The music was created from the Zel code below. Its a good piece to show off arpeggiation. We define about 250 notes in the .zel file, the arpeggiators expand them up to around 1500 notes. The nice thing about that is that its quick to edit. If you were developing your own piece you can quickly change chords or arpeggiation to suit your needs.
title [Windmills of Your Mind] 'Michel Legrand
'THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE USE OF VARIABLE ARPEGGIATION.
'THE ARPEGGIATOR IS RE-DEFINED AT POINTS IN THE PIECE TO CHANGE
'THE BACKGROUND TEXTURING
include gm.zel
|2 restart
tempo=120 meter=4/4 key e displacement /8
'These chord voicings are in the guitar style.
'You must define the arpeggiator "arp" before using
set [
Emina {{arp,e,b,E,G,B,E@}}
Bdom7a {{arp,d#,b,D#,A,B,F@}}
Edom7a {{arp,d,e,b,G#,D@,E@}}
Amin7a {{arp,c,e,a,E,A,C@}}
Ddom7a {{arp,d,a,D,A,C@,F#@}}
Gmaj7a {{arp,g,b,D,G,B,F#@}}
Cmaj7a {{arp,g,C,E,G,B,E@}}
F#m7_5 {{arp,f#,a,E,A,C@,E@}}
A#dima {{arp,g,b&,E,B&,C#@,G@}}
Gdom7a {{arp,g,b,D,G,B,F^@}}
F#dom7a {{arp,f#,C#,F#,A#,C#@,E^@}}
Bmin {{arp,f#,b,F#,B,D,F#@}}
Amina {{arp,e,a,E,A,C@,E@}}
' CHORD REPEATERS
' ===============
'P1 and P2 are switches which change the definition of {Wind}
'Wind is a repeater which, for P1, turns
' argument X into: @-1X X @+1X X
P1 {set Wind {(@-1?1 ?1 @+1?1 ?1) 4 |} }
'When P2 is active, Wind turns
' argument W into: @-1*2W @-1*2W
P2 {set Wind {(!+20@-1*2?1 !+20@-1*2?1) 4 |} }
' CHORD ARPEGGIATORS
' ==================
'When Q1 is active, arp turns a,b,c,d,e,f into ~a/12!+30bcdeffedcba
Q1 {set arp { ~?1/9!+30?2'?3?4'?5?6?6?5?4'?3'?2?1 } }
'When Q2 is active, arp turns a,b,c,d,e,f into ~a/4@+1!+10def
Q2 {set arp { ~?1/4@+1!+10?4?5?6 }}
]
'SET UP THE TRACKS:
track wind @@6 $$2 !!45 harp P2 Q2
track melody @@5 $$1 !!64 stringEnsemble1
track bass @@3 $$3 !!100 synthStrings1
'============= ARPEGGIO ACCOMPANIMENT ====================
wind
time start
({Wind,
Emina, Emina, Bdom7a, Bdom7a,
Emina, Edom7a, Amin7a, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Cmaj7a, F#m7_5, Bdom7a,
A#dima, Bdom7a }
time now P1 Q2 )2 now P1 Q1
{Wind,
Emina, Emina, Amin7a, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Gdom7a, Cmaj7a, F#dom7a,
Bmin, Edom7a, Amina, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Cmaj7a, F#m7_5, Bdom7a, Q2
Emina, Emina, Bdom7a, Bdom7a,
A#dima, Emina, Bdom7a, Emina}
~/e8bEBGE@
'==================== BASSLINE ===========================
bass start
set [
backTheme1 {{basis,E,E,b,b,E,g,a,D,g,C,F#,b,a#,b}}
backTheme2 {{basis,E,e,a,D,g,g,C,f#,b,E,a,D,g,C,F#,b}}
backTheme3 {{basis,E,E,b,b,a#,E,B,E,E}} ]
set basis { ?1 | } duration 4 backTheme1
set basis { *2?1 1 ?1@+1 |} duration 2 backTheme1
set basis { ?1@+1 *2?1@+1 H5- |}duration 1 backTheme2
set basis { ?1 |} duration 4 backTheme3
'==================== MELODY ==============================
'rp1 is a convenience macro used to generate the melody,
'mot also saves a little work with the melody:
'You can generate variations by re-defining them
set [rp1 {?1 ?1 ?2 ?2 ?1 ?1 ?3 ?3 ?1 ?1 ?4 ?4 ?5 ?6 | *2?7 }]
set [mot { ~?1?1?2?2?3?4 | ?52 }]
melody start duration /2 @@+1
(| 2
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,E,F, b,C,F,A,G,F,G,
E,F,B,D@,C@,B,C@, D,E,A,C@,B,A,B,
C,D,G,B,A,G,A, b,C,F,A,G,F,G}
{mot ,a#,G,F,E,F}
~FFbbED# )2 now | E2 @@+1
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,G,A, D,E,A,F,G,A,B}
{rp1, g,a,D,F^,E,D,E, f,g,C#,E,D,C,D}
~bbffbbaag#geeba | C2
{rp1, d,e,a,f,g,a,b, c,d,g,b,a,g,a} (tempo 16-20 +20 )
~ggeeffggeeddd#d | e2 @@-2
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,E,F, b,C,F,A,G,F,G}
{mot ,a#,G,F,E,G (tempo 8-30)
,b,G,F,E,F} ~FFbbED# | E4
'THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE USE OF VARIABLE ARPEGGIATION.
