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1989 · Giving You the Best That I Got

Giving You The Best That I Got

Anita Baker

KeyA majorTempo105 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Giving You The Best That I Got — Anita Baker
// 105 bpm, 4/4, key A major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(105/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (7 bars)
  [7, "<Dadd9 Aadd9 [C Bm7 Am7 Gadd9] F#m7 [Bb^7 Am7 Gm7 F^9] D!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<[E@2 A@2]!2 C#m7!2 D^7!2 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] [E@2 A@2]!2 C#m7!2 D^7 D^9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 Aadd9@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[E@2 A@2]!2 C#m7!2 D^7!2 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 Aadd9@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // bridge (8 bars)
  [8, "<D!3 [D@2 Co@2] Bm7 C#m7 D^7 D>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[E@2 A@2]!2 C#m7!2 D^7!2 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 Aadd9@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // outro (16 bars)
  [16, "<D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // fadeout (12 bars)
  [12, "<D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2] D^7 Aadd9 C^7 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [7, "<d2 c#2 [c2 b2 a2 g2] f#2 [bb2 a2 g2 f2] e2!2>"],
  [16, "<a2!2 c#2!2 d2!2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] a2!2 c#2!2 d2!2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [12, "<d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 c#2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 c#2!2 d2!2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [12, "<d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 c#2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [8, "<e2!3 [e2@2 c2@2] b2 c#2 d2 e2>"],
  [8, "<a2!2 c#2!2 d2!2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [12, "<d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 c#2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [16, "<d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
  [12, "<d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2] d2 c#2 c2 [b2@2 e2@2]>"],
)

// chords · gm_piano
const keys = chord(chords).voicing().s("gm_piano").gain(0.8)
// bass · gm_electric_bass_finger
const bass = note(bassline).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.9)
// drums
const drums = s("[bd hh] [sd hh] [bd hh] [sd hh]").gain(0.8)

stack(keys, bass, drums)

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