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1972 · Distant Light

Long Dark Road

The Hollies

KeyE majorTempo122 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Long Dark Road — The Hollies
// 122 bpm, 4/4, key E major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(122/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<E A E A>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<E B D E!2 B D A>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<E A E A>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<E B D E!2 B D A>"],
  // pre-chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<[E@3 D] A [E@3 A] B>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<E A B!2 E A B!2 E E7 A!2 E E7 A!2>"],
  // solo (8 bars)
  [8, "<E B D E!2 B D A>"],
  // pre-chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<[E@3 D] A [E@3 A] B>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<E A B!2 E A B!2 E E7 A!2 E E7 A!2>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<E B D E!2 B D A>"],
  // pre-chorus (4 bars)
  [4, "<[E@3 D] A [E@3 A] B>"],
  // chorus (16 bars)
  [16, "<E A B!2 E A B!2 E E7 A!2 E E7 A!2>"],
  // outro (20 bars)
  [20, "<E A B!2 E A B!2 E A B!2 E A B!2 E A B!2>"],
  // fadeout (9 bars)
  [9, "<E A B!2 E A B!2 E>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<e2 a2 e2 a2>"],
  [8, "<e2 b2 d2 e2!2 b2 d2 a2>"],
  [4, "<e2 a2 e2 a2>"],
  [8, "<e2 b2 d2 e2!2 b2 d2 a2>"],
  [4, "<[e2@3 d2] a2 [e2@3 a2] b2>"],
  [16, "<e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2>"],
  [8, "<e2 b2 d2 e2!2 b2 d2 a2>"],
  [4, "<[e2@3 d2] a2 [e2@3 a2] b2>"],
  [16, "<e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2>"],
  [8, "<e2 b2 d2 e2!2 b2 d2 a2>"],
  [4, "<[e2@3 d2] a2 [e2@3 a2] b2>"],
  [16, "<e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2 e2 d2 c#2!2>"],
  [20, "<e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2>"],
  [9, "<e2 a2 b2!2 e2 a2 b2!2 e2>"],
)

// 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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