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I Don't Need You cover art

1981

I Don't Need You

Kenny Rogers

KeyD♭ majorTempo67 bpm
0:00/0:00
// I Don't Need You — Kenny Rogers
// 67 bpm, 4/4, key Db major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(67/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (2 bars)
  [2, "<Dbadd9 [Ab7@2 Db@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Dbadd9 [Ab@2 Ab6@2] [Gb69@2 Db@2] Gb69 [Ab@2 Gbadd9@2] [Ab6@2 Ab9@2] Dbadd9 Ab Dbadd9 Ab [Gbadd9@2 Db@2] Ebm11 [Ab@2 Gbadd9@2] [Ab6@2 Gb@2] [Dbsus@2 Dbadd9@2] Ab>"],
  // chorus (6 bars)
  [6, "<[Db@2 Ab@2] Db [Gb@2 Db@2] Gb [Ab@2 Ab7sus@2] Ab6>"],
  // trans (2 bars)
  [2, "<Dbadd9 [Ab7@2 Db@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Dbadd9 [Ab@2 Ab6@2] [Gb69@2 Db@2] Gb69 [Ab@2 Gbadd9@2] [Ab6@2 Ab9@2] Dbadd9 Ab Dbadd9 Ab [Gbadd9@2 Db@2] Ebm11 [Ab@2 Gbadd9@2] [Ab6@2 Gb@2] [Dbsus@2 Dbadd9@2] Ab>"],
  // chorus (6 bars)
  [6, "<[Db@2 Ab@2] Db [Gb@2 Db@2] Gb [Ab@2 Ab7sus@2] Ab6>"],
  // trans (2 bars)
  [2, "<Dbadd9 [Ab7@2 Db@2]>"],
  // outro (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Gb@2 Db@2] Gb6 [Ab@2 Ab9@2] Ab6 Ab [Ab6@2 Db@2] Db!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [2, "<db2!2>"],
  [16, "<db2!2 gb2!2 ab2!2 db2!4 [gb2@2 f2@2] eb2 ab2!2 db2!2>"],
  [6, "<db2!2 gb2!2 ab2!2>"],
  [2, "<db2!2>"],
  [16, "<db2!2 gb2!2 ab2!2 db2!4 [gb2@2 f2@2] eb2 ab2!2 db2!2>"],
  [6, "<db2!2 gb2!2 ab2!2>"],
  [2, "<db2!2>"],
  [8, "<gb2!2 ab2!3 db2!3>"],
)

// 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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