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Similar things: * Perl MIDI::Score -- https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::Score https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::Score * Csound standard numeric scores -- https://cs

by dghf 10mo ago

Similar things: * Perl MIDI::Score -- https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::Score https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::Score * Csound standard numeric scores -- https://csound.com/docs/manual/ScoreTop.html https://csound.com/docs/manual/ScoreTop.html * CsBeats (alternative score language for Csound) -- https://csound.com/docs/manual/CsBeats.html https://csound.com/docs/manual/CsBeats.html

bonzini 10mo ago
Lilypond, too. Though it needs a full scheme interpreter to evaluate macros (provided by both the system and the user), it can emit midi files.
- ramses0 10mo ago
  Lilypond isn't well-known enough! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond#Integration_into_MediaWiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond#Integration_into_Medi... https://www.mutopiaproject.org https://www.mutopiaproject.org https://lilypond.org/text-input.html https://lilypond.org/text-input.html \relative c' { \key d \major fis4 fis g a a g fis e d d e fis fis4. e8 e2 } ...but why is it so complicated? A novice interpretation of "music" is "a bunch of notes!" ... my amateur interpretation of "music" is "layers of notes". You can either spam 100 notes in a row, or you effectively end up with: melody = [ a, b, [c+d], e, ... ] bassline = [ b, _, b, _, ... ] music = melody + bassline score = [ "a bunch of helper text", + melody, + bassline, + page_size, etc... ] ...so Lilypond basically made "Tex4Music", and the format serves a few dual purposes: Engraving! Basically "typesetting" the music for human eyeballs (ie: `*.ly` => `*.pdf`). Rendering! Basically "playing" the music for human ears (ie: `*.ly` => `*.mid`) Librarification! Basically, if your music format has "variables" and "for-loops", you can end up with an end score that's something like: `song = [ intro + chorus + bridge + chorus + outro ]`, and then not have to chase down and modify all the places you use `chorus` when you modify it. (See this answer for more precision: https://music.stackexchange.com/a/130894 https://music.stackexchange.com/a/130894 ) ...now imagine doing all of the above for multiple instruments and parceling out `guitar.pdf`, `bass.pdf`, `drums.pdf` and `whole-song.pdf` TL;DR: Music is haaard, and a lot closer to programming than you think!
  - sporkl 10mo ago
    Lilypond is the only music engraving system I'm aware of that can handle polytempo scores. The TEX-ness really comes in handy.

by dghf 10mo ago

bonzini 10mo ago

Lilypond, too. Though it needs a full scheme interpreter to evaluate macros (provided by both the system and the user), it can emit midi files.

ramses0 10mo ago
Lilypond isn't well-known enough! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond#Integration_into_MediaWiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LilyPond#Integration_into_Medi... https://www.mutopiaproject.org https://www.mutopiaproject.org https://lilypond.org/text-input.html https://lilypond.org/text-input.html \relative c' { \key d \major fis4 fis g a a g fis e d d e fis fis4. e8 e2 } ...but why is it so complicated? A novice interpretation of "music" is "a bunch of notes!" ... my amateur interpretation of "music" is "layers of notes". You can either spam 100 notes in a row, or you effectively end up with: melody = [ a, b, [c+d], e, ... ] bassline = [ b, _, b, _, ... ] music = melody + bassline score = [ "a bunch of helper text", + melody, + bassline, + page_size, etc... ] ...so Lilypond basically made "Tex4Music", and the format serves a few dual purposes: Engraving! Basically "typesetting" the music for human eyeballs (ie: `*.ly` => `*.pdf`). Rendering! Basically "playing" the music for human ears (ie: `*.ly` => `*.mid`) Librarification! Basically, if your music format has "variables" and "for-loops", you can end up with an end score that's something like: `song = [ intro + chorus + bridge + chorus + outro ]`, and then not have to chase down and modify all the places you use `chorus` when you modify it. (See this answer for more precision: https://music.stackexchange.com/a/130894 https://music.stackexchange.com/a/130894 ) ...now imagine doing all of the above for multiple instruments and parceling out `guitar.pdf`, `bass.pdf`, `drums.pdf` and `whole-song.pdf` TL;DR: Music is haaard, and a lot closer to programming than you think!
- sporkl 10mo ago
  Lilypond is the only music engraving system I'm aware of that can handle polytempo scores. The TEX-ness really comes in handy.