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Ask Me cover art

1964

Ask Me

Elvis Presley

KeyD majorTempo118 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Ask Me — Elvis Presley
// 118 bpm, 12/8, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(118/6)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (1 bars)
  [1, "<A>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<D [C@6 B7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] D!2>"],
  // pre-chorus (6 bars)
  [6, "<Bm F#m D#o Em [Gm7@6 C7@6] [F@6 Em7@3 A7@3]>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<D [C@6 B7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6]>"],
  // interlude (8 bars)
  [8, "<D [C@6 B7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] D!2>"],
  // pre-chorus (6 bars)
  [6, "<Bm F#m D#o Em [Gm7@6 C7@6] [F@6 Em7@3 A7@3]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<D [C@6 B7@6] [Em@6 Em^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] [D@6 D^7@6] [Em7@6 A7@6] D!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [1, "<a2>"],
  [8, "<[d2@6 c#2@6] [c2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6] d2!2>"],
  [6, "<b2 f#2 d#2 e2 [g2@6 c2@6] [f2@6 e2@3 a2@3]>"],
  [4, "<[d2@6 c#2@6] [c2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@6 c#2@6] [c2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6] d2!2>"],
  [6, "<b2 f#2 d#2 e2 [g2@6 c2@6] [f2@6 e2@3 a2@3]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@6 c#2@6] [c2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 b2@6] [e2@6 a2@6] d2 [e2@6 a2@6] [d2@6 a2@6] d2>"],
)

// 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 hh] [sd hh hh] [bd hh hh] [sd hh hh]").gain(0.8)

stack(keys, bass, drums)

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