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// Amazing Grace — Mahalia Jackson
// 140 bpm, 3/4, key C major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: Full arrangement: all 110 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(140/3)
// 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.
// bass · electric bass finger · "FINGERDBAS"
const bass = note(`<
A@2 B C D@3 ~ E F G ~ H@2 I ~ J K J L I L I ~ E M I ~ N@2 J ~ I O P J G L I F E L I Q H@2 I ~ J R J ~ I L I ~ E S I ~
N@2 J ~ E S I T U@2 I V E W I V U@2 I V J X J Y G Z I V E W I V I AA J Y I Z E AB I Z J Y AC@2 B C I ~
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[c2@25 ~@3 g2@2 ~ c2]/2", B: "f2@10 ~@2 f2@2 ~ f#2", C: "g2@5 d2@5 ~ g1@5",
D: "[c2@25 ~@7 c2@16, ~@31 g1@2 ~@15]/3", E: "f1", F: "~@15 c2", G: "c2 ~@15", H: "[c2@25 ~@6 g1]/2", I: "c2",
J: "g1", K: "~@15 d2", L: "~@15 g1", M: "~@15 c1", N: "[c2@25 ~@6 c2]/2", O: "e2@5 f2@5 ~ f#2@5", P: "g2@3 ~@13",
Q: "~@11 f#1@5", R: "d2", S: "~@15 f1", T: "c2@3 ~@13", U: "[c2@21 ~@6 g1@4 ~]/2", V: "~@11 g1@5", W: "~@11 c2@4 ~",
X: "~@11 d2@2 b1@2 ~", Y: "~@11 d2@5", Z: "~@11 g1@4 ~", AA: "a#1@5 a1@5 ~ g#1@5", AB: "~@11 c2@5",
AC: "[c2 ~@15 c2@12 g2@2 ~ c2, ~@15 g1@2 ~@15]/2",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.56)
// bass · electric bass finger · "FINGERDBAS" · soft notes
const bass_soft = note("<~@69 A ~@3 B ~@3 A ~@7 A ~@3 B ~@7 A ~@3 A ~@8>".pickRestart({
A: "~@15 a1", B: "~@15 d2",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.32)
// chords · epiano1 · "E.PIANO 1"
const epiano1 = note(`<
A@2 B@2 A@2 C@2 D ~ A@4 E@2 F@2 G@2 H@2 C@2 I@2 A@4 J@2 A@2 K L A@2 C@2 M@2 A@4 N@2 O@2 P@2 A@2 C@2 Q@2 A@4 R@2 D S T
U A@2 V ~ W@2 A@2 X@2 V ~ Y@2 K ~ A@2 C@2 W@2 A@4 Z@2 A@2 Q@2 A@2 K ~ AA AB AC AD T ~
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[c4,e4,g4]/2", B: "[[d#4,a#4] [c4,f4,a4], g4]/2", C: "[a#3,e4,g4]/2", D: "[c4,f4,a4] ~@15",
E: "[[a#3,e4,g4] [a#3,e4,g4]@31]/2", F: "[[b3,d4]@16 [b3,d4,f#4]@15 ~, g4@31 ~]/2", G: "[b3,d4,f4]/2",
H: "[b3,c4,d4,e4,f4,g4]/2", I: "[c4,d#4,a4]/2", J: "[~ f4@31, [b3,d4,g4]]/2", K: "[b3,d4,f4] ~@15", L: "[b3,d4,f4]",
M: "[[c4,d#4,a4]@31 ~, [a#3,e4,g4] ~@31]/2", N: "[[a#3,e4,g4]@31 [b3,d4,g4]]/2",
O: "[[b3,d4] [d4,f#4,a4], g4@29 ~@3]/2", P: "[[b3,g4], d4 ~@31]/2", Q: "[c4,f4,a4]/2", R: "[[b3,d4,g4]@31 ~]/2",
S: "[c4,f4] ~@15, g#4", T: "[c4,e4,g4]", U: "[c4,e4,g4] ~@7", V: "[a#3,e4,g4] ~@15", W: "[[c4,f4] ~@31, a4]/2",
X: "[[c4,e4,g4]@31 ~]/2", Y: "[[b3,d4,g4]@29 [b3,d4]@2 ~, ~@29 f#4 ~@2]/2", Z: "[[b3,d4,f4]@31 ~, [c4,e4,g4] ~@31]/2",
AA: "[c4,e4,g4] ~@15", AB: "[b3,e4,g4]", AC: "[d#4,g4,a#4]", AD: "[c4,f4,a4]",
})).s("gm_epiano1").gain(0.3)
// chords · electric guitar clean · "CLEAN GTR"
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
~ A B C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ D ~ D ~ E ~ G ~ H ~ D ~ E ~ I ~ D ~ D ~ H ~ D H J@2 D ~ E ~ I ~ D ~ D ~ E ~ K ~ L ~ D ~ E ~ F ~
D ~ D ~ L ~ M ~ D N O P Q R S N O N O P Q T U V W N O P Q R S N O N O V W N O R S N O V W N X B Y ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[b3,c4,e4] ~@7", B: "~@11 [d#4,g4,a#4] ~@4", C: "[c4,f4,a4]@4 ~@7 [c4,f4,a4] ~@4", D: "[c4,e4,g4] ~@7",
E: "[a#3,e4,g4] ~@7", F: "[c4,f4,a4] ~@7", G: "[b3,d4,f#4] ~@15", H: "[b3,d4,f4] ~@7", I: "[c4,d#4,a4] ~@7",
J: "[~@15 [b3,d4,f4]@2 ~@15]/2", K: "[b3,f#4,a4] ~@15", L: "[b3,d4,g4] ~@7", M: "[c4,f4,g#4] ~@15",
N: "~@15 [c4,e4,g4]", O: "[c4,e4,g4] ~@15", P: "~@15 [a#3,e4,g4]", Q: "[a#3,e4,g4] ~@15", R: "~@15 [c4,f4,a4]",
