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China Doll

Bruce Hornsby

KeyC majorTempo106 bpm
0:00/0:00
// China Doll — Bruce Hornsby
// 105.6 bpm, 4/4, key C major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: Tempo changes preserved in elapsed time; displayed bars use the dominant tempo.
// note: pitch bends are ignored
// note: Full arrangement: all 103 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(105.6/4)

// 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.

// other · piano
const piano = note("<~@58 A B C ~ A B C ~@2 D ~@35>".pickRestart({
  A: "g#3@3 f#3@3 g#3@2", B: "b3@3 ~@13", C: "g#3@3 f#3@3 ~@2", D: "~@3 b2@3 c#3@2 b2@4 ~@4",
})).s("gm_piano").gain(0.3)

// other · electric guitar clean
const electric_guitar_clean = note("<~@40 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P@2 Q ~@45>".pickRestart({
  A: "d5@12 ~ d5 ~ c5", B: "b4@3 g4@2 f#4@5 d#4 d4@5", C: "d4@2 g4@2 a4 a#4@2 c5 ~ d5 g5 d5@4 b4",
  D: "a4@2 g4 a4@4 a#4 a4 a#4@2 a4@4 g4", E: "g4@2 f4 a3@5 ~@6 f#4 [f4,g4]", F: "~ f5@2 f5!2 g5!2 a5 g5 f5 ~ d5 g4@4",
  G: "d5 e5 f5 d5 e5 d#5 d5 c#5 c5 e5 d5 a#4 g#4 f4 e4 d4", H: "c4@2 d4@2 e4@2 ~ c4 c5!2 b4!2 a4@2 b4@2",
  I: "c5@2 d5 b4 ~ c4 [d#4,g4] b4 a4@2 f#4 d4@2 a3 d4 e4", J: "f4!2 e4!2 d4!2 c4@2 e4@3 d4@4 a3",
  K: "g3@2 a3 f#3@2 b3 d#4 b3 f#4@2 ~ a4@2 ~ f#4 d4", L: "g4 a4 ~ a#4 ~ c5 ~ d5@2 g5@2 d5@3 c#5 [b4,c5]",
  M: "c5@2 a#4 d5@4 d5 f#5 c#5 ~ b4 g4 f#4 ~ e4", N: "f4 g4 ~ a4 ~ d5 e5 f5@5 f5 [c5,d5] a4@2",
  O: "a#4@2 c5 d5@3 a5@2 g5@2 g5 f5 g5 a5!3", P: "[b5@4 ~@5 e5!3 c6@2 b5 b5@3 a5@2 e5@2 d5 [c5,e5] d5@2 e5 c5@5]/2",
  Q: "a4 b4!3 a4 g4 a4@6 ~@4",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.38)

