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1969 · Crystal Blue Symphonies: The Psychedelic Years

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Tommy James

KeyA majorTempo99 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Crystal Blue Persuasion — Tommy James
// 99 bpm, 4/4, key A major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(99/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (2 bars)
  [2, "<~!2>"],
  // instrumental (7 bars)
  [7, "<A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 [Bm7@2 D@2] A>"],
  // verse (18 bars)
  [18, "<A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 [Bm7@2 D@2] A!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 [Bm7@2 D@2]>"],
  // bridge (16 bars)
  [16, "<A G D A!2 G Bm7!2 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 A^9 Bm7 D A>"],
  // trans (2 bars)
  [2, "<Bb5!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Eb Cm!2>"],
  // verse (16 bars)
  [16, "<Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7>"],
  // fadeout (8 bars)
  [8, "<Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7 Bb^9 Cm7>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [2, "<~!2>"],
  [7, "<a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 [b2@2 d2@2] a2>"],
  [18, "<a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 [b2@2 d2@2] a2!2>"],
  [16, "<a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 [b2@2 d2@2]>"],
  [16, "<a2 g2 d2 a2!2 g2 b2 e2 a2 b2 a2 b2 a2 b2 d2 a2>"],
  [2, "<bb2!2>"],
  [16, "<bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 ab2 c2!2>"],
  [16, "<bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2>"],
  [8, "<bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 c2 bb2 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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