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1997 · The Colour And The Shape

Everlong

Foo Fighters

KeyD majorTempo156 bpm
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// Everlong — Foo Fighters
// 156 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: pitch bends are ignored
// note: Full arrangement: all 159 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
// note: Guitar parts that double another keep only their own notes (fills, solos): guitar.
setcpm(156/4)

// Notation: c3@3 lasts 3 steps · ~ is a rest · [c3,e3] is a chord · "a, b" plays two voices at once · [...]/2 spreads a riff over 2 bars.
// A part's distinct bars are riffs (A, B, C...) played in order: edit a riff to change every repeat.

// chords · acoustic guitar steel · "guitar"
const acoustic_guitar_steel = note("<A B C D E F@2 A G C D E F@2 ~@107 A G C D E F@2 A G C D E F@2 ~@24>".pickRestart({
  A: "[d2,f#3] d2 [f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4]!2 d2 [f#3,c#4]", B: "~ d2 [f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4]!3 d2",
  C: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2 [f#3,c#4]!2 b2 [f#3,c#4]", D: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2 [f#3,c#4]!3 [d2,a2]",
  E: "g2!2 [d3,a3] g2!3 [d3,a3] g2", F: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2!3 [f#3,c#4] b2",
  G: "[f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4]!3 d2", // F#5
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.08)

// chords · electric guitar clean · "guitar"
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
  ~@21 A B C D E F@2 A B C D E F@2 ~@7 A B C D E F@2 A B C D E F@2 ~@29 A B C D E F@2 A B C D E F@2 ~@60
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "d2!2 [d2,f#3,c#4] d2 [d2,f#3,c#4]!2 d2 [d2,f#3,c#4]", B: "d2!2 [d2,f#3,c#4] d2 [d2,f#3,c#4]!3 d2",
  C: "b2!2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4]!3 b2", D: "b2!2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4]!3 [d2,a2,d3]",
  E: "[g2,d3,a3]!6 [g2,d3,a3]@2", F: "[b2,f#3,c#4]!8",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.64)

// chords · distortion guitar · "guitar"
const distortion_guitar = note(`<
  ~@6 A B ~@6 C D E F G H I ~@14 C D E F G H I ~@36 C D E F G H I ~@43 J@2 K@2 L H M N O N P N Q@2 ~@17
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@15 [e2,g2]", B: "[f2,g#2] ~@15", C: "d2!5 [d2,f#3,c#4] d2 [d2,f#3,c#4]", D: "d2!8", E: "b2!5 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2!2",
  F: "b2!7 [d2,a2,d3]", G: "g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2@2",
  H: "b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4]", // Bsus2
  I: "b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2!3 [b2,f#3,c#4]", J: "[d2@14 d2 [d2,f#3,c#4]]/2", K: "[b2@14 b2 [d2,a2]]/2",
  L: "g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2 [g2,d3,a3] g2 [g2,d3,a3]", M: "b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2 [b2,f#3,c#4] b2!3 d2",
  N: "~@6 [e3,e4]!2", O: "[e3,e4] [f#3,f#4]!3 ~@4", P: "[e3,e4] [f#3,f#4]!4 [g3,g4] [a3,a4] d2",
  Q: "[[e3,e4] ~@3 [f#3,f#4] [g3,g4] ~ [b2,f#3,b3]@2 ~@7]/2", // E F# G B5
})).s("gm_distortion_guitar").gain(0.64).pan(0.3)

