0:00/0:00
// Standing In The Shadows Of Love — Four Tops
// 114 bpm, 4/4, key Bb major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(114/4)
const chords = arrange(
// chorus (8 bars)
[8, "<Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2] Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2]>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<[Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db>"],
// pre-chorus (8 bars)
[8, "<[Eb7sus@2 Ebm@2] Ebm Bb Bo Bb5!4>"],
// chorus (8 bars)
[8, "<Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2] Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2]>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<[Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db>"],
// pre-chorus (8 bars)
[8, "<[Eb7sus@2 Ebm@2] Ebm Bb Bo Bb5!4>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<[Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db [Gb@3 Abm7] Db>"],
// pre-chorus (8 bars)
[8, "<[Eb7sus@2 Ebm@2] Ebm Bb Bo Bb5!4>"],
// chorus (4 bars)
[4, "<Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2]>"],
// fadeout (8 bars)
[8, "<Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2] Bbm Bb7sus Gb^7 [F7sus@2 F7@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
[8, "<bb2 ab2 gb2 f2 bb2 ab2 gb2 f2>"],
[8, "<[gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2>"],
[8, "<eb2!2 bb2 b2 bb2!4>"],
[8, "<bb2 ab2 gb2 f2 bb2 ab2 gb2 f2>"],
[8, "<[gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2>"],
[8, "<eb2!2 bb2 b2 bb2!4>"],
[8, "<[gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2 [gb2@3 ab2] db2>"],
[8, "<eb2!2 bb2 b2 bb2!4>"],
[4, "<bb2 ab2 gb2 f2>"],
[8, "<bb2 ab2 gb2 f2 bb2 ab2 gb2 f2>"],
)
// 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)
More by Four Tops
Reach Out I'll Be ThereE minor · 122 bpmIt's the Same Old SongB major · 132 bpmLoco in AcapulcoE major · 122 bpmStanding in the Shadow of LoveA minor · 114 bpmAin't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)A minor · 97 bpmBaby I Need Your Lovin'E♭ major · 124 bpmBernadetteE♭ major · 112 bpmCan't Help MyselfG major · 123 bpm
Not in the database
That song isn't here.
Nothing in the database matches this link. It may have been renamed, or the address was mistyped. The closest songs to :
Real transcriptions · Editable patterns · Instrumental
Type a song.
Get Strudel code.
Chords, structure, melody, bass and drums compiled from open transcriptions into Strudel live-coding patterns. Play it here, scrub through the bars, then open it in strudel.cc and start hacking.
Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
The JokerSteve Miller Band · 1973
Love Me DoThe Beatles · 1964
I Don't MindJames Brown · 1961
- Real transcriptionsMcGill chord charts, Lakh MIDI and quality-filtered PDMX scores. The library includes alternate transcriptions of some songs.
- One bar, one cycleEvery layer follows the same bar timeline, keeping the code, playback and song structure aligned.
- Instrumental by designDetected vocal parts are removed. Guitar riffs, harmonica and other instrumental leads stay.