Strudelify

Stir It Up

Bob Marley

KeyA majorTempo91 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Stir It Up — Marley Bob
// 91 bpm, 4/4, key A major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: pitch bends are ignored
// note: Full arrangement: all 99 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(91/4)

// 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.

// chords · pad sweep
const pad_sweep = note(`<
  ~ A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A C D C A E A C A B A B A B A B A C D C A E A C A B A B A B A B A C D C A E A C A B
  A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B F@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[a3,c#4,e4]@15 ~", B: "[a3,d4,f#4]@7 ~ [b3,e4,g#4]@7 ~", C: "[a3,d4,f#4]@8 [b3,e4,g#4]@7 ~", D: "[a3,c#4,e4]",
  E: "[a3,d4,f#4] [b3,e4,g#4]", F: "[[a2,c#4,e4,a4] ~ [a2,c#4,e4,a4] [a2,c#4,e4,a4]@21 ~@8]/2",
})).s("gm_pad_sweep").gain(0.14)

// other · electric guitar muted
const electric_guitar_muted = note(`<
  ~ A B A B A C A B A C A B A C A B D E D F G H G I A C A B A C A B D E D F G H G I A C A B A C A B D E D F G H G I A C
  A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B A C A B ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "a2 ~@2 a2 c#3 ~@2 c#3 d3 ~@2 d3 c#3 ~@2 c#3", B: "d2 ~ f#2 ~ a2 ~@2 d2 e2 ~ g#2 ~ b2 ~@3",
  C: "d2 ~ f#2 ~ a2 ~@3 e2 ~ g#2 ~ b2 ~@3", D: "a3 ~ a3!3 ~ a3!3 ~ a3!2 ~@2 a3!2", E: "[d3,a3] ~ d3!6 e3 ~ e3!6",
  F: "d3 ~ d3!6 e3!8", G: "a3 ~ a3!3 ~ a3!3 ~ a3!3 ~ a3!2", H: "d3 ~ d3!5 e3!2 ~ e3!6", I: "d3 ~ d3!6 e3!7 ~",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_muted").gain(0.5).pan(0.7)

// chords · lead 5 charang
const lead_5_charang = note(`<
  ~@11 A B ~@2 A C D E F G H I J K ~@2 A B ~@2 A C D E F G H I J K ~@2 A B ~@2 A C D E F G H I J K ~@2 A B ~@2 A C L B L
  B L B L I L B L B L B L I ~@2 A B ~@2 A C ~@2 A B ~@2 A C ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@6 e3@2 f#3@2 a3@2 c#4 d4 e4@2", B: "[a3,d4]@8 [b3,e4]@7 ~", C: "[a3,d4]@4 [b3,e4]@3 ~",
  D: "[e4,a4] ~@3 [e4,a4] ~@3 [e4,a4] ~@3 [e4,a4]@3 ~", E: "[a3,d4]@8 ~@2 [b3,e4] ~@3 [b3,e4] ~",
  F: "~@4 e3 f#3 a3 c#4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2 a3 c#4 ~", G: "[a3,d4]@7 ~ [b3,e4] ~ [b3,e4]@6",
  H: "~@2 [a3,e4] ~@3 [a3,e4] ~@3 [e4,a4]@3 ~ [c#4,e4] ~", I: "[a3,d4]@7 ~ [b3,e4]@7 ~",
  J: "~@2 [e3,a3] ~@3 e3 f#3 a3 c#4 e4 e4@3 c#4 a3", K: "[a3,d4]@7 ~ [b3,e4]@6 ~@2", L: "[a3,e4]@15 ~",
})).s("gm_lead_5_charang").gain(0.13).pan(0)

// chords · electric guitar clean
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
  ~@17 A B A C D C A C ~@8 A B A C D C A C ~@8 A B A C D C A C E F E G E G E G H I H I H I H I H I H I J I H I E F E G E
  G E G E F E G E G E G K ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [e4,a4] c#4", // A5
  B: "~@2 [d4,f#4,a4] d4 ~@2 [f#4,a4] d4 ~@2 [g#4,b4] e4 ~@2 [g#4,b4] ~", // D F#m G#m
  C: "~@2 [f#4,a4] d4 ~@2 [f#4,a4] d4 ~@2 [g#4,b4] e4 ~@2 [g#4,b4] e4", // F#m G#m
  D: "~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [e4,a4] c#4 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4] c#4", // A5 A
  E: "~@2 [e4,a4,c#5]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4,c#5]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4,c#5]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4,c#5]!2", // A
  F: "~@2 [f#4,a4,d5]!2 ~@2 [f#4,a4,d5]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2", // D E
  G: "~@2 [f#4,a4,d5]!2 ~@2 [f#4,a4,d5]!2 ~@2 [g#4,b4,e5]!2 ~@2 [g#4,b4,e5]!2", // D E
  H: "~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2", // A
  I: "~@2 [d4,f#4,a4]!2 ~@2 [d4,f#4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2", // D E
  J: "~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4] ~", // A
  K: "[e4,a4,c#5] ~ [e4,a4,c#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@13", // A
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.13).pan(0.1)

