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Leave My Kitten Alone

The Beatles

KeyC majorTempo188 bpm
0:00/0:00
// Leave My Kitten Alone — The Beatles
// 188 bpm, 4/4, key C major. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: Full arrangement: all 108 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(188/4)

// Notation: c3@3 lasts 3 steps · ~ is a rest · [c3,e3] is a chord · "a, b" plays two voices at once.
// A part's distinct bars are riffs (A, B, C...) played in order, A@4 for four bars: edit a riff to change every repeat.

// bass · electric bass finger · "BASS"
const bass = note(`<
  A B A C D E F G E D E@2 H F H@2 D E B E I C F H E@3 J E B H@2 E@2 D E F@4 D B E D I@2 F@2 E D B K L M L N@4 O F H@3 E
  D A B I J G F B A E I N@8 F P G F B D B D I Q F@2 E@2 B R S Q H F E@2 D T
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "c2@6 g1@2 c2 ~ c2 ~ c2@2 g1@2", B: "c2@3 g2 c2@2 c2 ~", C: "g2@3 d2 g2@2 g2 ~", D: "c2@5 ~ c2 ~ g1@4 c2@3 ~",
  E: "c2@5 ~ c2@2 g2@5 ~ g2@2", F: "f2@5 ~ f2@2 c2@5 ~ c2@2", G: "f2@3 c2 f2@2 f2 ~", H: "f2@5 ~ f2 ~ c2@4 f2@3 ~",
  I: "g2@5 ~ g2@2 d2@5 ~ d2@2", J: "g2@5 ~ g2 ~ d2@4 g2@3 ~", K: "g2@3 d2 g2@2 b1 ~", L: "c2@6 c2 ~ c2@6 b1 ~",
  M: "c2@6 c2 ~ c2@6 a#1 ~", N: "c2@5 ~ c2 ~ c2@5 ~ c2 ~", O: "c2@6 c2 ~ c2@6 e2 ~", P: "f2@6 c2@2 f2 ~ f2 ~ f2@2 c2@2",
  Q: "g2@6 d2@2 g2 ~ g2 ~ g2@2 d2@2", R: "c2@3 g2 c2@2 a2 ~", S: "g2@3 d2 g2@2 f#2 ~", T: "c2@5 ~@11",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.26)

