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Time in a Bottle

Jim Croce

KeyF majorTempo138 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Time in a Bottle — Jim Croce
// 138 bpm, 3/4, key F major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: duplicate parts dropped: ch 8 "MELODY" ocarina (copy of ch 1 "MELODY" accordion); ch 5 "GTRSTL" acoustic guitar steel (copy of ch 2 "GTRNYL" acoustic guitar nylon)
// note: Full arrangement: all 96 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(138/3)

// 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 nylon · "GTRNYL"
const acoustic_guitar_nylon = note(`<
  A@3 B@2 C D ~@2 E F E@2 G H I J E K L M N O P Q E F E@2 G H I J E K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y R S T Z AA W X AB E F
  E@2 G AC Q J E K L M N O Q AD R S T U V W X Y R S T Z AA W X Q AE@4 AF@3
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "f4@11 ~@5", B: "d4@11 ~@5", C: "d4@7 ~@4 db4@4 ~", D: "a3@11 ~@5", E: "~@5 [d4,f4]@7 ~@4",
  F: "~@5 [db4,f4]@7 ~@4", G: "~@5 [bb3,d4,e4]@7 ~@4", H: "[bb3,d4,g4]@4 ~ [db4,e4,a4]@4 ~@2 [d4,f4,bb4]@4 ~",
  I: "[db4,g4]@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@4 ~", J: "g4@4 ~ f4@4 ~@2 [e4,g4]@4 ~", K: "~@5 [c4,f4]@7 ~@4", L: "[d4,f4]@11 ~@5",
  M: "[bb3,d4,f4]@11 ~@5", N: "~@5 [a3,d4]@7 ~@4", O: "[bb3,d4]@11 ~@5", P: "c4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@4 ~",
  Q: "db4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@4 ~", R: "[d4,gb4]@11 ~@5", S: "[db4,gb4]@11 ~@5", T: "[b3,d4]@11 ~@5", U: "[a3,d4]@11 ~@5",
  V: "[g3,b3]@11 ~@5", W: "a3@5 ~@3 [b3,d4]@5 ~@3", X: "g3@5 ~@3 [b3,d4]@5 ~@3", Y: "db4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@2 a3@2 ~",
  Z: "[a3,d4]@7 ~@4 gb3@4 ~", AA: "b3@5 ~@3 d4@5 ~@3", AB: "db4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@2 a4@2 ~",
  AC: "[bb3,d4]@4 ~ [db4,e4]@4 ~@2 [d4,f4]@4 ~", AD: "db4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@2 e4@2 ~",
  AE: "[d4@2 ~ e4@2 f4@2 ~ d4@2 ~ e4@2 f4@13 ~@6]/2",
  AF: "[d4@2 ~ e4@2 f4@2 ~ d4@2 ~ e4@2 ~@19 [d4,a4,d5]@11 ~@5, ~@13 f4@29 ~@6]/3", // D5
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_nylon").gain(0.47).pan(0.4)

// other · acoustic guitar nylon · "GTRNYL"
const acoustic_guitar_nylon_2 = note(`<
  A B C D E F G H@2 I J K L M N G O I K P N Q R G@2 I J K L M N G O I K P N Q R G@2 I J L S T U V G I J L S T U V G I J
  K L M N G O I K P N Q R G@2 I J L S T U V G I J L S T U V G W@6 X
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "d4@11 ~@5", B: "db4@11 ~@5", C: "c4@11 ~@5", D: "bb3@11 ~@5", E: "a3@11 ~@5", F: "bb3@4 ~ a3@4 ~@2 g3@4 ~",
  G: "a2@4 ~ b2@4 ~@2 db3@4 ~", H: "[a3@4 ~ a3@4 ~@2 g3@9 ~@12]/2", I: "d3@7 ~@4 d3@4 ~", J: "db3@7 ~@4 db3@4 ~",
  K: "c3@7 ~@4 c3@4 ~", L: "b2@7 ~@4 b2@4 ~", M: "a2@7 ~@4 bb2@4 ~", N: "bb2@4 ~ a2@4 ~@2 g2@4 ~",
  O: "e3@4 ~ d3@4 ~@2 db3@4 ~", P: "bb2@7 ~@4 d3@4 ~", Q: "f2@7 ~@4 f2@4 ~", R: "e2@4 ~ f2@4 ~@2 g2@4 ~",
  S: "a2@7 ~@4 a2@4 ~", T: "g2@7 ~@4 g2@4 ~", U: "gb2@7 ~@4 gb2@4 ~", V: "e2@7 ~@4 e2@4 ~",
  W: "[~@11 f3@16 ~@5, ~@5 a2@21 ~@6]/2", X: "[d2,a2,f3]@11 ~@5",
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_nylon").gain(0.42)

// chords · rock organ · "ROCKORG"
const rock_organ = note(`<
  ~@9 A B C D E F G H B C I@2 B J K@2 B@2 C D E F G H B C I@2 B J K@2 L M N L O P Q K L M N L O P Q K B@2 C D E F G H B
  C I@2 B J K@2 L M N L O P Q K L M N L O P Q K B R@6
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[a4,d5,f5]@11 ~@5", B: "[a4,d5,f5]", C: "[a4,c5,f5]", D: "[a4,b4,f5]", E: "[e4,bb4,d5]",
  F: "[g4,bb4,d5]@5 [e4,g4,db5]@5 ~ [f4,bb4,d5]@5", G: "[e4,g4,db5]@5 [a4,b4,f5]@5 ~ [e4,g4,db5]@5",
  H: "[e4,g4,db5]@11 [a4,d5,f5]@5", I: "[f4,bb4,d5]", J: "[g4,bb4,d5]", K: "[e4,g4,db5]", L: "[a4,d5,gb5]",
  M: "[a4,db5,gb5]", N: "[a4,b4,gb5]", O: "[g4,b4,d5]", P: "[gb4,b4,d5]", Q: "[d4,g4,b4]", R: "[a4,d5,f5]/2",
})).s("gm_rock_organ").gain(0.21).pan(0.4)

// other · acoustic guitar steel · "INTRO"
const acoustic_guitar_steel = note("<A B C D E F G H@2 ~@87>".pickRestart({
  A: "a4@2 ~ d5@2 a4@2 ~ d5@2 ~ a4@2 d5@2 ~", B: "a4@2 ~ db5@2 a4@2 ~ db5@2 ~ a4@2 db5@2 ~",
  C: "a4@2 ~ c5@2 a4@2 ~ c5@2 ~ a4@2 c5@2 ~", D: "g4@2 ~ bb4@2 g4@2 ~ bb4@2 ~ g4@2 bb4@2 ~",
  E: "g4@4 ~ e4@4 ~@2 f4@4 ~", F: "g4@4 ~ f4@4 ~@2 e4@4 ~", G: "db4@4 ~ d4@4 ~@2 e4@4 ~",
  H: "[[g4,e5]@4 ~ [f4,d5]@4 ~@2 [e4,db5]@9 ~@12]/2", // C Dm Dbm
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.4).pan(0.6)

stack(acoustic_guitar_nylon, acoustic_guitar_nylon_2, rock_organ, acoustic_guitar_steel)

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