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straight no chaser

Thelonious Monk

KeyF majorTempo180 bpm
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// straight no chaser — Thelonious Monk
// 180 bpm, 4/4, key F major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: Transcription provider: pdmx. https://musescore.com/score/5260044; license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
// note: Full arrangement: all 61 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(180/4)

// Notation: c3@3 lasts 3 steps · ~ is a rest · [c3,e3] is a chord.
// A part's distinct bars are riffs (A, B, C...) played in order: edit a riff to change every repeat.

// chords · piano
const piano = note(`<
  A B A@2 B@2 A C D E A E A B A@2 B@2 A C D E A E A B A@2 B@2 A C D E A E A B A@2 B@2 A C D E A E A B A@2 B@2 A C D E A
  E A
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[f3,a3,c4,eb4] ~@2 [f3,a3,c4,eb4] ~@4", B: "[f3,ab3,bb3,d4] ~@2 [f3,ab3,bb3,d4] ~@4",
  C: "[a3,c4,e4,g4] ~@2 [a3,c4,d4,gb4] ~@4", D: "[g3,bb3,d4,f4] ~@2 [g3,bb3,d4,f4] ~@4",
  E: "[g3,bb3,c4,e4] ~@2 [g3,bb3,c4,e4] ~@4", // C7
})).s("gm_piano").gain(0.2)

stack(piano)

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