Strudelify
California Nights cover art

1967 · California Nights

California Nights

Lesley Gore

KeyC majorTempo123 bpm
0:00/0:00
// California Nights — Lesley Gore
// 123 bpm, 4/4, key C major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(123/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<F C^7 F [Em7@2 Am7@2] F C^7 F [Em7@2 Am7@2]!2 [Dm7@2 G@2] [Csus C Csus C] [Fm C Fm C]>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2 Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<F C^7 F [Em7@2 Am7@2] F C^7 F [Em7@2 Am7@2]!2 [Dm7@2 G@2] [Csus C Csus C] [Fm C Fm C]>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2 Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2>"],
  // interlude (8 bars)
  [8, "<G7!8>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2>"],
  // fadeout (8 bars)
  [8, "<Fm!2 Gb!2 E!2 C!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<f2!2 db2!2 e2!2 c2!2>"],
  [12, "<c2!3 [e2@2 a2@2] c2!3 [e2@2 a2@2]!2 [d2@2 g2@2] c2!2>"],
  [16, "<f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2 f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2>"],
  [12, "<c2!3 [e2@2 a2@2] c2!3 [e2@2 a2@2]!2 [d2@2 g2@2] c2!2>"],
  [16, "<f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2 f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2>"],
  [8, "<g2!8>"],
  [8, "<f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2>"],
  [8, "<f2!2 gb2!2 e2!2 c2!2>"],
)

// 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)

More by Lesley Gore