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1987 · Back In The High Life

Back In The High Life Again

Steve Winwood

KeyD majorTempo84 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Back In The High Life Again — Steve Winwood
// 84 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(84/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2]>"],
  // chorus (7 bars)
  [7, "<[D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2]!2 [D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2]>"],
  // interlude (6 bars)
  [6, "<[D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2]>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2]!2 [D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2] D>"],
  // bridge (6 bars)
  [6, "<[G@2 D@2] [A@2 D@2] [G@2 D@2] [D G D@2] [D@2 A7sus@2] [A7sus@2 ~@2]>"],
  // interlude (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 G@2] [G F Bb@2] [F@2 Bb@2] [Bb Eb C@2] [D@2 G@2] [G F Bb@2] [F@2 Bb@2] [Bb Eb C@2]>"],
  // solo (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 Asus@2]>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2]!2 [D@2 A7@2] [D@2 G@2] [D@2 A7sus@2] D>"],
  // bridge (6 bars)
  [6, "<[G@2 D@2] [A@2 D@2] [G@2 D@2] [D G D@2] [D@2 A7sus@2] [A7sus@2 ~@2]>"],
  // outro (8 bars)
  [8, "<[D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@2 Dsus@2] Dsus [D@3 G]!4>"],
  // fadeout (4 bars)
  [4, "<[D@3 G]!4>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<d2!5 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [7, "<[d2@2 e2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 e2@2] [f2@2 g2@2] a2>"],
  [6, "<d2!5 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 e2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 e2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] a2 d2>"],
  [6, "<[g2@2 d2@2] [a2@2 d2@2] [g2@2 d2@2] [f#2 g2 a2@2] a2 [a2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2 f#2 g2@2] [g2 a2 bb2@2] [f2 a2 bb2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2] [d2 f#2 g2@2] [g2 a2 bb2@2] [f2 a2 bb2@2] [bb2@2 c2@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2] d2 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<[d2@2 e2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2] [d2@2 e2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] a2 d2>"],
  [6, "<[g2@2 d2@2] [a2@2 d2@2] [g2@2 d2@2] [f#2 g2 a2@2] a2 [a2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2!8>"],
  [4, "<d2!4>"],
)

// 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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