'THE ARPEGGIATOR IS RE-DEFINED AT POINTS IN THE PIECE TO CHANGE
'THE BACKGROUND TEXTURING
include gm.zel
|2 restart
tempo=120 meter=4/4 key e displacement /8
'These chord voicings are in the guitar style.
'You must define the arpeggiator "arp" before using
set [
Emina {{arp,e,b,E,G,B,E@}}
Bdom7a {{arp,d#,b,D#,A,B,F@}}
Edom7a {{arp,d,e,b,G#,D@,E@}}
Amin7a {{arp,c,e,a,E,A,C@}}
Ddom7a {{arp,d,a,D,A,C@,F#@}}
Gmaj7a {{arp,g,b,D,G,B,F#@}}
Cmaj7a {{arp,g,C,E,G,B,E@}}
F#m7_5 {{arp,f#,a,E,A,C@,E@}}
A#dima {{arp,g,b&,E,B&,C#@,G@}}
Gdom7a {{arp,g,b,D,G,B,F^@}}
F#dom7a {{arp,f#,C#,F#,A#,C#@,E^@}}
Bmin {{arp,f#,b,F#,B,D,F#@}}
Amina {{arp,e,a,E,A,C@,E@}}
' CHORD REPEATERS
' ===============
'P1 and P2 are switches which change the definition of {Wind}
'Wind is a repeater which, for P1, turns
' argument X into: @-1X X @+1X X
P1 {set Wind {(@-1?1 ?1 @+1?1 ?1) 4 |} }
'When P2 is active, Wind turns
' argument W into: @-1*2W @-1*2W
P2 {set Wind {(!+20@-1*2?1 !+20@-1*2?1) 4 |} }
' CHORD ARPEGGIATORS
' ==================
'When Q1 is active, arp turns a,b,c,d,e,f into ~a/12!+30bcdeffedcba
Q1 {set arp { ~?1/9!+30?2'?3?4'?5?6?6?5?4'?3'?2?1 } }
'When Q2 is active, arp turns a,b,c,d,e,f into ~a/4@+1!+10def
Q2 {set arp { ~?1/4@+1!+10?4?5?6 }}
]
'SET UP THE TRACKS:
track wind @@6 $$2 !!45 harp P2 Q2
track melody @@5 $$1 !!64 stringEnsemble1
track bass @@3 $$3 !!100 synthStrings1
'============= ARPEGGIO ACCOMPANIMENT ====================
wind
time start
({Wind,
Emina, Emina, Bdom7a, Bdom7a,
Emina, Edom7a, Amin7a, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Cmaj7a, F#m7_5, Bdom7a,
A#dima, Bdom7a }
time now P1 Q2 )2 now P1 Q1
{Wind,
Emina, Emina, Amin7a, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Gdom7a, Cmaj7a, F#dom7a,
Bmin, Edom7a, Amina, Ddom7a,
Gmaj7a, Cmaj7a, F#m7_5, Bdom7a, Q2
Emina, Emina, Bdom7a, Bdom7a,
A#dima, Emina, Bdom7a, Emina}
~/e8bEBGE@
'==================== BASSLINE ===========================
bass start
set [
backTheme1 {{basis,E,E,b,b,E,g,a,D,g,C,F#,b,a#,b}}
backTheme2 {{basis,E,e,a,D,g,g,C,f#,b,E,a,D,g,C,F#,b}}
backTheme3 {{basis,E,E,b,b,a#,E,B,E,E}} ]
set basis { ?1 | } duration 4 backTheme1
set basis { *2?1 1 ?1@+1 |} duration 2 backTheme1
set basis { ?1@+1 *2?1@+1 H5- |}duration 1 backTheme2
set basis { ?1 |} duration 4 backTheme3
'==================== MELODY ==============================
'rp1 is a convenience macro used to generate the melody,
'mot also saves a little work with the melody:
'You can generate variations by re-defining them
set [rp1 {?1 ?1 ?2 ?2 ?1 ?1 ?3 ?3 ?1 ?1 ?4 ?4 ?5 ?6 | *2?7 }]
set [mot { ~?1?1?2?2?3?4 | ?52 }]
melody start duration /2 @@+1
(| 2
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,E,F, b,C,F,A,G,F,G,
E,F,B,D@,C@,B,C@, D,E,A,C@,B,A,B,
C,D,G,B,A,G,A, b,C,F,A,G,F,G}
{mot ,a#,G,F,E,F}
~FFbbED# )2 now | E2 @@+1
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,G,A, D,E,A,F,G,A,B}
{rp1, g,a,D,F^,E,D,E, f,g,C#,E,D,C,D}
~bbffbbaag#geeba | C2
{rp1, d,e,a,f,g,a,b, c,d,g,b,a,g,a} (tempo 16-20 +20 )
~ggeeffggeeddd#d | e2 @@-2
{rp1, b,C,E,G,F,E,F, b,C,F,A,G,F,G}
{mot ,a#,G,F,E,G (tempo 8-30)
,b,G,F,E,F} ~FFbbED# | E4
Windmills of your Mind (Michel Legrand)