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Brass Monkey cover art

1987 · Licensed To Ill

Brass Monkey

Beastie Boys

KeyA majorTempo116 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Brass Monkey — Beastie Boys
// 116 bpm, 4/4, key A major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(116/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<~!4 A5!4>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<A5!4>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<~!12>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<A5!4>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<~!12>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<A5!4>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<~!16>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<A5!4>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<A5!4>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<~!8>"],
  // coda (1 bars)
  [1, "<A5>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<~!4 a2!4>"],
  [4, "<a2!4>"],
  [12, "<~!12>"],
  [4, "<a2!4>"],
  [12, "<~!12>"],
  [4, "<a2!4>"],
  [16, "<~!16>"],
  [4, "<a2!4>"],
  [4, "<a2!4>"],
  [8, "<~!8>"],
  [1, "<a2>"],
)

// 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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