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1971

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

Tom T. Hall

KeyD♭ majorTempo133 bpm
0:00/0:00
// The Year That Clayton Delaney Died — Tom T. Hall
// 133 bpm, 4/4, key Db major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(133/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<Db Ab7 Db Ab7>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db Ab7 Db Db7 Gb!2 Db Db7 Gb!3 Db!2 Ab7 Db!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db Ab7 Db Db7 Gb!2 Db Db7 Gb!3 Db!2 Ab7 Db!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db Ab7 Db Db7 Gb!2 Db Db7 Gb!3 Db!2 Ab7 Db!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Db Ab7 Db Db7 Gb!2 Db Db7 Gb!3 Db!2 Ab7 Db!2>"],
  // verse (20 bars)
  [20, "<Db Ab7 Db Db7 Gb!2 Db Db7 Gb!3 Db!2 Ab7 Db!3 Ab Db!2>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<db2 eb2 db2 ab2>"],
  [16, "<db2 ab2 db2!2 gb2!2 db2!2 gb2!3 db2!2 ab2 db2!2>"],
  [16, "<db2 ab2 db2!2 gb2!2 db2!2 gb2!3 db2!2 ab2 db2!2>"],
  [16, "<db2 ab2 db2!2 gb2!2 db2!2 gb2!3 db2!2 ab2 db2!2>"],
  [16, "<db2 ab2 db2!2 gb2!2 db2!2 gb2!3 db2!2 ab2 db2!2>"],
  [20, "<db2 ab2 db2!2 gb2!2 db2!2 gb2!3 db2!2 ab2 db2!3 ab2 db2!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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