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I Can't Get Started

George Shearing

KeyC minorTempo100 bpm
0:00/0:00
// I Can't Get Started — Shearing George
// 100 bpm, 4/4, key C minor. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: sustain pedal (CC 64) lengthens the held notes
// note: Full arrangement: all 98 bars on a 32-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(100/4)

// 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.

// chords · piano · "A.PIANO 1"
const piano = note("<A@3 B@4 C@2 D@8 E@3 F@5 G H I@8 J@6 K@5 L@4 M N@3 O@6 P@8 Q@6 R@7 S T@7 U@8 ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "[~@31 [d3,f3,g3,bb3]@7 [gb2,db3,e3,a3,db4,e4]@9 [f2,c3,eb3,ab3,c4,eb4,g4]@11 ~ [d4,b4]@10 ~ g4@11 [a2,g3,b3,d4,gb4,a4]@15, ~@30 [g2,c4]@8 b3@2 ~@18 [e2,b2,g3,b3,g4]@11 [bb2,ab3,d4,e4,c5]@13 ~@14]/3", // Gm7 Gbm7 Fm7 G Gmaj7 C5 Em
  B: "[~ [a3,b3,d4,e4]@6 ~ db4@8 ~ g4@11 [g4,g5]@21 [g2,d3,f3,a3,c4,e4]@7 ~ [g3,e4,g4]@6 ~ [b3,b4]@6 ~ [gb3,a3,d4,a4,d5]@9 [e3,ab3,d4,gb4,bb4,db5,e5]@12 [bb2,ab3,c4,db4,f4,ab4,c5]@12 [eb2,db3,f3,g3,c4,eb4,g4]@11 ~@2 a4@11, [e2,b2,g3]@7 [eb2,bb2,gb3,ab3,bb3,f4]@9 [d2,a2,f3,g3]@34 ~@7 b3@2 ~@4 [c3,g3]@8 ~@45 [g3,b3,db4,f4]@12, ~@17 [a3,c4,e4]@32 ~@7 db3@8 [eb4,g4]@2 ~@4 [b2,gb4]@11 ~@34 a2@13]/4", // Asus4 G Dm7 C B D Gb7 Bbm7 …
  C: "[~@19 [b5,b6]@26 [bb2,eb3,g3,bb3,c4]@7 [a2,d3,gb3,a3,db4,e4]@5 ~@2 [c4,eb4,g4]@5, [d3,gb3,b3,c4,e4,ab4,b4]@46 ~@11 ab2@7, ~@29 [db3,f3,bb3]@3]/2", // B Cm7 Dmaj7 Cm E7 Bbm
  D: "[~@13 [eb3,ab3,c5]@10 ~@2 [d4,g4,a4]@13 ~ [e3,g3,b3,d4]@10 [eb2,bb2,gb3,ab3,bb3,db4,f4]@11 ~ [a2,f3,g3,a3,c4,e4,g4]@11 ~ [b3,d4,g4]@11 [eb3,ab3,c4]@14 [eb3,f3,ab3,c4]@19 ~ [c3,d3,eb3,g3,bb3]@9 ~ [a3,d4]@12 [e2,d3,ab3,d4]@13 [bb2,f3,ab3,bb3,db4,f4]@12 ~ [eb2,db3,f3,g3]@12 ~ [a2,d3,e3,g3,b3]@12 ~ [d3,gb3,a3,c4]@17 [ab2,db3,eb3,gb3,bb3,b3,eb4]@22 ~ [d3,f3,g3,bb3,c4]@7 ~@2 e4 ~@6 g4@7 [e2,b2], ~@3 [g2,c3,e3,a3]@7 f2@13 e2@15 [a2,e4]@11 ~@11 d2@14 ~@43 d4@10 e4@26 ~@12 c4@14 ~@12 [d2,a2]@19 ~@21 g2@9 [db3,e3,a3,b3,db4]@6 [f2,c3,eb3]@10, ~@4 [b3,d4,g4,b4]@8 [c4,eb4,ab4]@12 [d3,g3,a3,b3]@15 ~@33 [g2,d3,f3]@12 [f2,c3,eb4,ab4]@34 ~@9 [b2,d3,e3,gb3]@14 ~@37 d4@32 ~@29 gb2@8 [ab3,c4,eb4]@9]/8", // Ab Dsus4 Em7 Ebm7 Am7 G Ab Fm7 …
