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Alain Souchon

KeyG majorTempo108 bpm
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// Jamais content — Alain Souchon
// 108 bpm, 4/4, key G major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: pitch bends are ignored
// note: sustain pedal (CC 64) lengthens the held notes
// note: Full arrangement: all 116 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
// note: Guitar parts that double another keep only their own notes (fills, solos): guitar program 27, guitar program 26.
setcpm(108/4)

// Notation: c3@3 lasts 3 steps · ~ is a rest · [c3,e3] is a chord · "a, b" plays two voices at once · [...]/2 spreads a riff over 2 bars.
// A part's distinct bars are riffs (A, B, C...) played in order: edit a riff to change every repeat.

// other · electric guitar clean
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
  ~ A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 ~ A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4 A@4 B@4
  A@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[[e4,e5] ~@2 [d4,d5]@3 g3@6 [b3,b4]@17 ~@3]/2", B: "[[e4,e5] ~@2 [d4,d5]@3 g3@6 [c4,c5]@17 ~@3]/2",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.3)

// other · electric guitar clean · soft notes
const electric_guitar_clean_2 = note(`<
  ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~
  A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@2 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@3 g4@3 ~@2",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.2)

// bass · electric bass finger
const bass = note(`<
  A B@2 C@2 D@2 E@2 F G F H I@2 J@2 K L@2 M N O N P K Q R M N O N P K Q S T N O N U K Q S T N O V U K Q S T N O V U K Q
  S W D@2 E@2 X@2 Y@2 D@2 Z AA AB K L@2 M N O N P K Q S T N O N P K Q S T N AC N P K Q S T N AC N P K Q S T N AC N P AD
  ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@3 d2", B: "[g2@7 d2]/2", C: "[g2@27 ~ g2@4]/2", D: "[c3@7 g2]/2", E: "[c3@7 d2]/2", F: "g2@14 g3!2",
  G: "g3@11 ~ d2@4", H: "g3@3 g2", I: "[c3@27 ~ g2@4]/2", J: "[~@9 c4@15 e2@4 f#2@4, c3@23 ~@9]/2",
  K: "g1@3 ~@5 g1@4 ~@3 g1", L: "g1@3 ~@5 g1@3 ~@4 g1", M: "g1@3 ~@5 g1@3 ~ b1@3 ~", N: "c2@2 ~@5 c2 c2@3 ~@4 c2",
  O: "c2@3 ~@5 c2@2 ~@5 c2", P: "c2@3 ~@5 e1@4 f#1@3 ~", Q: "g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ e2 ~ f2 ~ f#2 ~",
  R: "g1@3 d2 g1@2 ~@2 g1@2 ~@5 g1", S: "g1@3 d2 g1@2 ~@2 g1@2 ~@4 g1@2", T: "g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ g2 ~ g1@3 g1",
  U: "c2@3 ~@5 c2@4 f#1@3 ~", V: "c2 ~ c3 ~ c2 ~@3 c2@2 ~@5 c2", W: "g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ g2 ~ g1 ~ g2 ~ g2@4",
  X: "[g2@7 g3@7 d2@2]/2", Y: "[g2@7 g3@7 g2@2]/2", Z: "c3@14 e3!2", AA: "e3@11 ~@5", AB: "~@8 [e1,e2]@4 [f#1,f#2]@3 ~",
  AC: "c2@3 ~@5 a#2 b2 c3@4 ~@2", AD: "c2 ~@7",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.43)

// chords · electric guitar clean
const electric_guitar_clean_3 = note(`<
  A ~ B C D ~ D ~ E F G C H I J I ~ K L ~ H I J I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L
  ~ H ~ D ~ E ~ B C D ~ D ~ M@2 K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~ K L ~ H I ~ I ~@3
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@12 [d3,c4]@3 [f3,f#3]", B: "~@12 [d3,c4]@3 f3", C: "f#3 ~@15", D: "~@12 g3@2 a#3 b3, ~@3 [g2,d4]",
  E: "~@12 d3@3 [f3,f#3]", F: "~@4 g3@4 ~@6 [b3,d4] ~", G: "~@9 d4 ~@5 f3", H: "~@5 c4 ~@2 [g3,b3] d4 ~@5 a#3",
  I: "~ [g3,e4] ~@4 c4 c4@2 c4 ~@5 [c4,e4]", J: "~@15 [a#3,b3]", K: "~@9 d4@2 ~@2 d4!2 c4, ~@13 b3@3", L: "~@9 d4 ~@6",
  M: "[~@15 [g3,d4,g4]@16 ~]/2", // G5
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.2).pan(0.1)

