Sonic Pi: having fun with note rings in minor pentatonic, used as licks. The little graphs created by the spark function help understand those licks.

spi_restless_lix.txt

def play_lick(lick,root, scale, time)
  spark lick
  lick.each{|note| play((degree note, root, scale)) ; sleep time }
end

lix=(ring
  [1, 9, 4, 9, 2, 9, 3, 9, 5, 9, 6, 9],
   # ▄▁▆▁▅▁▅▁▆▁▇▁
  [1, 4, 9, 9, 2, 9, 3, 5, 9, 9, 6, 9],
   # ▄▆▁▁▅▁▅▆▁▁▇▁
  [1, 9, 4, 2, 9, 9, 3, 9, 5, 6, 9],
   # ▄▁▆▅▁▁▅▁▆▇▁
  [1, 9, 4, 9, 2, 3, 9, 5, 9, 6, 9],
   # ▄▁▆▁▅▅▁▆▁▇▁
  [1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6],
   # ▁▅▃▄▆▇
  [1, 9, 4, 2, 9],
   # ▅▁▇▆▁
  [1, 9, 9, 2, 9, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▆▁▁▇▁▁▁▁
  [1, 9, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1, 9, 9],
   # ▄▁▇▆▅▁▄▁▁
  [4, 5, 2, 9, 9, 1, 9, 9],
   # ▆▇▅▁▁▄▁▁
  [1, 9, 4, 9, 9, 2, 5, 2, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▄▁▆▁▁▅▇▅▁▁▁
  [1, 9, 2, 4, 9],
   # ▅▁▆▇▁
  [1, 9, 9, 2, 9, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▆▁▁▇▁▁▁▁
  [1, 9, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1, 9, 9],
   # ▄▁▇▆▅▁▄▁▁
  [1, 9, 4, 2, 5, 3, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▄▁▆▅▇▆▁▁▁
  [1, 2, 4,9],
   # ▅▆▇▁
  [1, 9, 2, 9, 9, 5, 4, 6, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▄▁▅▁▁▆▆▇▁▁▁
  [4, 9, 1, 9, 9],
   # ▇▁▅▁▁
  [1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 9, 9],
   # ▄▅▆▆▇▁▁
  [1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 9, 9],
   # ▄▆▅▆▇▁▁
  [6, 9, 9, 9],
   # ▇▁▁▁
)
root=52
scale=:minor_pentatonic
use_tuning :just, root+1
use_synth :pretty_bell
live_loop :lixy do
  play_lick(lix[tick],root, scale, 0.1)
  sleep 0.45
end