// bass · acoustic bass
const bass = note(`<
  A B C B D E F G D H D I J K J K J K L@2 M N O N D E F G D H D I J K J K J K L@2 P Q R S T U@2 V K P W R X T U@2 V K
  ~@10 Y Z Y@2 AA AB AA AC AA AB AA AC AD AE AF AG AH@2 AI@2 AJ AK J K J K J K L@2 Y AL Y AL AM
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "d2@2 f2 e3@2 c3 d3@4 d2!2 ~ a#2 g2@2", B: "d2@2 f2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 a2 f2 f2@2 g2@4",
  C: "d2@2 f2 e3@2 c3 d3@4 d2!2 ~@2 d2@2", D: "d2@2 d3!2 d2@2 d3@2 d2@3 d2 d2@4",
  E: "d2@2 d3 d2@2 d2 d2@2 ~ d2 d2@2 d2@4", F: "d2@2 d3!2 d2@2 d3@2 d2@3 d2 d2@2 f2!2",
  G: "f2@2 f2 f2@3 g2 a2 g2@2 g2!2 d3@4", H: "d2@2 d3 d2@2 d2 d2@2 d2@3 d3 d2@4", I: "f2@3 g2@3 g2@2",
  J: "a2@3 a2 a2@4", K: "g2@3 d2@5", L: "[c3@2 b2@2 a2@2 g2 a2@5 a2@4]/2", M: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@3 d2@2 d2 d3@2 a2 d3",
  N: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 a2 g2 f2@2 g2@4", O: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 d2@3 d3 a2@4", P: "d2@3 d3 d2@2 d2@2 d2@4 d3@4",
  Q: "d2@3 d3 d2@3 d2 d2@2 d2@2 d3@4", R: "g2@3 g2 g2@2 g2@2 g2@3 g2 g2@4", S: "a2@3 a3 a2@2 a2@2 a2@3 a2 a2@4",
  T: "d2@3 d3 d2 d3 d2@2 d2@3 d2 d3@4", U: "g2@6 g2@2 g2@3 g2 g3@4", V: "a2@6 a2@2 a2@3 a2 g3@2 f#3@2",
  W: "d2@3 d3 d2@2 d2@2 d2@3 d2 d3@4", X: "a2@3 a3 a2@2 a2@2 a2@3 a2 a3@4", Y: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 d2@3 d2 d3@4",
  Z: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 a2@2 f2@2 f2@4", AA: "f2@3 f2 f2@2 f2@2", AB: "d2@2 d2 f2@3 f3@2", AC: "d2@3 c2@5",
  AD: "a#2 a2 g2!2", AE: "a2@6 a1@3 c#2 e2 a2 c#3 a#2 a2 g2", AF: "~ a2 d3 g3@2 f3 e3 d3 ~ d3 g3 c4 b3 a3 g3!2",
  AG: "a3@2 g3 f3@2 e3 f3 f3@2 a2@2 a2@2 a2 d3 g3",
  AH: "[~ g2 c3 f3 a2 d3 g3@2 d3 g3 c4@2 b3 a3 g3 a3@2 f3 g3 a3 g3 [g3,a3] f3 e3 f3 d3 ~@6]/2", // Gsus2
  AI: "[~ g2 c3 f3 a2 d3 g3@2 d3 g3 c4@2 b3 a3 g3 c4@2 c4@2 a3@3 a3 b3@2 b3@2 g3@2 g3@2 a3]/2",
  AJ: "a3@2 f3 f3@2 g3 g3@2 e3 e3@2 e3 f#3@2 f#3 a3", AK: "a3 g#3 f#3 g#3 f#3 e3 f#3 e3 d3 c#3 b2 a2 g2 f2 e2 c2",
  AL: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 a2@2 f2!2 g2@4", AM: "d2@2 a2 e3@2 c3 d3@2 ~@8",
})).s("gm_acoustic_bass").gain(0.3)

