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1983 · Decade

Is There Something I Should Know

Duran Duran

KeyD majorTempo125 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Is There Something I Should Know — Duran Duran
// 125 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(125/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<~!8>"],
  // intro (10 bars)
  [10, "<D!6 G C D!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 G C D!10>"],
  // pre-chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<G C D!2 G C F C>"],
  // chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<D [F@2 C@2] A5 [Gsus@2 G@2] D [F@2 C@2] A5 [Gsus@2 G@2] G C D!4>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!4 G C D!10>"],
  // pre-chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<G C D!2 G C F C>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<D [F@2 C@2] A5 [Gsus@2 G@2] D [F@2 C@2] A5 [Gsus@2 G@2] G C D!2>"],
  // interlude (13 bars)
  [13, "<Bm C D Em Bm C D Em Bm C D C!2>"],
  // outro (24 bars)
  [24, "<D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2] D7sus [G@2 C@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<~!8>"],
  [10, "<[d2@2 c2@2]!6 g2 c2 [d2@2 c2@2]!2>"],
  [16, "<[d2@2 c2@2]!4 g2 c2 [d2@2 c2@2]!10>"],
  [8, "<g2 c2 d2!2 g2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [14, "<d2 [f2@2 c2@2] a2 g2 d2 [f2@2 c2@2] a2 g2!2 c2 [d2@2 c2@2]!4>"],
  [16, "<[d2@2 c2@2]!4 g2 c2 [d2@2 c2@2]!10>"],
  [8, "<g2 c2 d2!2 g2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [12, "<d2 [f2@2 c2@2] a2 g2 d2 [f2@2 c2@2] a2 g2!2 c2 [d2@2 c2@2]!2>"],
  [13, "<b2 c2 d2 e2 b2 c2 d2 e2 b2 c2 d2 c2!2>"],
  [24, "<d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@2] d2 [g2@2 c2@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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