// other · electric guitar jazz
const electric_guitar_jazz = note(`<
  ~@15 A ~ A ~ B ~@3 A ~ A ~ B ~@3 A C A ~ B ~@3 A D A ~ B ~@3 A D A ~ B ~@3 A D A ~ B ~@9 E F G ~@2 A ~ B ~ H I J I A ~
  B ~ H I J I A ~ B ~ H I J I A ~ B ~ H I J I A ~ B ~ H I J I ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@4 g4 ~@11", B: "~@10 g4 ~@5", C: "~@10 g4 ~ g4@2 g4@2", D: "~@10 g4 g4@3 ~@2",
  E: "~@2 g4 g4@2 ~@3 g4 ~@3 g4 ~@3", F: "g4 ~ g4 g4@2 ~ g4 ~ g4@2 g4@2 g4@2 g4@2",
  G: "~@2 g4 ~ g4 ~@3 g4@2 ~@2 g4 ~@3", H: "~@4 g4 ~@5 f4 ~@5", I: "~@2 f4 ~@5", J: "~@4 g4 ~@5 f4@2 ~@4",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_jazz").gain(0.35)

// chords · acoustic guitar steel
const acoustic_guitar_steel = note(`<
  ~ A B A B C@4 D E F G H I H I D E F G H I H I D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G
  C@4 A B A B C@4 ~ D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J D E F G H I H J K ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[g3,b3,d4,g4]@5 ~ [g3,e4,g4]@4 [g3,d4,g4]@3 ~ [g3,c4,g4]@2", B: "~@2 [g3,b3,g4]@13 ~",
  C: "[~ f4@5 [g3,e4]@4 [g3,d4]@4 [g3,c4]@17 ~, [g2,c3], [g3,c4]@3 ~@13]/2", // C G5 C5
  D: "[g3,b3,d4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]!2 ~ d4 [g3,b3,d4] [g3,b3] [g3,b3,d4] [g3,c4,e4] [g3,b3,d4] ~ [g3,b3,d4] [c4,e4] [g3,c4,e4] [g3,b3,d4]", // G C G C G
  E: "[d3,g3,b3,d4]!7 [b3,d4] [d3,g3,b3,d4] [e3,g3,c4,e4]!2 [d3,g3,b3,d4]!2 [d3,g3,d4] [e3,g3,c4,d4]!2", // G Bm G C G G5 C
  F: "[d3,g3,b3,d4]!5 [d3,g3,b3,f4]!4 [d3,g3,c4,e4] ~ [d3,g3,b3,d4]!2 [d3,g3,d4] [d3,g3,b3,c4]!2", // G G7 C G G5 G
  G: "[d3,g3,b3,e4]!8 ~ [e3,g3,c4,e4]!2 [d3,g3,b3,d4]!2 [d3,g3,d4] [d3,g3,b3,d4]!2", // Em7 C G G5 G
  H: "[g3,c4,e4]@2 [g3,c4,e4]!2 ~ e4 [g3,d4,e4] [g3,d4] [g3,d4,e4]!2 [g3,c4,e4] ~ [g3,c4,e4] [c4,e4] [g3,c4,e4] [g3,b3,d4]", // C Em7 G5 Em7 C G
  I: "[g3,c4,e4]!7 [c4,e4] [g3,c4,e4]!5 [g3,e4] [g3,c4,e4]!2", J: "[g3,c4,e4]!7 [c4,e4] [g3,c4,e4]@4 [d3,f#3,a3]@4",
  K: "[g3,c4,e4] ~@7", // C
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.17).pan(1)

