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Don't Stand So Close To Me cover art

1981 · Zenyatta Mondatta

Don't Stand So Close To Me

The Police

KeyE♭ majorTempo142 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Don't Stand So Close To Me — The Police
// 142 bpm, 4/4, key Eb major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(142/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (22 bars)
  [22, "<Eb!16 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2>"],
  // chorus (9 bars)
  [9, "<[D@2 A@2]!2 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2>"],
  // chorus (9 bars)
  [9, "<[D@2 A@2]!2 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2>"],
  // chorus (11 bars)
  [11, "<[D@2 A@2]!2 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!4>"],
  // instrumental (16 bars)
  [16, "<Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2 Eb!2 Gm!2>"],
  // chorus (12 bars)
  [12, "<[D@2 A@2]!2 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]>"],
  // fadeout (13 bars)
  [13, "<[D@2 A@2]!2 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!3 Bm7 [D@2 A@2]!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [22, "<eb2!16 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2>"],
  [16, "<eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2>"],
  [9, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2!2>"],
  [16, "<eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2>"],
  [9, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2!2>"],
  [16, "<eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2>"],
  [11, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2!4>"],
  [16, "<eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2 eb2!2 g2!2>"],
  [12, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2>"],
  [13, "<[d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]!2 [b2@2 a2@2] a2 [d2@2 a2@2]>"],
)

// 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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