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1964 · England’s Newest Hitmakers

Not Fade Away

The Rolling Stones

KeyE majorTempo186 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Not Fade Away — The Rolling Stones
// 186 bpm, 4/4, key E major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(186/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (24 bars)
  [24, "<E5!24>"],
  // verse (20 bars)
  [20, "<E!2 A [A D A@2] E!3 [E A E@2] E!2 A [A D A@2] E!8>"],
  // verse (24 bars)
  [24, "<E!2 A [A D A@2] E!3 [E A E@2] E!2 A [A D A@2] E!12>"],
  // interlude (18 bars)
  [18, "<A [A D A@2] A [A D A@2] E [E A E@2] E [E A E@2] A [A D A@2] A [A D A@2] E [E A E@2] E [E A E@2] E!2>"],
  // verse (28 bars)
  [28, "<E!2 A [A D A@2] E!3 [E A E@2] E!2 A [A D A@2] E!16>"],
  // solo (26 bars)
  [26, "<E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E5 [E5 D5 E5@2] E!2>"],
  // outro (4 bars)
  [4, "<[E@2 A@2] E [E@2 A@2] E>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [24, "<e2!24>"],
  [20, "<e2!2 a2!2 e2!6 a2!2 e2!8>"],
  [24, "<e2!2 a2!2 e2!6 a2!2 e2!12>"],
  [18, "<a2!4 e2!4 a2!4 e2!6>"],
  [28, "<e2!2 a2!2 e2!6 a2!2 e2!16>"],
  [26, "<e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2 [e2 d2 e2@2] e2!2>"],
  [4, "<[e2@2 a2@2] e2 [e2@2 a2@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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