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44 Duos, No. 14: Cushion Dance

Bela Bartok

KeyD majorTempo120 bpm
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// 44 Duos, No. 14: Cushion Dance — Bela Bartok
// 120 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: sustain pedal (CC 64) lengthens the held notes
// note: Full arrangement: all 15 bars on a 32-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(120/4)

// 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.

// chords · piano · "A.PIANO 1"
const piano = note("<A@7 B C D E F G H@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "[~ [d2,a2] ~@42 d3@3 [a3,d4] ~@2 [d3,d5] ~ d5 [a3,d4] ~@2 a5@2 ~@9 d5@3 ~@3 a5@3 ~@6 [a3,d4,f#5,g#5]@3 [d3,e5] ~@2 [g#3,b3] d5 ~@3 c#5@2 b4@2 ~ [d3,d5] ~@2 [a3,d4,d5,f#5] ~@2 a5@3 ~@9 d5@2 ~ [a3,d4,f#5]@2 ~ a5@2 ~@7 [a3,d4,f#5,g#5]@3 [d3,e5] ~@2 [g#3,b3,e5] d5 ~ c#5 d5@2 ~ b4@3 ~ [g2,g4] ~@5 d5@3 ~@4 g2@2 ~ [d3,b3,b4] ~@2 [g2,g4] ~ g4 [d3,b3,b4] ~@2 d5@2 ~@7 [e3,b3] ~@2 [a2,a4]@3 ~@3 [c#4,e5]@6 [g2,g4] ~@6 d5@3 ~@6 [d3,b3,b4]@2 ~ [e2,g4] ~@2 [g3,g4,b4]@2 ~ d#2@2, ~@7 d3@7 d3@6 d3@6 d3@6 d3@6 d3@6 ~@12 d3@5 d5@3 [d4,f#5]@3 d3@3 [d4,f#5]@3 d3@3 [d4,f#5]@3 [d3,d5]@7 ~@18 d3@6 [d3,d5]@6 d3@5 ~ d3 ~@5 [d3,d5]@7 ~@17 d3@12 ~@12 [d#3,b3,b4]@7 ~@5 [e3,c#5]@2 ~@11 d3@12 ~@11, ~@10 [a3,d4]@7 [a3,d4]@6 [a3,d4]@6 [a3,d4]@6 [a3,d4]@6 [a3,d4]@6 ~@6 f#5@2 ~@3 a5@13 a3@5 a5@10 ~@6 d5@4 ~@17 [a3,f#5]@5 d5@3 ~@22 c#5@4 ~@4 g4@7 b4@6 ~@17 c#5@2 ~@6 d5@7 ~@4 b4@4 g2@6 [g2,g4]@5 ~@2 f2@4 ~@3, ~@59 [a3,d4,f#5]@5 g#5@18 ~@6 e5@2 ~ c#5@2 ~@14 [a3,f#5]@6 [c#4,g#5]@9 ~@3 [c#4,a5]@10 ~@16 b3@3 g2@6 g4@3 c#5@2 ~@10 d5@7 b4@2 ~@16 g4@9 ~@3 c#5@2 ~@8 d5 ~, ~@62 d3@3 a3@5 d5@7 a3@5 ~@9 [g#3,e4]@5 ~@11 [b3,a5]@14 ~@4 [a3,f#5]@6 ~@9 [g#3,e4]@4 ~@8 b4@5 [c#3,b3,d5]@6 ~@10 g2@6 [g2,g4]@4 ~@18 b3@6 [c#3,b3,b4,d5]@8 ~@9]/7", // D5 D D5 D Dsus2 G#m D Dsus2 …
  B: "~ [f#3,b4,d5]@2 ~ g4@2 ~@2 g3 ~ a2@4 ~@3 [c#4,a4]@9 d4 ~@2 [d3,a3,d4,f#4] ~@2, ~@4 e2 ~@2 [b4,c#5]@2 ~ a4 ~@3 e3@12 ~@3 f#3@2 ~, ~@14 a4@3 ~@15, ~@15 g4@11 ~@6", // Bm F#m D Bsus2
  C: "a4 ~@2 [d3,f#3,a3,f#4] ~@2 [d3,d4] ~@2 [f#4,g#4]@3 d4 ~@2 [d3,f#3,a3,d4,f#4]@3 a4 ~@2 [d3,f#3,a3,a4] ~@3 [d3,g#3] ~@2 f#4@2 ~ e4, ~@3 a4@2 ~ [g#3,b3]@6 ~@9 f#4@2 ~@2 [b3,d4]@5 ~@2, ~@27 g#4@2 ~@3", // D F#sus2 D Ddim G#m Bm
  D: "~@2 [e3,g#3,e4] d4 ~@3 c#4@2 ~@2 c#4@2 d4 ~@2 [d4,d5,a5] [f#4,f#5] ~@2 a4 ~ a4 [d5,f#5,a5] ~@2 d4 ~@2 [f#4,g#5]@3, ~@5 [b2,f#3]@7 ~@20, ~@5 c#4@2 ~@2 b3@4 ~@16 [d5,b5] ~@2, ~@6 d4@6 ~@10 f#4@3 ~@3 g#4@3 ~", // E D5 F# D F#sus2 B5 G
  E: "d4 ~@2 [d4,f#4,d5,f#5]@3 a4 ~@2 [f#4,a4,f#5]@3 d4@2 ~ [g#4,d5,g#5,b5] ~@2 e4 ~@3 [e5,g#5,b5] d4 ~@4 [b3,d5]@2 ~@2, ~@3 a5 ~@5 [d5,a5] ~@5 f#4@3 ~@3 e4@2 ~@2 [e5,f#5,b5]@6 ~, ~@25 c#4@2 c#4@4 ~, ~@26 d4@5 ~", // D F#m G#dim E Bm D5 Esus2
  F: "~ g3@2 ~ [f#3,g3] ~@2 d4@2 ~@2 b3@2 ~ f#2@2 ~ [f#3,b3,c#4]@2 ~ [e2,g3]@2 ~ b3@2 ~@2 d4@2 [e3,b3] ~@2, ~@4 b3@2 ~ f2 ~@3 f#3 ~@2 g3 ~@8 e3 ~@2 d#2@2 ~@4", // Gmaj7 F#sus4 Em E5
  G: "~ g3@2 e3 b3 ~@2 a3 ~@2 e3 ~@2 [c#4,e4]@6 g3@2 ~ [g3,b4,d5] ~@2 d4 ~@2 [b3,d4,f#4,b4]@3 g3, e2@2 ~ c#4@2 ~ a2@4 c#4@3 ~@9 [b3,f#4]@3 ~@7, ~@11 d4@8 ~@9 d5 ~@3", // C#m G Bm B5
  H: "[~@2 [f#4,b4,d5] ~@2 g3@2 ~ [f#4,d5] b3@2 d4@2 ~ d5 f#4@2 g3@2 ~@2 [b3,g4]@3 a3 ~@2 d5 [e4,a4] g3@2 [a3,e4,a4,c#5]@23 ~@10, ~@2 [b3,c#4]@3 ~@3 g3@2 ~@4 [b3,d4]@4 ~@2 [c#4,d5]@3 ~@5 a3@2 ~@34, ~@9 a4 ~@5 a4 ~@5 e4 ~@42]/2", // Bm D Em A5 A Bsus2 Bm Dmaj7
})).s("gm_piano").gain(0.56)

stack(piano)

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