// chords · piano
const piano_2 = note("<A B C D E ~@15 F G H@2 ~@34 I J K L I J K M N@2 O P Q R ~@10 S T U@2 V@2 W X ~@13>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@9 [f4,a4,d5]@3 [e4,g4,c5]@4", B: "~@9 [c3,f3,a3]@3 [d3,g3,b3]@4", C: "~@7 [c4,f4,a4]@5 [c4,e4,g4]@4",
  D: "[g3,c4,e4]@8 ~ [c3,f3,a3]@3 [d3,g3,b3]@4", E: "[g3,c4,e4]", F: "d4 f4 c4 f4@2 g4@2 a4@5 ~@4",
  G: "~ g3 c4 e4 a3 d4 f4 d4 g4 a3@3 b3@3 c4",
  H: "[a3@8 e4 g4 f4 d4 g4@2 c4 g4@4 c4@2 a3 g4@2 d4@2 a3 g3 g3@2 a3 d4]/2",
  I: "[c#4,g4,c5,f5]@3 [a#3,e4,a4,c5]@3 [c#4,g4,c5,f5]@2", J: "[d4,a#4,f5,a#5]@3 [a#3,c5,g5,c6]@5 [f3,g4,c5,g5]@8",
  K: "[c#4,g4,c5,f5]@3 [a#3,e4,a4,c5]@3 [g3,c4,f4,a4]@2", L: "[d3,a#3,d4,f4]@3 [e3,c4,e4,g4]@9 ~@2 d5 e5",
  M: "[d3,a#3,d4,f4]@3 [e3,c4,e4,g4]@9 ~@2 [c2,f3,c4]@2", // A# C F5
  N: "[[c2,f3,g3,c4]@3 [d2,g3,a3,d4]@9 ~@2 [c2,g3,c4]@2 [c2,g3,c4]@3 [d2,g3,a3,d4]@3 [e2,a3,b3,e4]@2 [d2,g3,a3,d4]@4 d3!4, ~@14 f3@5 ~@9 [g3,a3,d4]@4]/2", // Csus4 Dsus4 C5 Dsus4 Esus4 Dsus4 Gsus2
  O: "[g3,d4]@2 d4 d4@2 d4@2 d4@2 d4@2 d4 d4@2 d4!2", P: "~ d4@2 d4 d4@2 d4!6 [d4,d5] d4!3",
  Q: "d4 c4@2 d4@2 d4 c4@2 c4@2 d4@2 d4 c4 d4 e4",
  R: "c4 d4 e4 c4 [a4,d5]@2 [a4,d5] [g4,d5]@2 [g4,d5]@2 [g4,d5]@2 d4 g4@2", // D5 G5
  S: "~ a4 d5 g5@2 f5 e5 d5 ~ d5 g5 c6 b5 a5 g5!2", T: "a5@2 g5 f5@2 e5 f5 f5@2 a4@2 a4@2 a4 d5 g5",
  U: "[~ g4 c5 f5 a4 d5 g5@2 d5 g5 c6@2 b5 a5 g5 a5@2 f5 g5 a5 g5 [g5,a5] f5 e5 f5 d5 ~@6]/2", // Gsus2
  V: "[~ g4 c5 f5 a4 d5 g5@2 d5 g5 c6@2 b5 a5 g5 c6@2 c6@2 a5@3 a5 b5@2 b5@2 g5@2 g5@2 c6]/2",
  W: "c6@2 a5 a5@2 b5 b5@2 g5 g5@2 g5 a5@2 a5 c6", X: "c6 b5 a5 b5 a5 g5 a5 g5 f5 e5 d5 c5 b4 [b4,c5] [g4,a4] f4",
})).s("gm_piano").gain(0.35)

