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// Being Boring — Pet Shop Boys
// 120 bpm, 4/4, key G# minor. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: sustain pedal (CC 64) lengthens the held notes
// note: Full arrangement: all 148 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(120/4)
// 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.
// other · synth strings 1
const synth_strings_1 = note("<~@60 A@2 B@2 C@2 D E ~@80>".pickRestart({
A: "[g#4@7 c#5]/2", B: "[a#4@7 d#5]/2", C: "[b4@7 a#4]/2", D: "b4@3 c#5", E: "d#5 ~@7",
})).s("gm_synth_strings_1").gain(0.36).pan(0.6)
// other · ocarina
const ocarina = note("<~ A@3 ~@144>".pickRestart({
A: "[c#5 f#5@4 c#5]/3",
})).s("gm_ocarina").gain(0.35)
// chords · pad warm
const pad_warm = note(`<
A@4 B C D E B C D E F G F H@2 I@2 J@2 I@2 J@2 K L M@2 N@2 O@2 P@2 Q@2 B C D R B C D R F G F H@2 I@2 J@2 I@2 J@2 K L
M@2 N@2 O@2 P@2 Q@2 B C D R B C D R F G F C F G F S@2 T U T V ~ I@2 J@2 I@2 J@2 K L M@2 N@2 O@2 P@2 Q@2 B C D R B C D
R F G F C F G F W@2 C D R B C D R B C D X@7 ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
A: "[[g#3,b3,d#4]@63 ~]/4", B: "[a3,c#4,e4]", C: "[b3,d#4,f#4]", D: "[g#3,b3,d#4,f#4]", E: "[c#4,e4]",
F: "[a3,c#4,e4,g#4]", G: "[b3,d#4,f#4,g#4]", H: "[[g#3,b3,d#4], e4 ~@15]/2", I: "[f3,g#3,c4]/2", J: "[f#3,a#3,c#4]/2",
K: "[d#3,f#3,a#3,c#4]", L: "[d#3,g#3], c4 ~@7", M: "[g#3,c#4,f4]/2", N: "[f#3,a#3,d#4]/2", O: "[[f#3,b3,d#4]@31 ~]/2",
P: "[d#3,g#3,b3]/2", Q: "[[d#3,g#3], c4 ~@15]/2", R: "[g#3,c#4,e4]",
S: "[d#4 [f#3,a#3,c#4,d#4], [g#3,b3], e4 ~@15]/2", T: "[g#3,b3,d#4]", U: "[f#3,a#3,d#4]", V: "[g3,a#3], d#4 ~@7",
W: "[e4 ~@7 [a3,c#4,e4]@8, [g#3,b3,d#4]]/2", // A G#m
X: "[[b3,d#4]@8 [a#3,c#4]@5 [b3,d#4]@2 [a#3,c#4] [g#3,b3]@8 [f#3,a#3]@5 [g#3,b3]@2 [f#3,a#3] g#3@8 f#3@5 g#3@2 ~ e3@4 ~@4, b2@103 ~@9, g#3@31 ~@33 d#3@29 ~ f#3@4 ~@14, ~@5 c#3 ~]/7", // B A#m B A#m G#m F# G#m F#
})).s("gm_pad_warm").gain(0.5).pan(0.3)
// bass · electric bass finger
const bass = note(`<
~@4 A B C D A B C D A C E F G H@2 I@2 H@2 I@2 J K D@2 E@2 B@2 L C@2 K A B C D A B C D A C E F G H@2 I@2 H@2 I@2 J K
D@2 E@2 B@2 L C@2 K A B C D A B C D A C A B A C E F J@5 M H@2 I@2 H@2 I@2 J K D@2 E@2 B@2 L C@2 K A B C D A B C D A C
A B A C E F A B C D A B C N ~@12
>`.pickRestart({
A: "a1 ~ a1 ~ a1!2 ~ a1 ~ a1 ~ a1!2 ~ a1 ~", B: "b1 ~ b1 ~ b1!2 ~ b1 ~ b1 ~ b1!2 ~ b1 ~",
C: "g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1!2 ~ g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1!2 ~ g#1 ~", D: "c#2 ~ c#2 ~ c#2!2 ~ c#2 ~ c#2 ~ c#2!2 ~ c#2 ~",
E: "f#1 ~ f#1 ~ f#1!2 ~ f#1 ~ f#1 ~ f#1!2 ~ f#1 ~", F: "e1 ~ e1 ~ e1!2 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1!2 ~ e1 ~",
G: "e1 ~ e1 ~ e1!2 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1!2 ~ e1@2", H: "f2 ~ f2 ~ f2!2 ~ f2 ~ f2 ~ f2!2 ~ f2 ~",
I: "f#2 ~ f#2 ~ f#2!2 ~ f#2 ~ f#2 ~ f#2!2 ~ f#2 ~", J: "d#2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2!2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2!2 ~ d#2 ~",
