I've been trying to load a MusicXML file, edit it (removing several parts), and create a PDF sheet document + midi/mp3, all of this using Python. I've first looked at music21, that would load my M...

I'm trying to figure out a good way to be able to store plain text music lyrics with synchronized guitar chords. When displayed, I'd like to see the lyrics rendered double-spaced with the chords in...

I am developing software that depends on musical chords detection. I know some algorithms for pitch detection, with techniques based on cepstral analysis or autocorrelation, but they are mainly foc...

I'm making a program that generates random simple melodies, based an a randomized basic chord progression from the C Major scale. What would be a good way to generate a chord progression of 4 tria...

I was wondering how would one create a javascript function for transposing music chords. Since I don't expect everyone to be a musician here, I'll try to explain how it works in music theory. I ho...

How can I programmatically find the key of a song just by knowing the chord sequence of the song? I asked some people how they would determine the key of a song and they all said they do it 'by ear...

I am trying to write a function to parse the string representation of a musical chord. Example: C major chord -> Cmaj (this is what I want to parse) Just to make it clear, a chord is made of thre...

Currently I write lilypond code that looks like this: \version "2.14.2" P = #parenthesize \relative c, { \clef bass <c \P c'> <e \P e'> <g \P g'>2 <c, \P c'>4 <d \P...

I want to do make a platform to play chords like guitar does. For example - to play the E chord it playes [0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0] (from the Low-E string to the High-E string). I'm trying to play chords...

I would like to calculate how comforable it would be to play a given chord progression with different "fingerings" (e.g. open chords, vs bar chords). For instance, if we have the chord progressio...

I am looking to draw a music staff on a .NET (C#) form. I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express. I was wondering if anyone knew of existing code or existing free .NET libraries that can help wi...

I was wondering how would one create a function, in PHP, which is used for transposing some music chords. I will try to explain how it works in music theory. I hope I don't forget something. If th...

Im trying to get all notes with their durations(measures). from music21 import * allBach = corpus.search('bach') x = allBach[0] p = x.parse() partStream = p.parts.stream() for n in p.pitches: ...

I need to convert a string of text that represents a series notes into a wav file and am wondering what the process would be to do this? I don't need exact code, just the steps I would need to take...

problem I'm using LilyPond to typeset sheet music for a church choir to perform. Depending on who is available on any given week, songs will be played in various keys. We have an amazing pianist w...

I have an MXL file from some test suite in which the first measure says Division is 8 (i.e. 8 units per quarter note). Measure 4 is in 3/4 time and has the following rest: <note> <rest ...

Specifically, I'm working in canvas with javascript. Basically, I have objects which have boundaries that I want to avoid, but still surround with a bezier curve. However, I'm not even sure where ...

How would you model a simple musical score for a single instrument written in regular standard notation? Certainly there are plenty of libraries out there that do exactly this. I'm mostly curious a...

I'm looking for algorithms that take notes represented by strings as input and produce the name of the chord as an output. For example: chordName("C", "E", "G") >>> "C major" chordName(...

In Lilypond I can change the color of one type of object with a line like \override Staff.Clef #'color = #(rgb-color 0.4 0.5 0.6) I'd like to have everything in the same (non-default) color, but...

I'm creating audio and effects in my game on the fly with very basic sound synthesis. Basically, I have some methods that can play a sound given a frequency & amplitude & duration. For sho...

I have a site that shows guitar chords/tabs in text format. Here's what I am currently displaying: Em: | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I learn that GD can create a d...

Main purpose of application I'm working on in WPF is to allow editing and consequently printing of songs lyrics with guitar chords over it. You have probably seen chords even if you don't play any...

I'm a python hacker looking to build a sheet music app. I'm comfortable with reading/understanding sheet music (played piano for many years). Here are my complete newbie questions.. Is there a sta...