// chords · lead 8 bass lead
const lead_8_bass_lead = note(`<
  ~@9 A B A C D E A F G H I J K L M N A B A C D E A F O P Q R S T U V W X A C Y Z W F O P Q R S T U V W X A C Y Z W ~@16
  AA W X A C Y Z W ~ W X A C Y Z W ~@3
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[e4,a4,c#5]@2 [e4,a4,c#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@3 ~@10", // A
  B: "~@4 [a4,d5]@2 [f#4,a4,d5] ~ [e4,g#4,c#5]@4 [e4,g#4,b4]@2 c#5 ~, ~@4 f#4 ~@11", C: "~@5 b4 c#5 d5",
  D: "[e4,a4,c#5]@2 [e4,a4,c#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@4 ~@9", E: "~@4 [f#4,a4,d5]@3 e5 [e4,g#4,c#5]@4 [e4,g#4,b4]@3 ~",
  F: "~@10 e4@2 f#4@2 a4 ~", G: "b4@4 g4 ~ f#4@9 ~", H: "~@5 f#4 ~ f#4 b4@2 b4@2 a4@2 e5@2", I: "c#5@11 ~@5",
  J: "~@14 a4 ~", K: "c#5@2 e5@2 c#5@2 e5@6 ~ c#5@2 e5", L: "f#5@3 ~ e5@3 ~ c#5@2 a4 b4@4 ~",
  M: "c#5@2 e5 ~ e5 ~ c#5 ~ e5@3 e5@2 f#5@2 ~", N: "~@3 c#5@2 e5 c#5 ~ e5@2 b4@2 c#5@2 d5 ~",
  O: "b4@2 c#5@3 ~ a4 ~ f#4@7 ~", P: "~@5 f#4 ~ f#4 ~ b4 ~ b4@5", Q: "~@2 c#5!2 d5 f#5 e5 c#5",
  R: "~@6 a4@2 c#5@2 b4@2 a4@2 a4 ~", S: "c#5@2 e5@2 c#5 ~ c#5@4 e5@2 ~@4", T: "f#5@3 ~ e5@3 ~ c#5@2 a4@2 b4@3 ~",
  U: "c#5@2 e5 ~ e5@2 c#5 ~ e5@2 ~ e5 f#5@3 ~", V: "~@2 f#5@3 f#5 ~ f#5 e5@3 ~ f#5@3 ~",
  W: "[e4,a4]@2 [e4,a4,c#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@3 ~@10, c#5 ~@15", // A5 A
  X: "~@4 [f#4,d5] ~ [f#4,a4] ~ c#5@2 d5@2 ~@2 c#5 ~, ~@2 a4 d5 [e4,g#4]@2 [e4,g#4,b4]@2", // D F#m E
  Y: "[e4,a4,e5]@2 [e4,a4,f#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@4 ~@9", // A5 F#m7 A
  Z: "~@4 f#5@2 e5 [d5,e5] [e4,g#4,c#5]@2 d5@2 [e4,g#4,b4]@3 ~, ~ [f#4,a4] ~@2", AA: "~@10 b4@2 c#5 ~ d5 ~",
})).s("gm_lead_8_bass_lead").gain(0.27)

