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Sonic Pi chord progression generator (now with modal interchange, secondary dominants AND INVERSIONS)
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# MIDI Chord generation | |
# Now with modal interchange, secondary dominants & inversions | |
# See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yryQbRgsGo | |
define :oneChord do | tonic, mode, deg | | |
majorKeyTriads = [:M,:m,:m,:M,:M,:m,:dim] | |
minorKeyTriads = [:m,:dim,:M,:m,:m,:M,:M] | |
majorKey7s = [:M7,:m7,:m7,:M7,:dom7,:m7,:halfdiminished] | |
minorKey7s = [:m7,:halfdiminished,:M7,:m7,:m7,:M7,:dom7] | |
# First test if deg is actually an array. | |
# Because if it is, this is a more complex chord item | |
if deg.class == Array then | |
# Representation here is [chord-deg, inversion] | |
# chord-deg is understood as degree to calculate chord, | |
# inversion is 1 (first inversion), 2 (2nd inversion), | |
# -1 (first inversion and drop an octave | |
# -2 (second inversion and drop an octave) | |
t,m,c = oneChord(tonic,mode,deg[0]) | |
case deg[1] | |
when 0 | |
newChord = c | |
when 1 | |
newChord = c[1..10]+[c[0]+12] | |
when 2 | |
newChord = c[2..10]+[c[0]+12]+[c[1]+12] | |
when 3 | |
newChord = c[3..10]+[c[0]+12]+[c[1]+12]+[c[2]+12] | |
when -1 | |
newChord = (c[1..10]+[c[0]+12]).map {|n| n-12 } | |
when -2 | |
newChord = (c[2..10]+[c[0]+12]+[c[1]+12]).map {|n| n - 12} | |
when -3 | |
newChord = (c[3..10]+[c[0]+12]+[c[1]+12]+[c[2]+12]).map {|n| n - 12} | |
else | |
newChord = c | |
end | |
return [t,m,newChord] | |
end | |
# Modal interchange (negative numbers major <-> minor) | |
if deg < 0 then | |
return oneChord(tonic,(mode=="major") ? "minor" : "major",-deg) | |
end | |
case deg | |
when 1..7 # Simple Triads | |
root = degree(deg,tonic,mode) | |
lookup = (mode == "major") ? majorKeyTriads : minorKeyTriads | |
theChord = chord(root,lookup[deg-1]) | |
when 71..77 # Seventh Chords | |
deg = deg - 70 | |
root = degree(deg,tonic,mode) | |
lookup = (mode == "major") ? majorKey7s : minorKey7s | |
theChord = chord(root,lookup[deg-1]) | |
when 21..27 # Secondary dominants | |
deg = deg - 20 | |
original_root = degree(deg,tonic,mode) | |
root = degree(5,original_root,mode) | |
theChord = chord(root,:dom7) | |
tonic = root | |
end | |
return [tonic,mode,theChord] | |
end | |
define :chordSeq do | tonic, mode, degs | | |
cs = [] | |
degs.each { | deg | | |
xs = oneChord(tonic,mode,deg) | |
cs.append(xs) | |
} | |
cs | |
end | |
use_bpm 100 | |
with_fx :reverb do | |
with_synth :piano do | |
live_loop :piano do | |
cs = chordSeq(:C4,"major",[71,[75,-2],[76,-1],74]) | |
cs.each { |xs| | |
t,m,c = xs | |
c.each {|cn| | |
midi cn, 90, channel: 1, | |
port: "loopbe_internal_midi_1" | |
sleep 0.6 | |
} | |
c.each {|cn| midi_note_on cn, 90, channel: 1, | |
port: "loopbe_internal_midi_1" } | |
sleep 0.4 | |
c.each {|cn| midi_note_off cn, channel: 1, | |
port: "loopbe_internal_midi_1" } | |
sleep 0.2 | |
} | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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