// chords · acoustic guitar steel · soft notes
const acoustic_guitar_steel_2 = note(`<
  ~@9 A B C@2 D E D E A B C@2 D E D E A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 ~@13 A B
  C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F A B C@2 D E D F ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@5 [g3,b3] ~ d4 ~@3 [g3,b3,d4] ~ g3 ~@2", B: "~@7 [d3,g3] ~@5 b3 ~@2", C: "~@13 b3 ~@2",
  D: "~@5 [g3,c4] ~ e4 ~@3 [g3,c4,e4] ~ g3 ~@2", E: "~@7 g3 ~@5 c4 ~@2", F: "~@7 g3 ~@8",
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.1).pan(1)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct(`<
  ~ A@7 B C@7 B C@7 B C@7 B C@7 B C@7 B C@7 B C@4 A@3 B C@3 B C@3 B@2 C@40 D ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x!2", B: "x!4", C: "x ~@3 x ~@3 x ~@3 x ~@2 x", D: "x",
})).gain(0.64)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct(`<
  ~@9 A@3 B A@3 C A@7 D A@7 E A@7 F A@7 B A@7 G A@4 ~@4 A@3 ~ A@3 ~ H A@3 I A@3 J A@3 I A@3 K A@3 I A@3 K A@3 I A@3 C
  A@3 I A@3 C ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~ x ~ x", B: "~@2 x ~ x!2 ~@2", C: "~ x ~@2", D: "~@4 x ~ x!3 ~ x ~@5", E: "~ x!4 ~@3", F: "~@2 x!3 ~@3",
  G: "~@3 x!2 ~@11", H: "x!8 ~@8", I: "~@4 x ~@7 x ~ x!2", J: "~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@10", K: "~@4 x ~ x!2 ~ x ~@6",
})).gain(0.56)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct("<~@9 [x!8]!52 ~@4 [x!8]!7 ~@2 [x!8]!40 x ~>").gain(0.48)

// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct("<~@33 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@23 B ~@34>".pickRestart({
  A: "x", B: "~@13 x!3",
})).gain(0.48)

// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct(`<
  ~@8 A ~@3 B ~@3 C ~@7 C ~@7 D ~@7 C ~@7 C ~@7 E ~@11 F ~@4 G ~@7 H ~@7 I ~@7 J ~@7 C ~@7 C ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@8 x ~ x ~ x!3 ~", B: "~@12 x!4", C: "~@12 x!3 ~", D: "~@12 x ~ x!2", E: "~@8 x ~@2 x!2 ~ x!2",
  F: "~@10 x!3 ~@3", G: "~@9 x!3 ~ x!3", H: "~@6 x!2 ~ x!3 ~@4", I: "~@10 x ~ x!3 ~", J: "~@8 x!5 ~ x!2",
})).gain(0.56)

// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct("<~@9 A@52 ~@4 A@7 ~@2 A@23 B A@7 B A@7 B ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@7 x ~@7 x", B: "~@3 x ~ x ~@9 x",
})).gain(0.48)

// drums · high tom
const high_tom = s("ht").struct("<~@16 A ~@15 A ~@7 B ~@15 C ~@32 D ~@15 E ~@7 E ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@8 x!3 ~@5", B: "~@5 x ~@2", C: "~@6 x!2 ~@8", D: "~@8 x!2 ~@6", E: "~@3 x!3 ~@2",
})).gain(0.56)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct(`<
  ~@9 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@16 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x",
})).gain(0.4)

// drums · shaker
const shaker = s("sh").struct(`<
  ~@9 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B ~@4 A B A
  B A B A ~@2 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x ~ x!5 ~ x!8", B: "x!3 ~ x!12",
})).gain(0.32)

// drums · shaker · soft notes
const shaker_soft = s("sh").struct(`<
  ~@9 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B ~@4 A B A
  B A B A ~@2 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~ x ~@5 x ~@8", B: "~@3 x ~@12",
})).gain(0.16)

stack(
  electric_guitar_clean, electric_guitar_clean_2, bass, electric_guitar_clean_3, electric_guitar_jazz,
  acoustic_guitar_steel, acoustic_guitar_steel_2, kick, snare, hihat, low_tom, mid_tom, open_hat, high_tom, crash,
  shaker, shaker_soft
)

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