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1967 · Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat - Part 1

James Brown

KeyD minorTempo112 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Cold Sweat - Part 1 — James Brown
// 112 bpm, 4/4, key D minor. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(112/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Dm7!4>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Dm7!16>"],
  // chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 ~ G7 ~ G9>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<D6!4>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Dm7!16>"],
  // chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 C7 F7 ~ G7 ~ G9>"],
  // outro (8 bars)
  [8, "<Dm7!8>"],
  // fadeout (4 bars)
  [4, "<Dm7!4>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<d2!4>"],
  [16, "<d2!16>"],
  [14, "<c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 ~ g2 ~ g2>"],
  [4, "<d2!4>"],
  [16, "<d2!16>"],
  [14, "<c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 ~ g2 ~ g2>"],
  [8, "<d2!8>"],
  [4, "<d2!4>"],
)

// 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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