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Starting Over Again

Dolly Parton

KeyB♭ majorTempo69 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Starting Over Again — Dolly Parton
// 69 bpm, 4/4, key Bb major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(69/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Cm11 [F@2 Fsus F] Cm11 [F@2 Fsus F]>"],
  // verse (9 bars)
  [9, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 Dm7@2] [Eb@2 Dm7@2] [Bb@2 F@2] F9sus [F9sus@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (9 bars)
  [9, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] F9sus!2>"],
  // interlude (2 bars)
  [2, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2]>"],
  // verse (9 bars)
  [9, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 Dm7@2] [Eb@2 Dm7@2] [Bb@2 F@2] F9sus [F9sus@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (7 bars)
  [7, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 Dm7@2] F9sus>"],
  // bridge (11 bars)
  [11, "<F9sus!3 [F9sus@3 D7] [Gm7@2 Fadd9@2] [Eb@2 Fsus@2] [Gm7@2 Fadd9@2] Eb C7 Fsus F>"],
  // chorus (9 bars)
  [9, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 F9sus@2] F9sus>"],
  // verse (7 bars)
  [7, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 Dm7@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [Cm7@2 Dm7@2] [Eb@2 F9sus@2] Bb!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<c2 f2 c2 f2>"],
  [9, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 d2@2] [eb2@2 d2@2] bb2 f2 [f2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [9, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 f2!2>"],
  [2, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2]>"],
  [9, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 d2@2] [eb2@2 d2@2] bb2 f2 [f2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [7, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 d2@2] f2>"],
  [11, "<f2!3 [f2@3 f#2] [g2@2 f2@2] [eb2@2 f2@2] [g2@2 f2@2] eb2 e2 f2!2>"],
  [9, "<bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] bb2 [c2@2 f2@2] f2>"],
  [7, "<bb2 [c2@2 d2@2] bb2 [c2@2 d2@2] [eb2@2 f2@2] bb2!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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