// chords · overdriven guitar · "guitar"
const overdriven_guitar = note(`<
  ~@7 A@2 B@2 C D E F G F G H F G I J K L M N@2 I J K L M N@2 F G F G H F G I J K L M N@2 I J K L M N@2 O P@2 O P@2 O
  Q@4 R@3 S T@5 U V F G F G H F G I J K L M N@2 I J K L M N@2 O P@2 O P@2 O Q@4 R@3 S T@5 U V ~@7 F G F G H F G W X W Y
  W Z AA@3 R@3 S T@5 V@3 U AB@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[[f#2,a2]@14 [f#2,a2] [d2,a2]]/2", B: "[[b2,f#3]@14 [b2,f#3] [d2,a2]]/2", C: "[g2,d3,a3]@3 [g2,d3,a3]",
  D: "[b2,f#3,c#4]@2 [b2,f#3,c#4]@2 [b2,f#3,c#4]!4", E: "[b2,f#3,c#4]!8",
  F: "[f#3,c#4,e4] ~ [f#3,c#4,e4] ~ [f#3,c#4,e4] ~ [f#3,c#4,e4] ~", // F#7
  G: "[f#3,c#4,e4] ~ [f#3,c#4,e4] ~ [f#3,c#4,e4] [f#3,c#4,f#4] [f#3,c#4,e4] ~", // F#7 F#5 F#7
  H: "[d3,a3,c#4] ~ [d3,a3,c#4] ~ [d3,a3,c#4] ~ [d3,a3,c#4]@2", I: "[d2,f#3] d2 [f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4]!2 d2 [f#3,c#4]",
  J: "[f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4] d2 [f#3,c#4]!3 d2", K: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2 [f#3,c#4]!2 b2 [f#3,c#4]",
  L: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2 [f#3,c#4]!3 [d2,a2]", M: "g2!2 [d3,a3] g2!3 [d3,a3] g2", N: "b2!2 [f#3,c#4] b2!3 [f#3,c#4] b2",
  O: "[d2,c#3,d3,c#4]!3 [d2,d3,d4]!3 [d2,d3,e3,e4]!2", // Dmaj7 D Dsus2
  P: "[[d2,d3,e3,e4] [d2,d3,f#3,f#4]!4 [d2,d3,g3,g4] [d2,a3,a4] [a2,e3,a3]@2 [a2,e3,a3] [a2,e3,a3]@2 [a2,e3,a3]!3 d2]/2", // Dsus2 D G5 D5 A5
  Q: "[[d2,d3,e3,e4] [d2,d3,f#3,f#4]!4 [d2,d3,g3,g4] [d2,a3,a4] [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3] [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!4]/4", // Dsus2 D G5 D5 B5 D5 G5 D5
  R: "[[d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!3 [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3] [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [g2,d3,g3]]/3", // D5 B5 D5 G5 D5 G5
  S: "[d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!4", // D5
  T: "[[d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!7 [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3] [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!3 [a2,e3,a3]@2 [a2,e3,a3] [a2,e3,a3]@2 [a2,e3,a3]!4]/5", // D5 B5 D5 G5 D5 A5
  U: "[g2,d3,g3,d4,g4]!8", V: "[g2,d3,g3,d4,g4]!6 [g2,d3,g3,d4,g4]@2",
  W: "[d2,d3,c#4,c#5]!3 [d2,d3,b3,b4]!3 [d2,d3,a3,a4]!2", // Dmaj7 G D5
  X: "[d2,d3,a3,a4] [d2,d3,g3,g4]!3 [d2,d3,f#3,f#4] [d2,d3,g3,g4] [d2,d3,a3,a4] d2", // D5 G5 D G5 D5
  Y: "[d2,d3,a3,a4] [d2,d3,b3,b4]!6 [c#4,c#5]", // D5 G C#
  Z: "[d2,d3,a3,a4] [d2,d3,f#3,f#4]!3 [d2,d3,c#4,c#5] [d2,d3,b3,b4] [d2,d3,a3,a4] ~", // D5 D Dmaj7 G D5
  AA: "[~ [b2,f#3,b3] [b2,f#3,b3]@2 [b2,f#3,b3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3] [g2,d3,g3]@2 [g2,d3,g3]!2 [d2,a2,d3] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4] [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]@2 [d2,a2,d3,a3,d4]!4]/3", // B5 D5 G5 D5
  AB: "[g2,d3,g3,d4,g4]/2", // G5
})).s("gm_overdriven_guitar").gain(0.64).pan(0.7)

// bass · electric bass pick · "bass"
const bass = note(`<
  ~@7 A@2 B@2 C D@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 H I ~ H I ~ H I
  F G E@2 F G E@2 F G E@2 G@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 E@2 F@2 G F@2 H I ~ H I ~ H I F G E@2 F G E@2 F G E@2 G@2 ~@20
  F G E@2 F G E@2 F G E@2 G@2 J@2 K@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[f#2@7 f#2]/2", B: "[b2@14 b2!2]/2", C: "a2", D: "b2/2", E: "d2!4", F: "b2!4", G: "g2!4", H: "c#3!3 d3!3 e3!2",
  I: "e3 f#3!4 g3 a3 ~", J: "[g2,g3]!4", K: "[g2, g3@15 ~]/2",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_pick").gain(0.56)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct(`<
  ~@11 A@2 B C@11 D@2 C@6 D@2 C@4 E@2 D@2 E@6 D@2 E@4 F ~@8 C@25 F@3 E@4 F@3 ~@8 C@25 F@3 ~@6 C@16 G ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x!2", B: "x!8", C: "x ~@3 x!2 ~@2", D: "x ~@2 x ~ x ~ x", E: "x ~@2 x!3 ~@2", F: "x ~@2 x ~ x ~@2", G: "x",
})).gain(0.8)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct(`<
  ~@13 A B C@40 D ~ E F ~ E F ~ E C@34 D ~ E F ~ E F ~ E C@25 G@3 ~ E ~ E ~ E C@16 H ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@14 x!2", B: "x!2 ~ x", C: "~ x ~ x", D: "~@4 x ~@3 x!8", E: "~@7 x", F: "x ~ x ~ x ~@3 x!8", G: "x!16", H: "x",
})).gain(0.8)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct("<~@14 A@25 ~@25 A@25 ~@18 A@25 ~@9 A@16 B ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "x!8", B: "x",
})).gain(0.64)

// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct("<~@7 [~ x ~ x]!4 ~@148>").gain(0.8)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct("<~@56 A B ~ A B ~ A B ~@35 A B ~ A B ~ A B ~@28 C B A B A B ~@16 D ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "x ~@2 x ~@2 x ~", B: "~ x ~@2 x!4", C: "~@3 x ~@2 x ~", D: "x",
})).gain(0.8)

stack(
  acoustic_guitar_steel, electric_guitar_clean, distortion_guitar, overdriven_guitar, bass, kick, snare, hihat,
  open_hat, crash
)

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