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https://github.com/cheerfulstoic/music

Library for performing calculations on musical elements
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Library for performing calculations on musical elements

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music
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The *music* gem provides a means on calculating notes and chords.

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Examples:
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All examples below assume that `include Music` has been called, though you can also use `Music::Note`, `Music::Chord`, etc...

Creating notes:

note = Note.new(698.46) # Creates a note object with the frequency 698.46
note = Note.new('F#6') # Creates an F sharp note in the 6th octave

Comparing notes:

Note.new(698.46) < Note.new(1975.53) # => true
Note.new(698.46) == Note.new('F5') # => true

Converting from frequency to note string and vice versa:

Note.new(698.46).note_string # => 'F5'
Note.new('Bb3').frequency # => 233.08

Find how many semitones two notes are apart:

Note.note_distance('A4', 'A#4') # => 1
Note.note_distance('B1', 'F1') # => -6
Note.note_distance('G#1', 'Ab1') # => 0

Adjust frequencies by semitones:

Note.frequency_adjustment(440.0, 15) # => 1046.50

Create chords:

chord = Chord.new(['C4', 'E4', 'G4']) # Create a C major chord

Describe chords:

Chord.new(['C4', 'Eb4', 'Gb4']) # => ['C', :diminished]

*For further usage:*
* Docs: http://rubydoc.info/github/cheerfulstoic/music/frames
* See the examples in the spec files

TODOs:
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* Use the term musical term 'interval' or 'semitones' instead of 'distance' in code
* 'C-' can be used to represent C minor
* There can be many versions of chords. See: http://giventowail.com/lessons/evan/the-basics-major-minor-and-power-chords?phpMyAdmin=97715a053dab6cd797cf01c69d7492a4
* Implement calculation of 'cents'

Contributing to music
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Contributions are welcome. Check out the issues list and feel free to fork and make a pull request if you have any fixes/additions.

Copyright
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Copyright (c) 2012 Brian Underwood. See LICENSE.txt for
further details.