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1979 · Parallel Lines

One Way Or Another

Blondie

KeyD majorTempo162 bpm
0:00/0:00
// One Way Or Another — Blondie
// 162 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(162/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 B!4 D!4 B!4>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 B!4 D!4 B!4>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<G Bm A F#m G Bm A F#m [G@2 A Bm] Em F#!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 B!4 D!4 B!4>"],
  // chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<G Bm A F#m G Bm A F#m [G@2 A Bm] Em F#!4>"],
  // solo (16 bars)
  [16, "<F#!2 A C#m F#!2 A C#m B E F#!2 A!2 B!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 B!4 D!4 B!4>"],
  // outro (24 bars)
  [24, "<D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2>"],
  // fadeout (9 bars)
  [9, "<D!2 B!2 D!2 B!2 D>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [16, "<d2!4 b2!4 d2!4 b2!4>"],
  [16, "<d2!4 b2!4 d2!4 b2!4>"],
  [12, "<g2 b2 a2 f#2 g2 b2 a2 f#2 [g2@2 a2 b2] e2 f#2!2>"],
  [16, "<d2!4 b2!4 d2!4 b2!4>"],
  [14, "<g2 b2 a2 f#2 g2 b2 a2 f#2 [g2@2 a2 b2] e2 f#2!4>"],
  [16, "<f#2!2 a2 c#2 f#2!2 a2 c#2 b2 e2 f#2!2 a2!2 b2!2>"],
  [16, "<d2!4 b2!4 d2!4 b2!4>"],
  [24, "<d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2>"],
  [9, "<d2!2 b2!2 d2!2 b2!2 d2>"],
)

// 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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