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If I Could Build My Whole World Around You cover art

1967 · United

If I Could Build My Whole World Around You

Marvin Gaye,Tammi Terrell

KeyD♭ majorTempo122 bpm
0:00/0:00
// If I Could Build My Whole World Around You — Marvin Gaye,Tammi Terrell
// 122 bpm, 4/4, key Db major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(122/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<[Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2] [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Fm Bbm Fm Bbm [Ebm@2 Fm@2] Absus [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db Ab]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Db@2 Gb@2]!8>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Fm Bbm Fm Bbm [Ebm@2 Fm@2] Absus [Db@2 Gb@2] [Gb@2 Db Ab]>"],
  // interlude (6 bars)
  [6, "<[Db@2 Gb@2]!3 [Gb@2 Db@2] [Ebm@2 Fm@2] [Fm7@2 Bb@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Eb@2 Ab@2]!8>"],
  // verse (10 bars)
  [10, "<Gm Cm Gm Cm [Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Eb@2 Ab@2] [Ab@2 Eb@2]>"],
  // outro (12 bars)
  [12, "<[Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Eb@2 Ab@2] [Ab@2 Eb@2] [Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Fm@2 Gm@2] Bb11 [Eb@2 Ab@2] [Ab@2 Eb@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<[db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2] [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2@2]>"],
  [8, "<f2 bb2 f2 bb2 [eb2@2 f2@2] ab2 [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2 ab2]>"],
  [8, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!8>"],
  [8, "<f2 bb2 f2 bb2 [eb2@2 f2@2] ab2 [db2@2 gb2@2] [gb2@2 db2 ab2]>"],
  [6, "<[db2@2 gb2@2]!3 [gb2@2 db2@2] [eb2@2 f2@2] [f2@2 bb2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[eb2@2 ab2@2]!8>"],
  [10, "<g2 c2 g2 c2 [f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [eb2@2 ab2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2]>"],
  [12, "<[f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [eb2@2 ab2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@2] [f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [f2@2 g2@2] bb2 [eb2@2 ab2@2] [ab2@2 eb2@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)