  E: "[~ [g4,b4]@9 ~ [d4,e4,g4,c5]@11 ~ [d4,gb4,a4]@13 ~@2 e4@8 [eb2,bb2,gb3,ab3,bb3,db4,f4]@13 ~@14 [g5,g6]@11 g1@12, [g3,b3,d4]@10 [bb2,ab3]@14 ~@12 [e2,b2]@11 ~@12 [d2,a2,f3,g3,a3,c4,e4,g4]@26 ~@11, ~@11 c4@3 ~@8 [a2,g3,b3]@15 [g3,a3,b3,d4]@9 ~@50]/3", // G C D Ebm7 G Bb7 E5 Dm7 …
  F: "[[d3,f3,a3,c4,e4]@5 ~ [b3,e4,g4]@6 [c3,g3,b3,eb4,g4,b4]@6 ~ [gb3,a3,gb4,a4,d5]@10 [e3,ab3,d4,gb4,bb4,db5,e5]@11 ~ [f4,ab4]@12 ~@5 db4@4 ~@2 f4@9 ~@14 b5@21 [bb2,eb3,g3,c4]@10 ~@3 [gb3,a3,db4,e4]@8 ~@2 g4@8 ~@10 [ab4,c5]@11, ~@5 [db3,e3]@7 ~@6 [b2,d4]@12 ~@10 [bb2,ab3,c4,db4,c5]@13 [f2,eb3,g3,a3,d4,g4]@9 [eb2,db3]@11 [d2,c3]@35 ~@11 [a2,d3]@11 ~@9 [g2,c3,e3,b3,d4,g4,b4]@10 ~@11, ~@63 [g3,c4,a4]@11 [c4,e4,ab4]@35 ~@9 d4@2 eb4@2 ~@26 [ab3,c4,eb4]@12, ~@74 [b3,b4]@12 [b3,b4,e5,ab5]@23 ~@21 [f3,bb3,c4,eb4]@10 ~@7 c3@13, ~@80 gb3@28 ~@21 [ab2,db3]@11 ~@6 f2@14]/5", // Dm7 Em Cm D Gb7 Fm Cm7 Gbm7 …
  G: "~ [b2,g3,b3,d4,g4,a4]@12 ~ d4@8 [eb2,bb2,gb3,ab3,bb3,db4,f4]@10, e2@13 [a2,e3,g3,a3,b3,e4]@9 ~@10", // G Ebm7 Em
  H: "[d2,a2,f3,g3,a3,c4,e4,g4]@5 [g2,d3,f3,b3,d4,f4,g4]@5 [f2,c3,eb3,ab3,c4,eb4,ab4]@6", // Dm7 G7 Fm7
  I: "[~ [bb1,f2,d3,ab3]@16 [b1,gb2,b2,eb3,a3,d4]@25 [c2,g2,c3,e3,a3,c4]@16 ~@7 [g3,b3,e4,c5]@8 ~@10 f5@10 [c4,e4,g4]@13 [b3,d4,f4]@15 [c3,g3,c4,d4,e4,g4]@23 ~ [g3,bb3,c4]@4 ~ c4@4 ~@2 e4@10 [f2,c3,eb3,ab3,c4,eb4,g4]@14 [d3,g3]@7 ~@10 e4@7 g3@11 g3@13 ~ [db4,e4,gb4]@7 ~ [gb3,c4,eb4,gb4]@8 [ab2,d3,gb3,b3,d4,gb4]@11, c4@18 ~@40 c3@22 c3@41 ~@23 [g2,d3,f3]@5 [g2,d3,f3,g3,bb3]@7 ~@31 [d3,g3]@18 ~@23 [bb2,gb3]@9 ~@19, ~@58 [e3,a3,d4,g4]@15 [a3,c4,f4,a4]@20 ab3@30 ~@31 [gb2,db3,e3]@12 ~@14 [e2,b2,a3,d4,gb4]@25 ~@51, ~@74 e5@20 ~@61 [a3,b3,db4]@12 ~@13 a4@49 ~@27, ~@192 b3@12 [a2,b3,db4,gb4]@25 ~@7 a2@10 ~@10]/8", // Bb7 B7 Am7 Cmaj7 C Bdim C C7 …
