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1968 · The Dynamic Clarence Carter

Too Weak To Fight

Clarence Carter

KeyD♭ majorTempo103 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Too Weak To Fight — Clarence Carter
// 103 bpm, 4/4, key Db major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(103/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Db Ab Gb Ab>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db6 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Bbm Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Ab7 Bbm Ab>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<Gb6 Ab7 Bbm Ab>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Bbm Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Ab7 Bbm Ab>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<Gb6 Ab7 Bbm Ab>"],
  // outro (8 bars)
  [8, "<Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6>"],
  // fadeout (8 bars)
  [8, "<Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6 Db69 Gb6>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<db2 ab2 gb2 ab2>"],
  [16, "<db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 bb2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 ab2 bb2 ab2>"],
  [4, "<gb2 ab2 bb2 ab2>"],
  [16, "<db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 bb2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 ab2 bb2 ab2>"],
  [4, "<gb2 ab2 bb2 ab2>"],
  [8, "<db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2>"],
  [8, "<db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2 db2 gb2>"],
)

// 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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