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1984 · Breaking Hearts

Who Wears These Shoes?

Elton John

KeyB minorTempo168 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Who Wears These Shoes? — Elton John
// 168 bpm, 4/4, key B minor. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(168/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (14 bars)
  [14, "<G!2 D D7 G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2 G!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Bm!2 Em!2 D A Em!2 Bm!2 Em!2 Bm G7 F#7!2>"],
  // refrain (8 bars)
  [8, "<Bm!2 Em!2 Bm!2 Em!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Bm!2 Em!2 D A Em!2 Bm!2 Em!2 Bm G7 F#7!2>"],
  // refrain (2 bars)
  [2, "<Bm!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!2 A!2 Em!3 F# D!2 A!2 Bm G [Em7@2 D@2] [G@2 A@2]>"],
  // refrain (8 bars)
  [8, "<Bm!2 Em!2 Bm!2 Em!2>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<G!2 A!2 [D G D@2] [G@2 D@2] [D@2 Em7@2] D7 G [Gsus@2 G@2] A [Asus@2 A@2] Em!2 F#7!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<D!2 A!2 Em!3 F# D!2 A!2 Bm G [Em7@2 D@2] [G@2 A@2]>"],
  // refrain (8 bars)
  [8, "<Bm!2 Em!2 Bm!2 Em!2>"],
  // chorus (28 bars)
  [28, "<G!2 D!2 G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2 G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2 G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2>"],
  // fadeout (20 bars)
  [20, "<G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2 G!2 Bm!2 G!2 D!2 G!2 Bm!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [14, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2 g2!2>"],
  [16, "<b2!2 e2!2 d2 a2 e2!2 b2!2 e2!2 f#2 g2 f#2!2>"],
  [8, "<b2!2 e2!2 b2!2 e2!2>"],
  [16, "<b2!2 e2!2 d2 a2 e2!2 b2!2 e2!2 f#2 g2 f#2!2>"],
  [2, "<b2!2>"],
  [16, "<d2!2 c#2!2 e2!3 f#2 d2!2 c#2!2 b2 g2 [e2@2 f#2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<b2!2 e2!2 b2!2 e2!2>"],
  [16, "<g2!2 a2!2 d2!2 [d2@2 e2@2] f#2 g2!2 a2!2 e2!2 f#2!2>"],
  [16, "<d2!2 c#2!2 e2!3 f#2 d2!2 c#2!2 b2 g2 [e2@2 f#2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<b2!2 e2!2 b2!2 e2!2>"],
  [28, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2>"],
  [20, "<g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!2 g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 b2!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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