0:00/0:00
// Black Country Woman — Led Zeppelin
// 120 bpm, 4/4, key G major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: Tempo changes preserved in elapsed time; displayed bars use the dominant tempo.
// note: duplicate parts dropped: ch 4 "Mandolin I" acoustic guitar nylon (copy of ch 5 "Mandolin II" acoustic guitar nylon); ch 7 "Acoustic Guitar II" acoustic guitar steel (copy of ch 6 "Acoustic Guitar I" acoustic guitar steel)
// note: Full arrangement: all 134 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(120/4)
// 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.
// other · harmonica
const harmonica = note("<~@90 A B C D E@2 F G H ~@19 I J K L M@2 N O P Q R S@3 ~@2>".pickRestart({
A: "~@6 f5 e5", B: "f5@11 ~@3 b4 [d5,f5]", C: "a5@2 g#5@2 a5@11 ~", D: "a5 g5 f5 e5 d5 c5 b4 g4",
E: "[a#4 b4 d5@2 c5@2 a#4@2 g4@3 ~ f4@9 ~@5 g4@2 a#4 b4 c5@2]/2", F: "f5@3 ~ f5@2 f5@2 f5!8",
G: "f5 f5@3 e5@2 d5@2 c5@2 a#4 b4 ~@2 g4@2", H: "~ g4 a#4 c5 ~ g4 a#4 c5", I: "~@8 c#5@3 ~@5",
J: "c#5@5 ~ c#5@7 ~ d5 [c#5,d5]", K: "c#5@3 ~ d5@2 ~@2 c#5@3 ~ d5@2 c#5@2",
L: "c#5 d5!7, ~@8 c#5 ~ c#5 ~ c#5 ~ c#5 ~",
M: "[c#5@3 ~ d5@3 ~ c#5@3 ~ d5@2 c5@2 c5@2 g4@2 a#4 b4 c5@2 c#5@2 [d5,f5]@2 c5@2 a#4@2, ~@7 [g4,e5]@2 ~@7]/2", // Dm C
N: "[g4,b4,d5]@2 a#4!2 a4@2 a#4@2 a4@2 a#4@2 g4@2 ~@2", O: "g4!2 a#4@4 a#4@2 [g4,b4,d5]@3 ~@5",
P: "~ g4 [b4,d5] c5 d5 g5 f5 g5", Q: "a5!4 a5@2 a5 g#5, g#5 ~ g#5 ~ g#5 ~ g#5 ~ g#5 ~@7", R: "a5@7 g5",
S: "[~@2 f5@2 e5@2 d5 [d5,e5] b4@2 g4@2 b4 [b4,c5] [d4,g4,b4]@25 ~@9]/3", // Dsus2 Cmaj7 G
})).s("gm_harmonica").gain(0.53).pan(0.6)
// chords · acoustic guitar nylon · "Mandolin II"
const acoustic_guitar_nylon = note(`<
~@3 A@2 B C B C B C B D E C F@2 G H I C J C K L M N O P Q P R S T U V W X W V W X W Y Z AA N AB C AC C AD@2 AE AF AG C
AH@2 AI@2 AJ@2 AK W X W V W X W Y Z AA N AB C AC C AD@2 AE AF AG C AH@2 AI@2 AJ@2 AK W X W V W X W Y Z AA N AB C AC C
AD@2 AE AF AG C AH@2 AI@2 AJ@2 AK C AL@2 AM@2 AN AO AP AQ AR@3 ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[~@7 g3@2 [f4,b4] e4 d4 [g3,f4,b4] ~ [g3,f4,b4] ~]/2", B: "g3@2 f4@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@2",
C: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 d4 [g3,f4,b4] ~ [g3,f4,b4] ~", D: "g3 [f4,a#4] e4 d4 [g3,f4,a#4] ~ [g3,f4,a#4] ~",
E: "g3 f4 e4 d4 e4 f4 a3 g3",
F: "[g3@2 f4@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 c4 c#4 d4@4 [d4,b4]@2 d4@2 d4@2 [g4,a#4]@2 ~@2 [g4,a#4]@2 ~@2]/2", // G Gm
G: "g4 [g4,a#4,e5] a4 g4 a4 [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4]", H: "~ [g4,a#4,e5] a4 g4 [g4,a#4] ~ [g4,a#4] ~",
I: "~ [g4,a#4] a4 g4 a4 [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] a#3", J: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 d4 e4 f4 a#3 g3",
K: "g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 b3 c4 [d4,a4]@2", L: "d4 [g4,a#4] d4!2 [g4,a#4] ~ [g4,a#4] ~",
M: "g4 [g4,a#4] a4 g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4]", N: "~ [g4,a#4,e5] a4 g4 [g4,a#4,e5] ~ [g4,a#4,e5] ~",
O: "~ [g4,a#4,e5] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] a#3 g3", P: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 [d4,a4] [g3,f4,b4] ~ [g3,f4,b4] ~",
Q: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 [d4,a4] e4 f4 a#3 g3", R: "g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 [d4,a4]@2 e4@2 f4@2 b3 c4 d4@2",
S: "d4 [d4,c5] [d4,d5] a4 [d4,c5] ~ [d4,c5] ~", T: "~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g3",
U: "g3 f4 e4 d4 [g3,f4] ~ [g3,f4] ~", V: "g3@2 f4@2 [g3,e4]@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@2",
W: "g3 [f4,b4] [g3,e4] d4 [g3,f4] ~ [g3,f4] ~", X: "g3 f4 [g3,e4] d4 e4 f4 a#3 g3",
Y: "g3@2 f4@2 [g3,e4]@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 c4 c4@2", Z: "c4 [g4,a#4] d4!2 [g4,a#4] ~ [g4,a#4] ~",
AA: "g4 [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4]", // Gm D5 Gm D5 Gm
AB: "~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [a#3,d4] g3", AC: "g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@2",
AD: "[g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 c4@2 g4@4 c5@2 d5@3 ~ c5@3 ~ g4@3 ~]/2", // Fdim
