gistfile1.py

MAX_STRINGS = 6
MAX_FRETS   = 12 

def note_filter(key):
    
    
    if key in ['C','G','D','A','E','B','F#','C#']:
      
        return ['C','C#','D','D#','E','F','F#','G','G#','A','A#','B',]
                
     
    else: 
        
        return ['C','Db','D','Eb','E','F','Gb','G','Ab','A','Bb','B'] 
                


        
def string_prep(start, notes):
    #This function is intended to provide an organized string of notes that can be used to generate the 
    #note values for a guitar string
    prepared_notes = []
    note_counter = 0
    found_note = 0

    
    while note_counter < len(notes):
        if notes[note_counter] == start:
            
            found_note = note_counter #records the location of the open string note in the raw note list
            
            while note_counter < len(notes):
                prepared_notes.append(notes[note_counter])
                
                print prepared_notes
                
                note_counter = note_counter + 1  
                if note_counter > 11:
                    print note_counter
                    note_counter = 0          #starts over at beginning of notes
                    print found_note        
                    
                elif note_counter == found_note :#breaks out of prepared list creation
                    print note_counter
                    return prepared_notes
                
                          
              
        else:
            note_counter = note_counter + 1
                
        
class string(object):
    # returns a list of note objects that contain a fret and a pitch value
    string = []
    fret = 0
    def __init__(self):
        
        
    def create_string(self,filtered_notes):
        fret = 0
        for pitch in filtered_notes:
            string.append(note(pitch,fret))
            fret = fret + 1
            
        return string
                  
class note(object):
    def __init__(self,pitch,fret):
        self.pitch = pitch
        self.fret  = fret
        
    

#attempt to generate an E_String
string_1 = string(string_prep('E',note_filter('E')))

print string_1.filtered_notes