K: "g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1!2 ~ g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1!2 ~ g#1@2", L: "g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1!2 ~ g#1 ~ g#1 ~ g#1@2 ~ g#1 ~",
M: "d#2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2!2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2 ~ d#2!2 ~ d#2@2", N: "c#2 ~ c#2 ~ c#2!2 ~ c#2 ~@8",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.53)
// chords · orchestral harp
const orchestral_harp = note("<~@7 A B C ~@5 A B C ~@72 A B C ~@55>".pickRestart({
A: "~@8 c#6@2 ~@5 [f#3,g#3], ~ c#4@5 [g#4,c#5,e5] c#4, ~@3 [e3,g#3]@10 [e4,f#4]@3, ~@2 c#5 c#5@2 c#6@3, ~@5 g#4 e4 [f#4,g#4]@3 e5 [f#5,g#5]@5", // F#sus2 C#m E Esus2 F#sus2
B: "e3 ~@7 c#6@2 ~@5 [f#3,g#3], ~ c#4@5 [g#4,c#5,e5] c#4, ~@3 [e3,g#3]@10 [e4,f#4]@3, ~@2 c#5 c#5@2 c#6@3, ~@5 g#4 e4 [f#4,g#4]@3 e5 [f#5,g#5]@5", // F#sus2 C#m E Esus2 F#sus2
C: "e3 ~@15",
})).s("gm_orchestral_harp").gain(0.25)
// chords · orchestral harp · soft notes · F#sus2
const orchestral_harp_soft = note(`<
~@7
[~@5 f#4@2 ~@2 [f#5,g#5]@2 ~@5, ~@3 f#3@12 ~, ~@8 e4@5 ~@3]!2
~@6
[~@5 f#4@2 ~@2 [f#5,g#5]@2 ~@5, ~@3 f#3@12 ~, ~@8 e4@5 ~@3]!2
~@73
[~@5 f#4@2 ~@2 [f#5,g#5]@2 ~@5, ~@3 f#3@12 ~, ~@8 e4@5 ~@3]!2
~@56
>`).s("gm_orchestral_harp").gain(0.15)
// other · pad new age
const pad_new_age = note(`<
~@7 A B A C@2 D@2 E F ~@20 G B A C@2 B A C@2 D@2 E F ~@20 G B A C@2 B A C@2 D@2 H G D@2 E F ~@25 G B A C@2 B A C@2 D@2
H G D@2 E I B J@3 B K@3 L M N O ~@8
>`.pickRestart({
A: "~@8 c#4@2 e4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2", B: "g#4@2 c#4@2 ~@2 e4@4 f#4@3 ~@3",
C: "[g#4@2 ~@2 c#4@2 e4@3 ~ c#4@3 ~ b3@6 ~@2 b3@2 c#4@2 e4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2]/2", D: "g#4@2 a4@2 ~@2 g#4@3 ~@7",
E: "g#4@2 f#4@3 ~ e4@2 ~@2 d#4@2 ~@2 c#4@2", F: "b3 ~@7", G: "~@6 b3@2 c#4@2 e4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2",
H: "g#4@2 f#4@3 ~ e4@2 ~@2 c#4@2 e4@2 f#4@2", I: "b3@2 ~@4 b3@2 c#4@2 e4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2",
J: "[~@10 b4@2 b4@2 b4@4 g#4@3 ~ f#4@3 ~ e4@3 ~ c#4@6 ~@2 b3@2 c#4@2 e4 ~ e4@2 c#4@2]/3",
K: "[~@10 b4@2 b4@2 b4@4 g#4@3 ~ f#4@3 ~ e4@3 ~ c#4@6 ~@12]/3", L: "g#4@4 c#4@2 e4@3 ~ f#4@2 ~@4",
M: "g#4@2 ~@2 c#4@2 e4@3 ~ f#4@2 ~@4", N: "g#4@3 ~ f#4@2 e4@3 ~ d#4@2 ~@2 c#4@2", O: "b3@7 ~@9",
})).s("gm_pad_new_age").gain(0.44)
// other · trombone · D#
const trombone = note("<~@86 [[d#4,d#5] ~ [d#4,d#5] ~ [d#4,d#5] ~ [d#4,d#5] ~]!4 [[d#4,d#5]@3 ~@13] ~@57>")
.s("gm_trombone").gain(0.42).pan(0.6)
// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct("<~@4 [x!2 ~@3 x ~@2]!141 [x!2 ~@6] ~@2>").gain(0.31)
// drums · kick · soft notes
const kick_soft = s("bd").struct("<~@4 [~@11 x ~@4]!141 ~@3>").gain(0.15)
// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct("<~@4 [x!16]!141 [x!4 ~@12] ~@2>").gain(0.31)
stack(
synth_strings_1, ocarina, pad_warm, bass, orchestral_harp, orchestral_harp_soft, pad_new_age, trombone, kick,
kick_soft, hihat
)
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