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F#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-⋯-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
C#|-⋯-|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|-7--7--9--9--10--10--12--12-|
C#|------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|----------------------------|
C#|------------------------|----------------------------|
F#|-10--10--9--9--7--7--5--5-|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|--------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
C#|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-------|
G#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-⋯-|-------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-⋯-|-8--12-|
F#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|---|------|---|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|
F#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|
F#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|-10--10--10--10--8--8--8--8-|
G#|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10-|----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|----------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8-|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6-|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1-|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--0--1--0-|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--2--2--2--2-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------|
C#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------|
G#|-------|---|------|---|-------|---|------|---|----------------------------|
C#|-8--12-|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--12-|-5-|-8--5-|-0-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|
F#|----------------------------|------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--12--12--12--12-|
F#|----------------------------|------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-5--5--5--5--12--12--12--12-|-8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|----------------------------|
C#|------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|------------------------|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10-|
C#|-0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5-|----------------------------|
F#|----------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-10--10--10--10--8--8--8--8-|------------------------|
G#|----------------------------|-6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8-|
C#|----------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6-|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1-|
C#|------------------------|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5-|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--0--1--0-|------------------------|
C#|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|------------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G#|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-------|
G#|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8-|-------|
C#|------------------------|------------------------|------------|-5--12-|
F#|-------|------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|-------|------|
C#|-------|------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|-------|------|
G#|-------|----6-|-5--3-|-------|-------|----6-|-5--3-|----5-|-------|----6-|
C#|-5--12-|-1----|------|-5--12-|-5--12-|-1----|------|-5----|-5--12-|-1----|
F#|------|-------|-------|------|------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|
C#|------|-------|-------|------|------|-----12-|-----12-|-----12-|-------------|
G#|-5--3-|-------|-------|----6-|-5--3-|-10-----|-10-----|-10-----|-10--5--7--9-|
C#|------|-5--12-|-5--12-|-1----|------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|
F#|--------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|-------|----|
C#|-----12-|-----12-|-----12-|-------------|-----12-|-12--0-|----|
G#|-10-----|-10-----|-10-----|-10--5--7--9-|-10-----|-------|-10-|
C#|--------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|-------|----|
F#|----------------|---|
C#|----------------|---|
G#|-10--12--14--12-|---|
C#|----------------|-5-|
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