Playing melodies with Strudel

Strudel is a live coding music environment. Copy these patterns and try them at strudel.cc/try.

Interstellar - Main Theme (Hans Zimmer)

note("a3 [e4 a4] c5 [b4 a4] g4 [f#4 e4] d4 e4")
  .sound("piano").slow(2)

Merry Go Round of Life - Howl’s Moving Castle

note("[d4 f4] [a4 g4] [f4 e4] [d4 c4] d4 ~ [d4 f4] a4")
  .sound("piano").slow(2)

My Neighbor Totoro Theme

note("c4 e4 g4 c5 ~ b4 g4 e4 c4")
  .sound("piano").slow(1.5)

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

note("c4 c4 c4 eb4 f4 ~ f4 eb4 c4 ~ c4 c4 eb4 f4 g4")
  .sound("sawtooth").lpf(800).slow(2)

Key syntax:

• note("c4 d4 e4") - play notes in sequence
• [a4 b4] - subdivide (both notes in one beat)
• ~ - rest
• .slow(2) - half speed
• .sound("piano") - instrument