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1968 · Freedom Suite

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

KeyF majorTempo127 bpm
0:00/0:00
// People Got To Be Free — The Rascals
// 127 bpm, 4/4, key F major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(127/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<F C F C>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<F C Dm Am Bb F ~!2 F C Dm Am Bb F ~!2>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<F C F C>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<F C Dm Am Bb F ~!2 F C Dm Am Bb F ~!2>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<F C F C>"],
  // bridge (4 bars)
  [4, "<F Ab Db C>"],
  // chorus (8 bars)
  [8, "<[Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 F@2] [Bb@2 F@2] [C@2 ~@2]>"],
  // trans (4 bars)
  [4, "<F C F C>"],
  // outro (8 bars)
  [8, "<F C F C F C F C>"],
  // fadeout (6 bars)
  [6, "<F C F C F C>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [8, "<[bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [4, "<f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [16, "<f2 c2 d2 a2 bb2 f2 ~!2 f2 c2 d2 a2 bb2 f2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<[bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [4, "<f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [16, "<f2 c2 d2 a2 bb2 f2 ~!2 f2 c2 d2 a2 bb2 f2 ~!2>"],
  [8, "<[bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [4, "<f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [4, "<f2 ab2 db2 c2>"],
  [8, "<[bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 f2@2] [bb2@2 f2@2] [c2@2 ~@2]>"],
  [4, "<f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [8, "<f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
  [6, "<f2 c2 f2 c2 f2 c2>"],
)

// 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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