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You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd cover art

1966 · Roger Miller

You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd

Roger Miller

KeyG majorTempo178 bpm
0:00/0:00
// You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd — Roger Miller
// 178 bpm, 4/4, key G major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(178/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (2 bars)
  [2, "<G!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~ G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<C G A7 D7>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~>"],
  // solo (10 bars)
  [10, "<G C D7!2 G C D7 [D7@2 G@2] G [G@2 ~@2]>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~ G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~>"],
  // chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<C G A7 D7>"],
  // verse (20 bars)
  [20, "<G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~ G!2 D7!2 G!2 D7 ~ G!2 D7!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [2, "<g2!2>"],
  [16, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~ g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~>"],
  [4, "<c2 g2 a2 d2>"],
  [8, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~>"],
  [10, "<g2 c2 d2!2 g2 c2 d2 [d2@2 g2@2] g2 [g2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [16, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~ g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~>"],
  [4, "<c2 g2 a2 d2>"],
  [20, "<g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~ g2!2 d2!2 g2!2 d2 ~ g2!2 d2!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)