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1971 · Portrait

One Less Bell To Answer

The 5th Dimension

KeyD majorTempo66 bpm
0:00/0:00
// One Less Bell To Answer — The 5th Dimension
// 66 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(66/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<[D^7@2 G9@2] [D^7 Gadd9 F#m7 E9sus] [D^7@2 G9@2] [D^7 Gadd9 F#m7 E9sus]>"],
  // verse (15 bars)
  [15, "<D^7 [D6@2 D^7@2] [Bm7@2 F#m7@2]!2 G^7 [F#9sus@2 F#7@2] [Bm7@2 E9@2] [A9sus@2 Em7 F#m7] [Gadd9 A9sus D^7@2] [D^7@2 D6@2] [D^7@2 Bm7@2] [F#m7@2 Bm7@2] [F#m7@2 G^7@2] [G^7@2 F#9sus@2] [F#7@2 ~@2]>"],
  // chorus (10 bars)
  [10, "<Eb Gm7 Ab6 F69 [C^9@2 Em7@2] [F^7@2 C^9@2]!2 [Esus@2 E@2] [Em9@2 A9@2]!2>"],
  // instrumental (4 bars)
  [4, "<[D^9@2 A6@2] [D69@2 A6@2] [Bm9@2 F#m7@2]!2>"],
  // bridge (8 bars)
  [8, "<G^7 [A6@2 Bm7@2] [Em7@2 A9sus@2] [Am7@2 B7b9@2] B7 [Em9@2 F#m7@2] [G^9@2 A9sus@2] [G^7 F#m7 Em9 A9sus]>"],
  // coda (17 bars)
  [17, "<D^7 [D6@2 D^7@2] [Bm7@2 F#m7@2] [G^7 F#m7 Em9 A9sus] D^7 [D6@2 D^7@2] [Bm7@2 F#m7@2] [G^7 F#m7 Em9 A9sus] D^7 [D6@2 D^7@2] [Bm7@2 F#m7@2] [G^7 F#m7 Em9 A9sus] D^7 [D6@2 D^7@2] [Bm7@2 F#m7@2] [G^7 F#m7 Em9 A9sus] D^7>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<[d2@2 g2@2] [d2 g2 f#2 e2] [d2@2 g2@2] [d2 g2 f#2 e2]>"],
  [15, "<d2!2 [b2@2 f#2@2]!2 g2 f#2 [b2@2 e2@2] [a2@2 e2 f#2] [g2 a2 d2@2] d2 [d2@2 b2@2] [f#2@2 b2@2] [f#2@2 g2@2] [g2@2 f#2@2] [f#2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [10, "<eb2 g2 ab2 f2 [c2@2 e2@2] [f2@2 e2@2]!2 e2 [e2@2 a2@2]!2>"],
  [4, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 f#2@2]!2>"],
  [8, "<g2 [a2@2 b2@2] [e2@2 a2@2] [a2@2 b2@2] b2 [e2@2 f#2@2] [g2@2 a2@2] [g2 f#2 e2 a2]>"],
  [17, "<d2!2 [b2@2 f#2@2] [g2 f#2 e2 a2] d2!2 [b2@2 f#2@2] [g2 f#2 e2 a2] d2!2 [b2@2 f#2@2] [g2 f#2 e2 a2] d2!2 [b2@2 f#2@2] [g2 f#2 e2 a2] d2>"],
)

// 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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