..   | [G,,G,]   [B,DG]    [G,,2G,2]    |  
% minor chords
 am..  | [A,,,A,,] [A,CE]    [A,,,2A,,2] | 
 cm..  | [C,,C,]   [G,C_E]   [C,,2C,2]   | 
 dm..  | [D,,D,]   [A,DF]    [D,,2D,2]   | 
 gm..  | [G,,G,]   [_B,DG]   [G,,2G,2]   |  
% half measure block chords  (cf. Eric J. Andersom)
 Bb!  | [_B,,,_B,,_B,DF] [z] |
 C!   | [C,,C,G,CE]      [z] |
 Eb!  | [_E,,_E,_B_EG]   [z] |
 F!   | [F,,F,FAC]       [z] |
 G!   | [G,,G,B,DG]      [z] |
% minor block chords
 Am!  | [A,,,A,,A,CE] [z] |
 Cm!  | [C,,C,G,C_E]  [z] |
 Dm!  | [D,,D,A,DF]   [z] |
 Gm!  | [G,,G,_B,DG]  [z] |
% half measure long block chords
 Bb!!  | [_B,,,7/4_B,,_B,DF] [z/4] |
 C!!   | [C,,7/4C,G,CE]      [z/4] |
 Eb!!  | [_E,,7/4_E,_B_EG]   [z/4] |
 F!!   | [F,,7/4F,FAC]       [z/4] |
 G!!   | [G,,7/4G,B,DG]      [z/4] |
% minor block chords
 Am!!  | [A,,,7/4A,,A,CE] [z/4] |
 Cm!!  | [C,,7/4C,G,C_E]  [z/4] |
 Dm!!  | [D,,7/4D,A,DF]   [z/4] |
 Gm!!  | [G,,7/4G,_B,DG]  [z/4] |
% sparse chords  
 bbs  | [_B,,] [D,F,]  [F,,]   [D,F,]  | 
 cs   | [C,]   [E,G,]  [G,,]   [E,G,]  | 
 ebs  | [_E,] [G,_B,]  [_B,,] [G,_B,]  | 
 fs   | [F,]   [A,C]   [C,]    [A,C]   | 
% base runs
 bb17  | [_B,,] [D,F,]  [A,,]   [D,F,] | 
 bb65  | [G,,]  [D,F,]  [F,,]   [D,F,] | 
% c   | [C,,C,]   [G,CE]    [G,,,G,,]  [G,CE]  | 
% eb  | [_E,,_E,] [_B_EG]   [_B,,,_B,,] [_B_EG]  | 
% f   | [F,,F,]   [FAC]     [C,,C,]    [FAC]   | 
%
 zphr | [z4]  [z4]  [z4]  [z4] |  % silent 8 beat phrase
 zz   | [z] [z] [z] [z] |  %  single silent measure for separation
/vamp

chords silent
 zphr  zphr  zphr  zphr  zphr  zphr  zphr  zphr 
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