  J: "[~ d3@6 [f3,f4]@8 ~ [bb3,d4]@14 ~ a4@13 [a4,a5]@24 ~ c4@6 [ab2,b3,e4]@5 ~@2 [bb3,e4]@7 ~@8 [eb3,eb4]@8 [d3,a3,d4]@13 ~@2 [f3,db4]@10 [d3,d4]@10 [e2,b2,g3,b3]@13 a2@11 ~@3 c4@8 ~ b3@7 ~ bb3@8, g2@32 ~@36 e3@13 e3@8 [e3,db4,e4]@9 ~@20 f2@23 ~@23 a2@11 [ab2,e3,d4,e4]@9 ~@8, [bb3,d4,gb4]@16 ~@14 [gb2,e3]@38 [a2,e4]@8 ~@4 g2@10 a3@15 ~@14 db3@12 ~@22 [e3,g3,bb3,db4]@14 ~@16 [g2,e3,e4]@9, gb3@8 ~@7 [e3,e4]@16 [db3,a3,db4]@38 ~@20 gb2@31 [a3,a4]@21 ~@25 [e3,e4]@9 ~@17]/6", // F Bb A E Bbdim Eb D5 Db …
  K: "[~@10 [eb3,eb4]@8 ~ [d3,ab3,c4,d4]@19 ~@39 [g3,b3,db4]@13 [g3,e4,a4,d5]@10 [f3,c5,e5]@8 ~@2 bb4@14 [g2,f3,a3,c4,e4,g4]@27 ~ [g3,bb3,c4]@8, ~@2 [gb2,e3,a3,c4,e4]@16 f2@20 e2@24 a2@29 ~@17 [ab2,gb3,bb3,eb4]@17 ~@26 [g2,d3,f3]@9, ~@39 [b2,gb4]@24 g3@3 b4@25 ~@69, ~@39 [g3,b3,d4]@8 g3 d4@3 e4@4 [d4,g4]@9 [b3,db4]@13 ~@13 [d3,e3,c4]@19 ~@51, ~@40 a4@8 b3@11 [e4,a4]@6 [eb4,gb4]@26 ~@18 [c4,gb4]@15 ~@36]/5", // Eb Dm7b5 Dbm7b5 Gsus2 Fmaj7 C7 Gbm7b5 Ebm …
  L: "[~@2 [gb2,db3,e3,a3,b3,db4,e4]@11 [f2,c3,eb3,ab3,c4,eb4,g4]@12 ~@8 gb4@5 ~@2 c5@9 ~ [gb4,a4]@12 ~ e4@9 [eb2,bb2,gb3,ab3,bb3,db4,eb4,f4]@12 ~ g4@13 ~ g5@11 g1@12 [d3,f3,a3,c4,e4]@6, ~@25 [e2,b2]@13 bb2@12 ~@12 [e2,b2,g3,a3,b3,d4]@10 ~@12 [d2,g3,a3,d4,e4]@26 ~@18, ~@26 [g3,b3,d4,g4]@13 [ab3,c4,d4,f4]@12 ~@47 g4@12 ~@18, ~@27 b4@13 ~@9 [a2,g3,b3,d4]@14 ~@22 [a2,f3,c4]@25 ~@18]/4", // Gbm7 Fm7 Gbm Ebm7 Dm7 E5 Em7 Dsus4 …
  M: "~ [g3,b3,e4,g4]@7 ~@2 g4@8 ~@2 [a4,d5]@12, [db3,e3]@4 c3@5 b2@7, ~@9 [g3,b3,eb4,b4]@10 [gb3,a3,d4,gb4]@13", // Em D5 Dbm Gaug D
  N: "[~@3 e5@11 [bb2,ab3,c4,db4,f4,ab4,c5]@11 ~@5 db4@6 ~@38 b6@13 ~@2 [bb3,c4]@7, ~ [e3,ab3,d4,gb4,bb4]@13 ~@11 [f2,eb3,g3,a3,d4,g4]@11 [eb2,db3,g3,c4,f4,a4]@12 ~ [a2,b3]@38 bb2@9, ~@2 db5@12 ~@31 d2@5 b4@4 d2@34 [eb3,g3]@8, ~@49 [gb3,c4,e4]@13 [gb3,c4,e4,b4,b5]@27 ~@7, ~@25 ab4@19 ~@4]/3", // Bbm7 Bbsus2 Dm F7 Asus2 Eb Gbm7b5 Esus2
