Re: perl / python, was apspec activity: music for single stack

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Brian Redfern wrote:

|
| Gerald's perl scripts are very cool, they allow him to write patterns in a
| spread sheet like excel, and then his program scans the csv file to
| generate score info. That's a bit of a simplification, but he is able to
| use the spreadsheet as a composition tool for scores.
|

In the past was using a spreadsheet to help me create scores.  However,
I've been interested in polyrhythmic music so my spreadsheet hasn't been
of much use lately because it only works for linear music in 4/4 time.
So now I've been working without any sort of visual reference, only perl
and csound code.  I've been studying African music.  I noticed that in
African music they don't have measures.  Instead, a unit of time is
used.  This unit of time is often marked by a repeating bell pattern.
The cool thing about using code is that polyrhythms can be programmed.
Many sequencers are based on western theory so they don't make
programming polyrhythms easy.  At least that has been my experience.  A
great paper on African music with sounds samples is available here:

http://smt.ucsb.edu/mto/issues/mto.00.6.1/mto.00.6.1.anku.html

At the bottom of the article, it says that you can purchase full
transcripts of the articles.  "Structural Set Analysis of African
Music*. Vol. 1: Adowa" and "Structural Set Analysis of African Music*.
Vol. 2: Bawa" by Willie Anku.  I've tried contacting Professor Anku and
several universities to acquire the full transcripts, but I haven't had
any luck.  Does anyone on this list have access to the full transcripts?
~ If so, please email me off-list.

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gerald wenzel
music: http://apspec.com
linux & code: http://geraldwenzel.com





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