AE: "~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] [g4,a#4]", // Gm D5 Gm D5 Gm
AF: "~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [g4,a#4,e5] ~ [g4,a#4,e5] ~", AG: "~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] a#3 g3",
AH: "[~@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@4 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 [g3,f4]@2 ~@2 [g3,f4,b4]@2 ~@2]/2", // Fdim G7
AI: "[~@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 b3 c4 d4@4 c5@2 [d4,b4]@2 a4@2 [d4,c5]@2 ~@2 [d4,c5]@2 ~@2]/2", // Fdim G D7
AJ: "[~ [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g4 [d4,a4] [g4,a#4] [d4,a4] g3@2 [f4,b4] e4 d4 [g3,f4,b4] ~ [g3,f4,b4] ~]/2", // Gm D5 Gm D5 Fdim G7
AK: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 d4 e4 f4 b3 g3", // Fdim
AL: "[g3@2 f4@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@4 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 [g3,f4,b4]@2 ~@2 [g3,f4,b4]@2 ~@2]/2", // Fdim G7
AM: "[g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@4 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 [g3,f4,b4]@2 g3@2 [g3,f4,b4]@2 g3@2]/2", // Fdim G7
AN: "~@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a#3 a3 g3@2", AO: "g3 [f4,b4] e4 d4 [f4,b4] ~ [f4,b4] ~",
AP: "g3@2 [f4,b4]@2 e4@2 d4@2 e4@2 f4@2 a3 b3 d4@2", AQ: "~ c5 b4 a4 [d4,c5] ~ [d4,c5] ~",
AR: "[~@2 [g4,a#4]@2 [d4,a4]@2 g4@2 [d4,a4]@2 [g4,a#4]@2 [d4,a4]@2 [d4,b4]@25 ~@9]/3", // Gm D5 Gm D5 G
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_nylon").gain(0.39).pan(0.7)
// chords · acoustic guitar steel · "Acoustic Guitar I"
const acoustic_guitar_steel = note(`<
A B C D@2 E@2 D@2 F@2 E@2 F@2 G@2 H I J@2 K@2 L I H I J@2 K@2 M N O C D@2 F@2 E@2 F@2 G@2 H I J@2 K@2 L I H I J@2 K@2
M N O C D@2 F@2 E@2 F@2 P@2 H I J@2 K@2 Q I H I J@2 K@2 M N O C D@2 F@2 E@2 F@2 P@2 H I J@2 K@2 Q I H I J@2 K@2 M N O
C D@2 F@2 E@2 R F@2 N S@2 T@3
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~ [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~", // G7 C#dim G
B: "[g2,d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4] [g3,b3,d4] b2 [g2,d3,g3,b3]", // G G7 C#dim G
C: "[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~", // G G7 C#dim G
D: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 b2@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3]@4 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~ [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g2,d3]@2]/2", // G G7 C#dim G G7 C#dim G G5
E: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 b2@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3]@4 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~ [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3]@2]/2", // G G7 C#dim G G7 C#dim G
F: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 b2@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3]@4 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~]/2", // G G7 C#dim G G7 C#dim G
G: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 [a#2,f3,a#3]@2 [c#3,g3,c4]@4 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] ~@3 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@3 ~]/2", // G G7 C#dim G A#5 C C7 F#dim …
H: "[c3,g3,c4] [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4] [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4] [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4] [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] [d2,c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4] [d2,c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]", // C5 C7 F#dim C F#dim C7 D7 Gm
I: "[c3,g3,c4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] ~@3 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@3 ~", // C5 C7 F#dim C C7
J: "[[c3,g3,c4] [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4] [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4] [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4] [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] [a#2,f#3,a#3] g2 g2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!2 [d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4] [d3,g3,b3], ~@7 [d3,g3,b3]@2 ~@7]/2", // C5 C7 F#dim C F#dim C7 D#m G7 …
