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1981 · Give the People What They Want

Better Things

The Kinks

KeyD majorTempo127 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Better Things — The Kinks
// 127 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(127/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (8 bars)
  [8, "<D D7 G A D D7 G A>"],
  // verse (8 bars)
  [8, "<D!2 G A D!2 G A>"],
  // pre-chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<D F#7 G A D F#7 G A Bm!3 E7 A G>"],
  // pre-chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<D F#7 G A D F#7 G A Bm!3 E7 A G>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2]>"],
  // trans (8 bars)
  [8, "<D!2 G A D!2 G A>"],
  // pre-chorus (14 bars)
  [14, "<D F#7 G A D F#7 G A Bm!3 E7 A G>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2] D [G@2 A@2]>"],
  // outro (14 bars)
  [14, "<D!2 G A D!2 G A D!2 G A!3>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2>"],
  [8, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2>"],
  [14, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2 b2 a#2 a2 e2 a2 g2>"],
  [14, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2 b2 a#2 a2 e2 a2 g2>"],
  [8, "<d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [8, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2>"],
  [14, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2 b2 a#2 a2 e2 a2 g2>"],
  [8, "<d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2] d2 [g2@2 a2@2]>"],
  [14, "<d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2 d2 f#2 g2 a2!3>"],
)

// 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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