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// Down And Out In New York City — James Brown
// 86 bpm, 4/4, key Db minor. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(86/4)
const chords = arrange(
// intro (3 bars)
[3, "<~ [Dbm7@2 Gb7@2]!2>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<Ebm7!8>"],
// chorus (3 bars)
[3, "<[Gb@2 Db@2] Ab [~@2 ~@2]>"],
// trans (2 bars)
[2, "<[Dbm7@2 Gb7@2]!2>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<Ebm7!8>"],
// chorus (10 bars)
[10, "<[Gb@2 Db@2] Ab [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] Db7 Abm7>"],
// interlude (8 bars)
[8, "<[Dbm7@2 Gb7@2]!8>"],
// verse (8 bars)
[8, "<Ebm7!8>"],
// chorus (12 bars)
[12, "<[Gb@2 Db@2] Ab [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ab@2 Ebm@2] Db7 Abm7 Eb5!2>"],
// outro (32 bars)
[32, "<[Dbm7@2 Gb7@2]!32>"],
// fadeout (8 bars)
[8, "<[Dbm7@2 Gb7@2]!8>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
[3, "<~ [db2@2 gb2@2]!2>"],
[8, "<eb2!8>"],
[3, "<[gb2@2 db2@2] ab2 [~@2 ~@2]>"],
[2, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!2>"],
[8, "<eb2!8>"],
[10, "<[gb2@2 db2@2] ab2 [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] db2 ab2>"],
[8, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!8>"],
[8, "<eb2!8>"],
[12, "<[gb2@2 db2@2] ab2 [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] db2 ab2 eb2!2>"],
[32, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!32>"],
[8, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!8>"],
)
// 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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