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1981 · Street Songs

Super Freak (Part I)

Rick James

KeyA minorTempo131 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Super Freak (Part I) — Rick James
// 131 bpm, 4/4, key A minor. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(131/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // bridge (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F G Am7@2]!3 Am!3 A [A ~@3]>"],
  // interlude (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // bridge (8 bars)
  [8, "<[F G Am7@2]!3 Am!3 A [A ~@3]>"],
  // interlude (12 bars)
  [12, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // solo (4 bars)
  [4, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
  // fadeout (8 bars)
  [8, "<Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2] Am [G@2 Am@2]>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2 g2 a2@2]!3 a2!2 f2 e2 [e2 ~@3]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [16, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[f2 g2 a2@2]!3 a2!2 f2 e2 [e2 ~@3]>"],
  [12, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [4, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 a2@2] [f2@2 a2@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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