S: "[c4,f4,a4] ~@15", T: "~@15 [b3,d4,g4]", U: "[b3,d4,g4] ~@15", V: "~@15 [b3,d4,f4]", W: "[b3,d4,f4] ~@15",
X: "[b3,e4,g4] ~@15", Y: "[c4,f4,a4] ~@3",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.4)
// chords · percussive organ · "ORGAN 2"
const percussive_organ = note(`<
A@2 ~@2 A@2 B@2 C@2 A@4 B@2 D E@3 F@2 G@2 H@2 A@4 I@2 A@2 J ~@3 K@2 L@2 A@4 M@2 D N O@2 A@2 K@2 C@2 A@4 O@2 P Q R S
~@42
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[e4,c5]/2", B: "[[e4,a#4]@31 ~]/2", C: "[f4,a4]/2", D: "[g4,b4]", E: "[[f#4,b4]@15 f4@32 ~, ~@5 b4@5 ~@6]/3",
F: "[[e4,c5]@31 ~, [f4,b4] ~@31]/2", G: "[e4,a#4]/2", H: "[d#4,a4]/2", I: "[g4 f4@31, b4]/2",
J: "[f4,g4,b4] ~@15, d4 ~@7", K: "[[e4,g4] [e4,a#4]@31]/2", L: "[[d#4,e4,a4,a#4]@31 ~]/2",
M: "[[e4,a#4]@31 [g4,b4]]/2", N: "[d4,f#4]", O: "[g4,b4]/2", P: "[f4,a4] ~@15", Q: "[f4,g#4]", R: "[e4,c5]",
S: "g4 ~@7, c5 ~@15",
})).s("gm_percussive_organ").gain(0.29)
// chords · percussive organ · "ORGAN 2" · soft notes · D# F
const percussive_organ_soft = note("<~@2 [[g3,a#3,d#4]] [[f3,a3,c4]] ~@106>").s("gm_percussive_organ").gain(0.14)
// chords · string ensemble 1 · "ORGAN 2"
const string_ensemble_1 = note("<~@35 A B@8 ~@24 C@6 D@2 E@8 F@6 D@2 G@4 H@8 I@2 J K ~@2>".pickRestart({
A: "[d4,f4,b4]", B: "[e4,c5]/8", C: "[[e4,g4]@31 [g4,a#4]@32 ~ [a4,c5]@32, c5@64 f4 ~@31, ~@31 e4@65]/6",
D: "[e4,g4,c5]/2", // C
E: "[[e4,g4]@31 a#4@33 [d4,g4,b4]@29 [f#4,b4] ~@2 [d4,f4,b4]@32, c5, ~@31 e4@97, ~@31 g4@31 ~@31 d4@2 ~@33]/8", // Em G B5 Bdim
F: "[[e4,g4]@32 [g4,a#4]@31 ~ [a4,c5]@32, c5@64 f4 ~@31, ~ e4@2]/6", G: "[g4 [d4,f4,b4], [e4,c5]]/4",
H: "[[g4,c5]@32 [f4,a4]@32 g4@31 ~ [d4,f4,b4]@32, e4 e4, ~@32 c5@63 ~@33]/8", I: "[[c4,g4] ~@15 [b3,g4]@16, e4]/2",
J: "[g3,a#3,d#4]", K: "[f3,a3,c4]",
})).s("gm_string_ensemble_1").gain(0.14).pan(0.4)
// other · electric guitar muted · "MUTED GTR"
const electric_guitar_muted = note(`<
A B A C A ~ D E F ~ D E A ~ D E G ~ H I A ~ D E F ~ D E A ~ H I A ~@2 G A ~ D E F ~ D E A ~ D E G ~ H I A ~ D E F ~ D
E A ~ H I F ~ D ~ A E A E F J A E A E A E G K G I A E A E F J A E A E G I A E F J A E G I L B A C ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@5 c3@3 ~ c3 ~@6", B: "c3@3 ~ c3 ~@11", C: "~@9 c3 ~@6", D: "~@4 c3 c3@3 ~ c3 ~@6", E: "~@11 c3@3 ~ c3",
F: "~@5 f3@3 ~ f3 ~@6", G: "~@5 g3@3 ~ g3 ~@6", H: "~@4 g3 g3@3 ~ g3 ~@6", I: "~@11 g3@3 ~ g3", J: "~@11 f3@3 ~ f3",
K: "~@11 g3@3 ~ b2", L: "~@13 g2@2 a2",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_muted").gain(0.32)
// other · string ensemble 2 · "SLOWSTRING"
const string_ensemble_2 = note("<~ A B@2 ~@101 A C@2 D ~>".pickRestart({
A: "~@5 g5@5 ~ c6@5", B: "[g6@13 ~@3]/2", C: "[g6@21 d6@5 ~ g5@5]/2", D: "c6",
})).s("gm_string_ensemble_2").gain(0.2)
// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct("<~@83 [~@15 x] ~@26>").gain(0.32)
// drums · rim
const rim = s("rim").struct(`<
~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~
A ~ A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@6
>`.pickRestart({
A: "x",
})).gain(0.32)
// drums · rim · soft notes
const rim_soft = s("rim").struct(`<
~@5 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~
A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@6
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~ x ~@14",
})).gain(0.24)
// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct(`<
