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1964 · Amazing Brenda

As Usual

Brenda Lee

KeyD♭ majorTempo85 bpm
0:00/0:00
// As Usual — Brenda Lee
// 85 bpm, 4/4, key Db major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(85/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Db Ab7 Db Ab7>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db!2 Ab7!4 Db!4 Db7 Gb [Ebm7@2 Ab7@2]!2 [Co@2 Db@2] A7>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!2 A7!4 D!4 D7 G [Em7@2 A7@2]!2 [C#o@2 D@2] Bb7>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb!2 Bb7!4 Eb!4 Eb7 Ab Bb7!2 [Do@2 Eb@2] Eb>"],
  // coda (2 bars)
  [2, "<Eb!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<db2 ab2 db2 ab2>"],
  [16, "<db2!2 ab2!4 db2!5 gb2 [eb2@2 ab2@2]!2 [c2@2 db2@2] a2>"],
  [16, "<d2!2 a2!4 d2!5 g2 [e2@2 a2@2]!2 [c#2@2 d2@2] bb2>"],
  [16, "<eb2!2 bb2!4 eb2!5 ab2 bb2!2 [d2@2 eb2@2] eb2>"],
  [2, "<eb2!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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