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You Can Call Me Al cover art

1986 · Graceland

You Can Call Me Al

Paul Simon

KeyF majorTempo128 bpm
0:00/0:00
// You Can Call Me Al — Paul Simon
// 128 bpm, 4/4, key F major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(128/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<[F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<[F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // solo (16 bars)
  [16, "<[F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2]>"],
  // interlude (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<[F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // instrumental (18 bars)
  [18, "<[F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] [F@2 Csus@2] [Bb@2 Csus@2] ~!2>"],
  // outro (16 bars)
  [16, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2]>"],
  // fadeout (11 bars)
  [11, "<[F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2] [Bb@2 C@2] [F@2 C@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [18, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] ~!2>"],
  [16, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [11, "<[f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@2 c2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [f2@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)

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