// chords · drawbar organ
const drawbar_organ = note(`<
  ~@11 A B C B C B C D@2 ~ E F@2 ~@7 A B C B C B C D@2 G H I J K L M N O P Q R@2 L S T U V ~@14 W X Y Z W X Y Z AA J ~@8
  B C B C B C D@2 ~@5
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[c4,e4,g4]@3 [g4,b4,d5]@5", B: "[c4,e4,a4]@3 [c4,e4,a4]@5", C: "[d4,g4,b4]@3 [d4,f#4,a4]@5",
  D: "[[c4,e4,g4]@2 [b3,d4,f#4]@2 [g3,c4,e4]@2 [g3,b3,d4] [g3,c4,e4]@9]/2", E: "~@9 [c3,f3]@3 [d3,g3]@4",
  F: "[[a3,d4,g4]@25 [c3,f3,a3]@3 [d3,g3,b3]@4]/2", G: "[a3,d4,f4]@3 [g3,c4,e4]@5", H: "[b3,d#4,f#4]", I: "[f3,a#3,d4]",
  J: "[b3,d4,g4]@3 [a#3,c#4,f#4]@5", K: "[a3,c4,d4,f4]", L: "[a3,c4,f4]", M: "[g#3,b3,e4]", N: "[g3,c4,e4,a4]",
  O: "[d4,g4,b4] [d4,e4,f#4,a4]@3", P: "[g3,d4,f4]@3 [e3,c4,e4]@5", Q: "~ [f#3,b3,d#4]@7",
  R: "[[f3,d4]@8 [d4,g4]@3 [a#3,c#4,f#4]@5, a#3@11 ~@5]/2", S: "[a3,c4,f4]@3 [a3,c4,f4]",
  T: "[g#3,b3,e4]@3 [g#3,b3,e4]", U: "[c4,e4,a4]@3 [d4,g4,b4]@3 [e4,g4,c5]@2", V: "[d4,g4,b4]@3 [d4,e4,f4,a4]@5",
  W: "[c4,f4,a4]", X: "[f4,a#4,d5]@3 [c4,f4,a4]@5", Y: "[f4,a4,c5]", Z: "[f4,a4,c5]@3 [e4,g4,c5]@5",
  AA: "[d4,f4,a#4]@3 [c4,f4,a4] [c4,d4,f4]@2 [b3,d4,f4]@2", // A# F Dm7 Bdim
})).s("gm_drawbar_organ").gain(0.15)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct(`<
  A@4 B@7 A C D C D C D E ~ A@4 B@7 F C D C D C D E ~ G@3 H I J H G@2 H K L M N G@2 ~@12 O@3 A C@8 P ~ B@3 Q B@3 R C D C
  D C D E ~ S@4 T
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~@3 x ~@5", B: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~@3 x ~ x ~@3", C: "x ~@2 x!2 ~@2 x", D: "x ~@2 x!2 ~@3",
  E: "x ~ x ~ x ~ x!2", F: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~@9", G: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@2 x!2 ~@3 x ~", H: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@2 x!2 ~@5",
  I: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@2 x!2 ~@2 x!2 ~", J: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@2 x ~ x ~@2 x ~", K: "x",
  L: "x ~ x ~ x ~ x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~ x ~", M: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@3 x ~@5", N: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@2 x!2 ~@2 x ~ x",
  O: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~@3 x ~@3 x ~", P: "x!2", Q: "x ~@2 x ~@4 x ~@2 x!2 ~@3", R: "x ~@2 x ~@6 x ~@5",
  S: "x ~@2 x ~ x ~ x", T: "x ~ x!2 ~ x!2 ~@9",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct(`<
  A B A C ~ A ~ D ~ A@2 E F G F G F H I J A B A K ~ A ~ L ~ A@2 M F N F G F H I J A O A@4 P A@2 ~@2 A Q A R A@2 S ~@10
  B@3 T U V U W U X U V X ~ F Y A Z A AA AB AC F AD F I F AC I AE AF@4 AG
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@3 x", B: "~@13 x ~@2", C: "~@7 x!3 ~@5 x", D: "~@10 x!4 ~@2", E: "~@2 x ~ x!2 ~@2", F: "~@3 x ~@8 x ~@3",
  G: "~@4 x ~@8 x ~@2", H: "~@4 x ~@6 x!3 ~ x", I: "~@4 x ~@6 x!2 ~ x ~", J: "~ x!4 ~ x!2 ~@8", K: "~@8 x!2 ~@6",
  L: "~@5 x!2 ~", M: "~@4 x ~@3 x!2 ~@4 x!2", N: "~@4 x ~@7 x!3 ~", O: "~@12 x!2 ~@2", P: "~@10 x!3 ~@3",
  Q: "~@9 x ~@3 x ~@2", R: "~@7 x", S: "~@8 x!3 ~@5", T: "~ x", U: "~ x ~ x", V: "~@4 x ~@7 x ~@2 x",
  W: "~@4 x ~@7 x ~ x!2", X: "~@2 x ~@3 x!2", Y: "~@12 x ~@2 x", Z: "~@12 x ~ x!2", AA: "~@10 x ~ x ~@2 x",
  AB: "x ~@2 x", AC: "~ x ~@2", AD: "~@4 x ~@7 x!2 ~ x", AE: "~ x!7 ~@8", AF: "~@4 x ~@2 x ~@4 x ~@3",
  AG: "x ~ x!2 ~ x!2 ~@9",
})).gain(0.45)

