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Write a MIDI music cue in Python with pretty_midi: instruments, notes, transposing and tempo
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Helps composers and editors generate a short MIDI cue from code. The result is a compact Python script that saves a brief cello phrase as a standard MIDI file, with notes on transposition and tempo estimation. It follows the project README and was not run.
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Write a MIDI music cue in Python with pretty_midi: instruments, notes, transposing and tempo
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Helps composers and editors generate a short MIDI cue from code. The result is a compact Python script that saves a brief cello phrase as a standard MIDI file, with notes on transposition and tempo estimation. It follows the project README and was not run.
Example
A hypothetical four-note cello motif, one second per note, written to a MIDI file. It was not run and the musical result was not judged.
Useful starting points
- Skip drum instruments when shifting pitch, because drum notes are sounds, not pitches.
- The default audio render uses sine waves; instrument sounds need the fluidsynth program and pyfluidsynth.
- Convert note names such as C5 with note_name_to_number rather than typing pitch numbers.
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