// chords · percussive organ
const percussive_organ = note(`<
  ~ A B A C A D A E A D A E A D A E F G F H F I F J A D A E A D A E F G F H F I F J A D A E A D A E F G F H F I F J A D
  A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E A D A E ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "a3", B: "~@4 f#5@2 e5 ~ e5@2 d5 ~ d5@2 c#5@2, d4 e4", C: "~@4 f#5@2 e5 ~ e5@2 d5 ~ d5@2 c#5 ~, d4@8 e4@7 ~",
  D: "~@4 [d5,f#5]@2 e5 ~ [b4,e5]@2 d5 ~ [b4,d5]@2 [a4,c#5] ~, d4 e4", // D E5 Bm A
  E: "~@4 [d5,f#5]@2 e5 ~ [b4,e5]@2 d5 ~ [b4,d5]@2 [a4,c#5] ~, d4@4 e4@3 ~", // D E5 Bm A
  F: "~@2 [a4,c#5,e5] ~@3 [a4,c#5,e5] ~@3 [a4,c#5,e5] ~@3 [a4,c#5,e5] ~", // A
  G: "~@2 [a4,d5,f#5] ~@3 [a4,d5,f#5] ~@3 [b4,e5,g#5] [e5,g#5] e5 [b4,e5] [b4,e5,g#5]!2", // D E E5 E
  H: "~@2 [a4,d5,f#5] ~@3 [a4,d5,f#5] ~@3 [b4,e5,g#5] e5 [b4,e5] [e5,g#5] [b4,e5,g#5]!2", // D E E5 E
  I: "~@2 [a4,d5,f#5]!2 ~@2 [a4,d5,f#5] ~@4 [b4,e5]!2 [b4,e5,g#5]!3", // D E5 E
  J: "~@2 [a4,d5,f#5] [a4,d5] [a4,d5,f#5] ~ [a4,d5,f#5] ~@3 e5 [b4,e5] [b4,e5,g#5]!4", // D D5 D E5 E
})).s("gm_percussive_organ").gain(0.2).pan(0.2)

// chords · percussive organ · soft notes
const percussive_organ_soft = note("<~@18 A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~@9 A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~@9 A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~@42>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@11 b4 [b4,g#5] g#5 ~@2", B: "~@11 [b4,g#5] g#5 b4 ~@2", C: "~@10 [b4,e5,g#5] g#5!2 ~@3",
  D: "~@3 f#5 ~@6 [b4,g#5] g#5 ~@4", // E
})).s("gm_percussive_organ").gain(0.13).pan(0.2)

// bass · electric bass pick
const bass = note(`<
  ~@2 A ~@2 B C D C B C D C B C D C E F E G E H E I B C D C B C D C E F E G E H E I B C D C B C D C E F E G E H E I B C
  D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C B C D C J ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@6 a1 c#2 ~@8", B: "a1@2 ~ a1 c#2 ~@2 c#2 d2 ~@2 d2 c#2 ~@2 c#2", C: "d2 ~ f#2 ~ a2 ~@2 d2 e2 ~ g#2 ~ b2 ~@3",
  D: "a1 ~@2 a1 c#2 ~@2 c#2 d2 ~@2 d2 c#2 ~@2 c#2", E: "a1 ~ a1 ~ c#2 ~@3 a1 ~@2 a1!2 ~@3",
  F: "d2 ~ d2 ~ f#2 ~ d2 ~@3 e2 ~ e2 ~@3", G: "d2 ~ d2 ~ f#2 ~@5 e2 ~ e2@2 ~@2", H: "d2 ~ d2 ~ f#2@2 ~@4 e2 ~ e2@2 ~@2",
  I: "d2 ~ d2 ~ f#2 ~@4 e2 ~ d2 c#2@2 b1 ~", J: "a1 ~ a1 a1@13",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_pick").gain(0.52)

// chords · clavinet
const clavinet = note(`<
  ~ A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B C D E F G H I J A B A B A B A B C D E F G H I J A B A B A B A B C D E F G H I J A B
  A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B K ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@2 [a3,c#4,e4]!2 ~@2 [a3,c#4,e4]!2 ~@2 [a3,c#4,e4]!2 ~@2 [a3,c#4,e4]!2", // A
  B: "~@2 [a3,d4,f#4]!2 ~@2 [a3,d4,f#4]!2 ~@2 [b3,e4,g#4]!2 ~@2 [b3,e4,g#4]!2", // D E
  C: "~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [c#4,e4,a4] [e4,a4] ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2", // A5 A A5
  D: "~@2 [d4,f#4,a4] [f#4,a4] ~@2 [d4,f#4,a4] f#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4] g#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2", // D F#m D E
  E: "~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4] e4", // A5
  F: "~@2 f#4!2 ~@2 [d4,f#4,a4] f#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4] g#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2", // D E
  G: "~@2 [c#4,e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2", // A A5
  H: "~@2 f#4!2 ~@2 [f#4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4] g#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4] [g#4,b4]", // F#m E G#m
  I: "~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 [e4,a4]!2 ~@2 e4 [e4,a4] ~@2 [e4,a4]!2", // A5
  J: "~@2 [d4,f#4,a4]!2 ~@2 [d4,f#4,a4] f#4 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2 ~@2 [e4,g#4,b4]!2", // D E
  K: "[e4,a4,c#5] ~ [e4,a4,c#5] [e4,a4,c#5]@13", // A
})).s("gm_clavinet").gain(0.18).pan(0.9)