// drums · snare · soft notes
const snare_soft = s("sd").struct("<~@41 [~@14 x!2] x ~@14 [~@11 x!5] x ~@44>").gain(0.2)

// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct(`<
  ~@3 A ~@7 B ~ C ~ D ~@3 E ~@19 E ~@9 F G ~@5 H ~@10 I ~@3 F ~@9 J ~@7 K ~@7 E L@4 M
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@11 x!3 ~@2", B: "~@7 x", C: "~@15 x", D: "~@10 x!3 ~@2 x", E: "~@8 x!4 ~@2 x!2", F: "~@14 x!2",
  G: "~@6 x!2 ~@2 x!2 ~@4", H: "~@9 x!2 ~@3 x ~", I: "~@11 x!2 ~@3", J: "~@7 x ~@4 x!4", K: "~@12 x!2 ~@2", L: "x!16",
  M: "x ~ x!2 ~ x!2 ~@9",
})).gain(0.1)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct("<A@18 ~@2 A@18 ~@2 A@17 ~@4 B C ~@2 D E ~ A@4 F@8 G ~ A@14 ~@7>".pickRestart({
  A: "x!16", B: "~@2 x!14", C: "x", D: "~@5 x!10 ~", E: "~@6 x!5 ~ x ~@3", F: "x!8", G: "x!7 ~",
})).gain(0.1)

// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct(`<
  ~@11 A ~@7 B ~@3 C ~@7 D ~@3 E ~@3 B ~@4 F ~ G ~@2 A H ~ I F ~@2 J ~@10 K ~@3 L ~@9 M ~@7 N ~@5 O ~ B ~@5
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@11 x!3 ~@2", B: "~@12 x!2 ~@2", C: "~@12 x ~ x!2", D: "~@10 x!5 ~", E: "~@10 x!3 ~@2 x", F: "x",
  G: "~@13 x ~@2", H: "~@2 x!3 ~@3 x ~@3 x ~@3", I: "~@8 x ~@2 x!2 ~@2 x", J: "x ~@2 x!2 ~ x ~@9", K: "~@5 x ~ x",
  L: "~@11 x!2 ~@3", M: "~@2 x!3 ~@3 x!2 ~ x ~@4", N: "~@10 x!2 ~ x!2 ~", O: "~@12 x!4",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · high tom
const high_tom = s("ht").struct("<~@43 A ~@2 A ~@3 B ~@6 C ~@18 D ~@5 D ~ D E ~@2 D F D ~@11 G>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@14 x!2", B: "~@13 x ~ x", C: "x!8 ~@8", D: "x", E: "~@7 x", F: "~@8 x!2 ~@4 x!2", G: "x ~@2 x ~@4",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct(`<
  ~@7 A B ~@3 B C B ~ B ~@10 A B ~@3 B D B ~ B ~@13 B@2 ~ B ~@5 E ~@2 F G H I J K ~@12 C ~@9 B L B ~ B ~@8
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@13 x ~ x", B: "x", C: "~@7 x", D: "~@15 x", E: "~@4 x!7 ~@5", F: "x ~@13 x!2", G: "x!7 ~@5 x!4",
  H: "x ~@7 x!5 ~@3", I: "x ~@2 x ~@10 x ~", J: "~@3 x ~@10 x ~", K: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~ x ~@7", L: "~@13 x ~@2",
})).gain(0.3)

// drums · crash · soft notes
const crash_soft = s("cr").struct("<~@59 [x!4 ~@12] ~@2 [~@8 x!6 ~@2] [~@11 x ~@4] [~@6 x!2 ~@8] ~@38>").gain(0.1)

// drums · ride
const ride = s("rd").struct("<~@17 A B ~ C ~@16 A B ~@57 B ~@6>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@13 x ~@2", B: "x ~@3 x ~@2 x", C: "x",
})).gain(0.3)

stack(
  piano, electric_guitar_clean, bass, piano_2, drawbar_organ, kick, snare, snare_soft, low_tom, hihat, mid_tom,
  high_tom, crash, crash_soft, ride
)

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