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1973 · 70's Funk Classics

Think

James Brown

KeyE♭ majorTempo157 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Think — James Brown
// 157 bpm, 4/4, key Eb major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(157/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<Eb7#9!8 Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb7!8 Bb7!8>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<Eb7#9!8 Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3]>"],
  // solo (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb7!8 Bb7!8>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<Eb7#9!8 Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb7!8 Bb7!8>"],
  // chorus (21 bars)
  [21, "<Eb7#9!8 Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3] Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3] Bb7 Ab7 Eb7 [Eb7 Bb7@3] Eb7>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [12, "<eb2!8 bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3]>"],
  [16, "<eb2!8 bb2!8>"],
  [12, "<eb2!8 bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3]>"],
  [16, "<eb2!8 bb2!8>"],
  [12, "<eb2!8 bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3]>"],
  [16, "<eb2!8 bb2!8>"],
  [21, "<eb2!8 bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3] bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3] bb2 ab2 eb2 [eb2 f2@3] eb2>"],
)

// 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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