  O: "[[a2,d3,gb3,a3,db4,e4]@8 ~@2 g4@9 ~@33 a4@25 ~ [c4,d4,f4]@8 ~ [db4,gb4,a4]@8 ~ [bb4,db5]@10 ~@2 e5@14 ~ f5@14 ~ [e4,b4,d5]@13 ~@7 e4@9 ~ [b3,eb4,ab4,b4]@24, ~@8 [ab2,db3,f3]@11 g2@14 c3@4 c5@13 [d3,a3]@27 [bb2,ab3]@10 ~@8 [ab2,gb3,bb3,db4,gb4]@13 ~@14 [eb3,g3,db4,f4,bb4,db5]@16 ~@54, ~@9 [bb3,c4,eb4]@11 [e3,a3,b3,d4,b4]@15 eb3@16 [g3,b3,d4,gb4]@26 ~@30 [f3,a3,a4,c5]@16 ~@14 [d3,g3,c4]@15 ~@15 [g2,f3]@25, ~@20 c3@10 f2@19 e2@28 ~@9 [a2,g3]@10 ~@10 [g2,e4]@17 ~@28 [ab2,gb3,c4,a4]@17 ~@24, ~@21 g4@15 [ab3,c4,eb4,f4,ab4]@16 ~@34 b3@2 ~@64 f4@17 ~@23]/6", // Dmaj7 Dm7 Gbm Bbm E7 Abm Db D5 …
  P: "[~@6 e3@8 ~@8 [a3,c4,e4]@6 ~ c4@8 ~@31 c5@5 ~@23 [c4,eb4,g4]@9 ~@8 d5@6 ~@21 c5@8 ~@41 g4@6 g4@13 ~@5 eb5@5 ~@34 [bb3,db4]@4, ~@5 [a4,c5]@44 [e3,c4,e4]@4 b4@9 e3@11 f2@23 bb3@9 [ab3,c4,eb4,g4]@14 f2@16 [ab3,f4]@13 c4 d4 c5@59 ~@10 bb3@23 db4@5 c4@9, ~@6 [gb2,d4]@51 [a3,c4,e4]@17 eb4@13 [ab3,c4,eb4] g4@2 eb6@30 d4@6 ab3@4 [b3,gb4]@19 [eb2,bb2]@28 [c4,f4]@3 g5@29 ~@14 f4@8 f4@5 c4@3 f4@17, ~@6 [c4,e4]@8 a3@5 b5@56 [ab4,c5]@46 [g4,b4]@28 f4@7 g3@6 d6@20 [g3,d4]@3 d5@33 ~ c4@8 c4@7 c5@22, ~@14 e3@14 a3 e4@8 [a3,c4]@6 e4@2 d5@29 eb3@6 [c3,eb3]@40 d3@29 g4@7 c4@10 [g3,d4]@5 g4@3 bb5@34 [db2,ab2]@11 [f3,ab3,bb4]@37]/8", // Am Cm Bbm Am C Abmaj7 Db D …
  Q: "[~@71 ab4@4 ~@8 [e4,b4]@6 ~@15 [g4,bb4]@6 ~@5 ab5@6 ~@22 db5@6 ~@27 g4@10 ~@3 c5@3, c4@9 [bb1,f2]@12 ab3@19 eb2@8 c5@3 c4@2 g4@2 eb3@12 [d3,ab3,c4]@9 g4@13 bb4@5 g3@4 bb3@3 eb4@9 [ab3,bb3,e4,ab4,db5]@12 c5@6 a3@3 eb4@4 c5@4 gb4@10 bb2@10 eb4@3 [ab3,f4]@3 ab4@3 g4@4 f4@16 g4@4, ~@5 eb4@18 c4@3 f4@2 db4 ab4@2 c4@2 db4 bb4@3 ab4@5 ~@2 f4@13 ab3@5 f4@14 e4@7 ~@6 g4@2 g5@20 e5@12 ~@2 eb3@24 f4@2 eb5@25 bb4@16, ~@16 db3@25 [bb2,db3,db5]@17 bb3@10 c5@9 ~ eb5@12 eb5@22 ~@9 [g4,a4]@29 c5@25 db4@11 db4@6, ~@19 f3@23 ~@5 [f3,ab3,bb3]@12 [db4,ab4]@10 ~@6 [db3,g3,b3]@14 c3@23 ~@10 [f2,f5]@28 ab4@3 ab3@3 db4@19 eb3@17]/6", // E5 Gm Bb5 Dm7b5 Bbm7b5 Db Bbm Gsus2 …
