Project 2: Melody & Bass

Now let's make a melody and a bass line to go over a beat.

Step 1 - A repeating bassline

Use angle brackets so the tempo stays steady:

strudel
setcpm(60)
note("<36 34 41 39>").sound("gm_acoustic_bass")

Step 2 - Add a melody with a scale

Keep the melody in scale so it always sounds good:

strudel
setcpm(60)
n("<0 2 4 5 4 2>").scale("C:major").sound("gm_electric_guitar_muted")

Step 3 - Play them together with stack

strudel
setcpm(60)
stack(
  note("<36 34 41 39>").sound("gm_acoustic_bass"),
  n("<0 2 4 5 4 2>").scale("C:major").sound("gm_electric_guitar_muted")
)

Step 4 - Add rhythm to the melody

strudel
setcpm(60)
stack(
  note("<36 34 41 39>").sound("gm_acoustic_bass"),
  n("<[0,2,4] 5 [4,2] 1 0>").scale("C:major").sound("gm_electric_guitar_muted")
)

Step 5 - Experiment!

• Change the scale to A2:minor or D:dorian.
• Make the bass follow the melody's scale.
• Add a room(0.5) to both.
• Slow the melody with /2 or speed the bass with *2.

Checklist

• [ ] A bassline using note + angle brackets.
• [ ] A melody using a scale so notes always fit.
• [ ] Both playing together with stack.
• [ ] A rhythm in the melody (sub-sequences).

TL;DR

• note for pitches, n + scale for safe melodies.
• stack layers the two voices.
• < > keeps tempos steady as you edit.