K: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!3 b2 g2 g2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!2 [d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4] [d3,g3,b3], ~@7 [d3,g3,b3]@2 ~@7]/2", // G G7 C#dim G G7 C#dim G
L: "[g2,d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!3 [a#2,f3,a#3] [c#3,g3,c4]", // G G7 C#dim G A#5 C
M: "[g2,d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!3 b2 [d2,g2,d3,g3]", // G G7 C#dim G G5
N: "[g2,d3,g3]@2 [a2,d3,a3,c4,d4]@2 [a2,d3,a3,c4,d4]@2 [a2,d3,a3,c4,d4]@2 [a2,d3,a3,c4,d4] ~@3 [a2,d3,a3,c4,d4]@2 [f2,a#2,f3,a#3]@2", // G5 D7 A#5
O: "[g2,c3,g3,c4] [c3,g3,c4]!5 [a#2,f3,a#3,d4] [g2,d3,g3,b3]", // C5 A# G
P: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 [a#2,f3,a#3]@2 [g3,c4]@4 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4] ~@3 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@3 ~]/2", // G G7 C#dim G A#5 C5 C7 F#dim …
Q: "[g2,d3,g3,b3] [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4] [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4] [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]!3 [a#2,f3,a#3] [g3,c4]", // G G7 C#dim G A#5 C5
R: "[g2,d3,g3,b3]@2 [g2,d3,g3,d4,f4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,c#4,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@3 ~ [g2,d3,g3,b3,g4]@2 [g2,d3]@2", // G G7 C#dim G G5
S: "[[g2,c3,g3,c4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,e4,g4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,f#4,a4]@2 [c3,g3,c4,g4,a#4]@2 [a#2,f#3,a#3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3]@4 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,f3,g3,d4]@3 ~ [g2,e3,g3,c#4,d4]@3 ~ [g2,d#3,g3,c4,d4]@3 ~]/2", // C5 C7 F#dim C F#dim C7 A#aug G …
T: "[[g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,e4]@2 [g2,d3,g3,b3,d4]@2 ~ [g2,d3,g3]@27 ~@12, ~@2 [b3,f4]@7 ~@3]/3", // G Em7 G G5 Bdim
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.25).pan(0.1)
// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct(`<
~@44 A@19 B C D E F E G C G C D E G C D E F C D E G C F E F C H I H@2 J C F E F E F E F E F K L C G C F E F C F C F C
F E F M F@2 N O F C F C G ~@4
>`.pickRestart({
A: "x!4", B: "x ~ x ~ x ~@2 x", C: "~ x ~@2 x ~@3", D: "x ~@3 x ~@2 x", E: "~ x ~ x!2 ~@3", F: "x ~@3 x!2 ~ x",
G: "x!2 ~@2 x!2 ~ x", H: "x!2 ~ x!2 ~@3", I: "x!3 ~ x ~@3", J: "x!2 ~ x!2 ~@2 x", K: "~ x ~ x!2 ~ x ~",
L: "x!2 ~@2 x!2 ~@2", M: "x!2", N: "x ~@4 x ~ x", O: "x ~@4 x ~@2",
})).gain(0.53)
// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct("<~@63 A B@7 C B@11 C B@5 D@4 B@14 C B@7 C B@3 C@5 B@5 E ~@4>".pickRestart({
A: "~@5 x!2 ~", B: "~ x ~ x", C: "~@2 x!2 ~@2 x ~", D: "~@2 x ~@3 x!2", E: "~@2 x ~@4 x",
})).gain(0.53)
// drums · pedal hat
const pedal_hat = s("hh").struct("<~@63 A B@7 C D B@10 C D B@19 E B@6 C D B@17 ~@4>".pickRestart({
A: "~@7 x", B: "x!8", C: "x!7 ~", D: "~ x!7", E: "x!6 ~@2",
})).gain(0.53)
// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct("<~@71 A ~@11 A ~@20 B ~@6 A ~@22>".pickRestart({
A: "~@7 x", B: "~@3 x",
})).gain(0.53)
stack(harmonica, acoustic_guitar_nylon, acoustic_guitar_steel, kick, snare, pedal_hat, crash)
More by Led Zeppelin
Not in the database
That song isn't here.
Nothing in the database matches this link. It may have been renamed, or the address was mistyped. The closest songs to :
Real transcriptions · Editable patterns · Instrumental
Type a song.
Get Strudel code.
Chords, structure, melody, bass and drums compiled from open transcriptions into Strudel live-coding patterns. Play it here, scrub through the bars, then open it in strudel.cc and start hacking.
Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
The JokerSteve Miller Band · 1973
Love Me DoThe Beatles · 1964
I Don't MindJames Brown · 1961
- Real transcriptionsMcGill chord charts, Lakh MIDI and quality-filtered PDMX scores. The library includes alternate transcriptions of some songs.
- One bar, one cycleEvery layer follows the same bar timeline, keeping the code, playback and song structure aligned.
- Instrumental by designDetected vocal parts are removed. Guitar riffs, harmonica and other instrumental leads stay.