  R: "[~@19 eb5@4 ~@20 c3@6 ~@12 [eb4,f4,ab4]@7 ~ [b4,eb5]@10 ~@6 [eb4,ab4,db5]@6 ~@10 g6@10 g6@22 ~ [eb4,gb4,ab4]@6 ~@4 ab4@3 ~@2 [b4,eb5]@8 ~@2 [bb4,eb5,g5]@12 ~ [e5,ab5]@14 ~@9 eb4@6 ~@14 eb4@7 f2@2, ~@3 [d3,c4,gb4]@9 b3@11 bb3@15 db5 [e5,ab5,c6]@10 c5@8 [c4,g4] bb4@11 ~@10 eb4@6 ~@6 [c5,e5]@10 [c4,g4,c6,e6]@33 ~@6 [f3,c4]@8 [db4,g4]@11 ~@28 g4@15 f4 bb4 db5@9 [g3,bb4,c5]@10 ~, ~@4 bb4@7 db3@12 c3@9 e4@17 ab4@6 ab3@13 ~@12 [d5,f5]@12 ~@4 d4@38 ~@7 [d4,f4,a4,c5]@8 ~@9 [c4,f4]@13 ~@16 [f4,bb4,db5]@14 eb4@10 c3@3 [bb3,f5]@10, ~@5 eb5@8 [f4,b4,e5]@11 d4 bb5@25 ~@2 eb3@16 [db3,b3,e4,ab4]@13 ~@10 [g4,g5]@9 g5@33 [gb3,db4]@8 ~@6 [e3,b3]@12 ~@27 [db3,b3]@27 g4@3 ~@8, ~@14 g5@10 [bb4,d5,g5]@26 [f2,eb5,ab5]@19 ~@10 [b2,a3,a4]@13 [bb2,ab3]@42 ~@23 [eb3,bb3]@14 [d3,c4,gb4,b4]@16 ~ f5@24 f4@11 ~]/7", // Fm7 B Dbsus2 Ab7 B Eb E D7 …
  S: "~@8 [a3,db4,eb4]@6 ~@8 [ab3,f4]@8 ~ ab3, ~ eb3@13 [bb2,c5,f5,ab5]@16 ~@2, ~@2 a3@3 a5@9 ~ c6@15 ~@2, ~@3 [db4,eb4]@5 ~@8 ab3@6 ~@8 e3@2, ~@4 [a4,db5,gb5]@10 ~@5 db4@11 ~@2", // Ebm7b5 Db Fm Dbsus2 Gbm
  T: "[~@5 ab4@9 ~@2 f5@7 ~@8 bb4@7 ~@2 g5@21 ~@45 c4@8 ~@19 b3@6 ~@22 [b3,eb4]@8 ~@50 eb4@5, ~ d4@14 bb4@8 [bb3,db4] [f4,ab4,c5] f5@13 eb3@23 eb3@13 [g4,bb4]@26 [g5,c6]@14 eb3@14 f5@41 eb3@13 f4 c5 eb5@6 db4@6 eb3@7 eb4@7 c5 [f5,c6]@13, ~@2 db5@12 [eb3,ab3]@25 [db4,e4,g4,b4,e5]@23 ab4@24 eb4@6 c4@6 eb4 [c5,f5]@15 b3@2 f5@5 b3@6 [f4,ab4]@12 eb3@16 eb6@14 [db4,ab4,c5] eb5@6 bb3@48, ~@3 [gb5,bb5]@12 db5@24 ~@22 c4@2 [eb5,ab5]@52 [eb4,ab4,db5]@11 eb4@2 db5@11 b3 [f4,ab4,db5]@29 bb3 f5@12 [db4,eb4] [ab4,bb4]@41, ~@4 db6@11 [bb3,db4] bb5@23 ~@23 [eb4,c5]@6 c4@5 eb4 c5 f5@4 c4@7 [eb3,f4]@30 ab5@24 eb4@6 b3@7 eb4 [eb5,ab5,b5]@16 ab5@54]/7", // B Bbm Fm Gm C5 F5 Ab5 Dbm7b5 …
  U: "[~@12 [a3,db4]@7 ~@2 [ab4,b4]@2 ~@12 a3@9 ~@9 eb4@2 ~ eb4@2 eb4@3 eb4@8 eb4@22 ab2@8 ~@96 ab1@61, ~@2 eb3@18 db4@8 eb3@63 c4@20 c4@3 f4@17 bb5@27 eb7@64 ~@34, ~@3 [a3,db4]@9 ~@7 a3@16 db4@56 eb3@13 eb3@18 [eb4,c5]@20 f6@64 ~@50, ~@3 [ab4,db5]@2 ~@15 e4@24 a3@49 ~@6 ab2@19 [bb3,c4,bb4]@18 c6@34 ab7@64 ~@22, ~@4 [e4,e5,ab5]@17 eb5@64 ~@6 g3@16 g3@20 [g4,f5]@22 bb6@64 ~@43]/8", // A Abm A Cm Db5 Bbsus2 E G7
})).s("gm_piano").gain(0.32)

stack(piano)

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