// chords · electric guitar clean · "GUITAR"
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
  A B A C D E F G H E D I J K J L D M N B O P Q R S E T U H V W R T M N M X R Y Z AA B AB AC AD AE Y Z H M N AE ~@8 W Z
  Y K H AC A B AF AG J Z D E N AH ~@8 X AI J Z N I D I AJ AH F L D I D M AK AE J Z D B D I
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@2 [g3,c4,e4]@2 ~@2 c3@2 [g3,c4,e4]@2 ~@2 [g3,c4,e4] ~@3", B: "[a#3,c4,e4,g4] ~@5 [a#3,c4,e4,g4]@6 ~@4",
  C: "[b3,d4,f4,g4]@5 ~ d4 ~", D: "[g3,c4,e4] ~@5 [g3,c4,e4]@6 ~@4",
  E: "~@2 [a#3,c4,e4,g4]@2 ~@2 c3@2 [a#3,c4,e4,g4]@2 ~@2 [a#3,c4,e4,g4] ~@3", // C7
  F: "~@2 [a3,c4,f4]@2 ~@2 f3@2 [a3,c4,f4]@2 ~@2 [a3,c4,f4] ~@3", G: "f4@4 f4 ~@3, [c4,d#4,a4]@5 ~@3",
  H: "c4@4 c4 ~@3, [g3,e4]@5 ~@3", I: "[a#3,c4,e4,g4]@15 ~", J: "[a3,c4,f4] ~@5 [a3,c4,f4]@6 ~@4",
  K: "[c4,d#4,f4,a4]@6 f3@2 [c4,d#4,f4,a4]@3 ~ [c4,d#4,f4,a4] ~@3", // F7
  L: "~@2 [c4,d#4,f4,a4]@2 ~@2 f3@2 [c4,d#4,f4,a4]@2 ~@2 [c4,d#4,f4,a4] ~@3", M: "c4@4 c4 ~@3, [a#3,e4,g4]@5 ~@3",
  N: "[g3,c4,e4]@15 ~", O: "[g3,b3,d4] ~ g3 ~@3 [g3,b3,d4]@6 ~@4",
  P: "~@2 [b3,d4,f4,g4]@2 ~@2 g2@2 [b3,d4,f4,g4]@2 ~@2 [b3,d4,f4,g4] ~@3", Q: "[a3,c4,f4] ~ a3 ~@3 [a3,c4,f4]@6 ~@4",
  R: "[c4,d#4,f4,a4]@15 ~", S: "c4@4 c4 ~ g4 ~, [g3,e4]@5 ~@3", T: "[g3,c4,e4]@6 c3@2 [g3,c4,e4]@3 ~ [g3,c4,e4] ~@3",
  U: "[b3,d4,f4,g4] ~ b3 ~@3 [b3,d4,f4,g4]@6 ~@4", V: "[a#3,c4,e4,g4] ~ a#3 ~@3 [a#3,c4,e4,g4]@6 ~@4",
  W: "[a3,c4,f4]@6 f3@2 [a3,c4,f4]@3 ~ [a3,c4,f4] ~@3", X: "f4@4 f4 ~ c5 ~, [a3,c4]@5 ~@3", Y: "[a3,c4,f4]@15 ~",
  Z: "[c4,d#4,f4,a4] ~@5 [c4,d#4,f4,a4]@6 ~@4", AA: "~@2 [g3,c4,e4]@2 ~@4 [g3,c4,e4]@2 ~@2 [g3,c4,e4] ~@3",
  AB: "[g3,c4,e4]@6 ~@2 [g3,c4,e4]@3 ~ [g3,c4,e4] ~@3", // C
  AC: "[a#3,c4,e4,g4]@6 c3@2 [a#3,c4,e4,g4]@3 ~ [a#3,c4,e4,g4] ~@3", // C7
  AD: "~@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 ~@2 g2@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 ~@2 [g3,b3,d4] ~@3", AE: "[b3,d4,f4,g4] ~@5 [b3,d4,f4,g4]@6 ~@4",
  AF: "[g3,b3,d4]@15 ~", AG: "[b3,d4,f4,g4]@6 g2@2 [b3,d4,f4,g4]@3 ~ [b3,d4,f4,g4] ~@3", AH: "[b3,d4,f4,g4]@15 ~",
  AI: "f4@4 f4 ~ c5 ~, [c4,d#4,a4]@5 ~@3", AJ: "g3@4 g3 ~ d4 ~, [b3,d4]@5 ~@3", AK: "[g3,b3,d4] ~@5 [g3,b3,d4]@6 ~@4",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.42).pan(0.8)

// chords · acoustic guitar steel · "GUITAR"
const acoustic_guitar_steel = note(`<
  A@2 B C D@2 E F G@4 H@3 I D G@3 C J E H G@2 B K L D H M N G@3 H@3 F G A O G P@2 H Q G@2 R S ~@2 T ~ T ~ T ~ I H I U
  G@4 V P H I G@2 W X ~@2 Y ~ Z ~ Y ~ H@4 O@3 G P@2 AA M O@3 AB AC P H I O@2 AD AE
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@2 ~@4 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@5 ~", B: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@3 ~@3 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@3 ~@3",
  C: "~@2 [g3,b3,d4] ~@2 [g3,b3,f4]@2 ~", D: "~@2 [c4,e4,g4] ~@2 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@2 ~",
  E: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@2 ~@4 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@5 ~", F: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@2 ~@5 c4@4 ~, ~@5 [f3,a3,d#4]@2 ~",
  G: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@3 ~@3 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@4 ~@2", H: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@3 ~@3 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@5 ~",
  I: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@3 ~@3 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@4 ~@2", J: "~@4 [g3,b3,d4]@3 ~@3 [g3,b3,f4]@3 ~@3",
  K: "~@4 [g3,b3,f4]@3 ~@3 [g3,b3,d4]@3 ~@3", L: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@3 ~@3 [c4,e4,g4]@5 ~, ~@5 a#4 ~@2",
  M: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@4 ~@2 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@5 ~", N: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@4 ~@2 [e4,g4,a#4]@5 ~",
  O: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@4 ~@2 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@5 ~", P: "~@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 ~ [g3,b3,f4]@2 ~",
  Q: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@3 ~@4 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@4 ~", R: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@3 ~@3 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@2 ~@4",
  S: "~@2 [g3,b3,d4]@2 ~ [g3,b3,f4] ~@2", T: "[c4,e4,g4,a#4]@3 ~@13", U: "~@4 [f3,a3,c4]@3 ~@3 [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@3 ~@3",
  V: "~@4 [g3,b3,d4]@3 ~@3 [g3,b3,f4]@5 ~, ~@10 d4 ~@5", W: "~@4 [e4,g4]@3 ~@3 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@2 ~@4, ~@4 c4@5 ~@7",
  X: "~@4 [g3,b3,d4]@4 ~@2 [g3,f4] b3 ~@4", Y: "[c4,e4,g4] ~@7", Z: "[c4,e4,g4,a#4] ~@7",
  AA: "~@2 [f3,a3,c4]@2 ~ [f3,a3,c4,d#4]@3", AB: "~@2 [c4,e4,g4]@2 ~ [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@2 ~",
  AC: "~@4 [g3,b3,d4]@3 ~@3 [g3,b3,f4]@5 ~", AD: "~@4 [c4,e4,g4]@4 ~@2 [c4,e4,g4,a#4]@3 ~@3", AE: "[c4,e4,g4]@3 ~",
})).s("gm_acoustic_guitar_steel").gain(0.5).pan(0.3)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct(`<
  A B A C A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A C A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A C@2 A C A C A C
  D A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A C@2 A C A C A C@2 A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A D A B A B A B A E
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x ~@2 x!2 ~@2 x", B: "x ~@2 x!3 ~ x", C: "x ~@2 x!2 ~@3", D: "x ~@2 x ~@4", E: "x",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct("<A@3 B A@23 C A@23 B A@7 D A@15 B A@7 D A@15 D A@7 ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "~ x ~ x", B: "~@4 x ~@5 x!3 ~ x ~", C: "~@4 x ~@3 x!4 ~@4", D: "~ x ~@2",
})).gain(0.4)

// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct("<~@2 A ~@11 A ~@19 A ~@24 B ~@23 C ~@6 A ~@8 B ~@6 A ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@5 x ~@2", B: "~@13 x!2 ~", C: "~@7 x",
})).gain(0.4)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct(`<
  A B C D A@2 E B E A F B A@2 C B A B E B A B E A@3 E G A@4 E B C B A B A B E B E B E B A@4 E G A B C A@2 B E H A@3 B A
  B E A@4 B A@3 D A@3 B A@3 I A@4 E B C A@6 B E H A B A B E B C J
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "x!8", B: "x!7 ~", C: "x!3 ~ x ~ x ~ x ~@3 x ~ x ~", D: "x!5 ~@2 x", E: "x!3 ~ x ~ x ~ x ~ x ~ x ~ x ~",
  F: "x ~ x ~ x ~ x!3 ~ x ~ x ~ x ~", G: "x!5 ~@3", H: "x!2 ~@6", I: "x ~ x!2 ~@8 x ~ x ~", J: "x",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct("<~@27 A ~@31 B ~@23 C ~@15 B ~@8>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@12 x!4", B: "~@11 x!2 ~@3", C: "~@3 x ~ x!2 ~",
})).gain(0.4)

// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct(`<
  ~ A ~@5 A B ~@2 A C ~@2 A ~ A ~ A ~ A B ~@3 B ~@3 D ~ B A ~ A ~ A ~ A B A ~ A B A ~@5 A ~ A E ~@2 A ~ F ~@3 A ~ A ~@5
  A ~@7 A ~@3 F ~@5 A ~@2 C ~@4 A ~ F ~ A ~ A B A ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@7 x", B: "~@15 x", C: "~ x ~@14", D: "~ x ~@13 x", E: "~@5 x ~@2", F: "~ x ~@2",
})).gain(0.3)

// drums · high tom
const high_tom = s("ht").struct("<~@59 [~ x] ~@23 [~ x] ~@15 [~ x] ~@8>").gain(0.45)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct("<A ~@3 A ~@23 A ~@23 A ~@7 A ~@15 A ~@7 A ~@15 A ~@6 A>".pickRestart({
  A: "x",
})).gain(0.35)

// drums · tambourine
const tambourine = s("tb").struct("<~@53 A ~ A ~ A ~@19 A ~ A ~ A ~@26>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@3 x",
})).gain(0.45)

stack(
  bass, electric_guitar_clean, acoustic_guitar_steel, kick, snare, low_tom, hihat, mid_tom, open_hat, high_tom, crash,
  tambourine
)

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