clojure-school-of-music/src/music.clj

(ns music)

;; an octave is an int, e.g. 4
;; a pitch class is a keyword from :Abb to G##
;; a pitch is a [pitch class, octave] vector, e.g. [:C 4] is middle C
;; a duration is a rational number, e.g. 1/8
;; a note has a duration, optionally a pitch, and optionally any other necessary keys (e.g. loudness)
;; {:duration 1/8 :pitch [:A# 3]} is a note. {:duration 1/4} is a note (really, a rest)

;; (:=: noteA noteB) represents noteA played simultaneously with noteB
;; (:+: noteA noteB) represents noteA played followed by noteB

;; what do the above functions return? Whatever that thing is, a note is a "subtype" of it
;; since the :=: and :+: operations can be applied to their return values
;; one solution would be to have [noteA noteB] represent noteA and noteB played sequentially
;; and [[noteA noteB]] represent noteA and noteB played simultaneously -- this would
;; mean that :=: and :+: would have to act on vectors
;; this would allow arbitrary musical phrases, e.g. [noteA [noteB noteC] noteD], but what
;; would deeper nesting mean?

;; (modify noteA control) merges the control map into the noteA map
;; control maps have keys like ::tempo, ::transpose, ::instrument, ::phrase, ::player, ::keysig