~ A ~ B ~@30 C ~@32 C ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~ B ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~ x ~@14", B: "x!2 ~@14", C: "x!2 ~@3 x ~ x ~@8",
})).gain(0.24)
// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct(`<
[x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4]!95
[x ~@4 x ~@10]
[x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4]!3
[x ~@4 x ~@10]
[x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4]!3
[x ~@4 x ~@10]
[x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4]!4
~@2
>`).gain(0.32)
// drums · hihat · soft notes
const hihat_soft = s("hh").struct(`<
A@8 ~@2 A@6 ~@4 A@4 ~@2 A@4 ~@2 A@2 ~@2 A@4 ~@2 A@6 ~ A ~@2 A@4 ~@2 A@4 ~@4 A@6 ~@2 A@6 ~@4 A@4 ~@2 A@4 ~@2 A@2 ~@2
A@2 ~@2 A@4 ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~ x ~@5 x ~@4 x ~@3",
})).gain(0.16)
// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct("<~@34 [~@15 x] ~@31 [~@15 x]!2 ~@15 [~@11 x!2 ~@3] ~@26>").gain(0.4)
// drums · low tom · soft notes
const low_tom_soft = s("lt").struct("<~@35 x ~@31 x!2 ~@14 [~@13 x ~@2] ~@26>").gain(0.16)
// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct("<~@3 A ~@30 B A ~@30 B@2 ~@15 C ~@23 A ~@2>".pickRestart({
A: "~@5 x ~@5 x ~@4", B: "~@11 x!2 ~@3", C: "~@5 x ~@10",
})).gain(0.32)
// drums · mid tom · soft notes
const mid_tom_soft = s("mt").struct("<~@3 A ~@30 B A ~@30 B@2 ~@15 C ~@23 A ~@2>".pickRestart({
A: "~@7 x ~@4 x ~@3", B: "~@12 x!2 ~@2", C: "~@7 x ~@8",
})).gain(0.16)
// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct(`<
~@5 A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~@5 A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~@3 A ~@3 A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~@3 A ~ A ~@7 B ~@7 B ~@7 B
~@7 B ~ C ~ B ~ C ~ B ~ C ~@6
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@13 x ~@2", B: "~@15 x", C: "~@11 x ~@4",
})).gain(0.48)
// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct(`<
A@2 ~@2 A@2 ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A@5 ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A
~ A ~ A ~ A@2 ~@15 A ~@23 B A
>`.pickRestart({
A: "x", B: "x ~@7 x!2 ~ x!3 ~ x",
})).gain(0.16)
// drums · tambourine
const tambourine = s("tb").struct(`<
~@3 A ~@65 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "x",
})).gain(0.72)
// drums · ride
const ride = s("rd").struct(`<
~ A B C ~@31 D ~@32 B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B D B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@5 x ~@5 x ~@4", B: "x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@3 x", C: "x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4", D: "x",
})).gain(0.4)
// drums · shaker
const shaker = s("sh").struct(`<
A B C@2 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D ~@2 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D@3 A D E ~@43
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@5 x ~@5 x ~@4", B: "x ~@4 x ~@3 x ~@6", C: "~@5 x ~@3 x ~@6", D: "x ~@4 x ~@5 x ~@4", E: "x ~@4 x ~@10",
})).gain(0.24)
// drums · woodblocks
const woodblocks = s("woodblock:5").struct(`<
~@2 A ~@4 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@2 C B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@7 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@3 B ~@7 D ~@3 D ~@3 D ~@3 E
~@3 D ~@3 D ~@3 D ~@3 D ~@3 D ~@2 A ~@3
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@5 x ~@10", B: "~@11 x ~@3 x", C: "~@9 x ~@6", D: "~@4 x ~@6 x ~@3 x", E: "~ x ~@2",
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