// chords · clavinet · soft notes
const clavinet_soft = note("<~@17 A B C D E F G H ~@8 A B C D E F G H ~@8 A B C D E F G H ~@42>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@2 c#4!2 ~@3 c#4 ~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2", B: "~@3 d4 ~@3 [d4,a4] ~@3 [e4,b4] ~@4",
  C: "~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4 [c#4,a4]", D: "~@2 [d4,a4]!2 ~@3 [d4,a4] ~@3 [e4,b4] ~@4",
  E: "~@6 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2", F: "~@2 [d4,a4]!2 ~@2 d4!2 ~@3 [e4,b4] ~@3 e4",
  G: "~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 c#4!2 ~@2 [c#4,a4] c#4 ~@2 c#4!2", H: "~@7 [d4,a4] ~@8",
})).s("gm_clavinet").gain(0.11).pan(0.9)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct("<~ [x!2 ~ x] [~ x ~ x]!95 [x ~ x!2 ~@12] [~ x]>").gain(0.68)

// drums · rim
const rim = s("rim").struct("<~ A@65 B C@2 A D C E A B A B A C A F A@9 C A D A C A G ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "~ x ~ x", B: "~@4 x ~@4 x ~ x!2 ~ x!2", C: "~@4 x ~@7 x!2 ~ x", D: "~@4 x ~@4 x ~ x!3 ~ x",
  E: "~@4 x ~@4 x ~ x!2 ~@2 x", F: "~@4 x ~@6 x!3 ~ x", G: "~@4 x ~@4 x ~ x!2 ~@3",
})).gain(0.54)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct("<~@97 [x ~ x!2 ~@12] ~>").gain(0.61)

// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct("<~@98 [~ x]>").gain(0.61)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct(`<
  A B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C B C
  B C B C B C B C B C B C B C 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: "x!2 ~@2", B: "x ~ x!3 ~ x!3 ~ x!3 ~ x!2", C: "x ~ x!3 ~ x!3 ~ x!4 ~@2",
})).gain(0.41)

// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct(`<
  A ~@23 B ~@7 A ~@7 B ~@7 A ~@7 B ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@7 A ~@3 B ~@3 A ~ C
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@7 x", B: "~@15 x", C: "~ x",
})).gain(0.48)

// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct(`<
  ~@2 A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A
  ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~ A ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@7 x",
})).gain(0.41)

// drums · high tom
const high_tom = s("ht").struct(`<
  A ~@23 B ~@7 C ~@7 B ~@7 C ~@7 B ~@7 C ~@7 C ~@7 C ~@7 C ~@3 D ~@3 C ~ E
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@8 x ~@2 x!3 ~@2", B: "~@13 x!2 ~", C: "~@11 x!3 ~@2", D: "~@13 x!3", E: "~@7 x ~@8",
})).gain(0.48)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct(`<
  ~@25 A ~@2 B ~@12 A ~@2 B ~@12 A ~@2 B ~@4 A B ~ B ~@4 A ~@2 B ~@4 A ~@2 B ~@4 A ~@2 B A ~@3 C ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x", B: "~@7 x", C: "x ~ x!2 ~@12",
})).gain(0.68)

// drums · congas
const congas = s("conga:13").struct(`<
  ~@17 A ~ A B A ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ A ~ A B A ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ A ~ A B A ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ D
  ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~ D ~ E ~ E ~ E ~@3
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@3 x", B: "~@7 x", C: "x ~@2 x", D: "~@12 x ~@2 x", E: "~@8 x ~@2 x ~ x ~@2",
})).gain(1.74)

// drums · congas
const congas_2 = s("conga:18").struct(`<
  ~@17 A ~ B C B D E ~ E ~ F ~ F ~ F ~ A ~ B C B D E ~ E ~ F ~ F ~ F ~ A ~ B C B D E ~ E ~ F ~ F ~ F ~ E ~ F ~ F ~ F ~ E
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