This is a configurable tool that generates twelve-tone fragments. The twelve-tone technique (also known as dodecaphony) is composition method that produces chromatic music which is usually atonal (although, not necessarily). One of the core properties of twelve-tone music is its global coherency achieved by deriving content from the same sequence of 12 unique pitch classes.
Each run of the tool results in creation of a fragment which can be used as a part of a larger composition. These fragments are stored within individual directories containing:
- MIDI file;
- WAV file;
- Events file in sinethesizer TSV format;
- PDF file with sheet music and its Lilypond source;
- YAML file that can be copied to a config for a derivative fragment;
- Text file with meta information (such as path to config and evaluation scores).
A demo piece compiled from various outputs of the tool is included in the repository as MIDI file. There, velocities and control changes are set manually, however.
To install a stable version, run:
pip install dodecaphonyTo create a new musical fragment, run:
python -m dodecaphony [-c path_to_config]Default config is used if -c argument is not passed. Advanced usage will be covered in a special guide, but right now you can read the source code — it is structured and has built-in documentation.
If you are on Mac OS, please check that parallelism is enabled.