Israel Clojure user group gathering: Dojo I, instructions and guidelines.

guidelines.txt

The task of this Dojo is to play a tune with Overtone, namely "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0oBPtyNb0

Wifi password: Elc0Campus

The instructions on how to set up a working overtone environment are detailed in this excellent guide: 

http://bzg.fr/emacs-org-babel-overtone-intro.html

It is recommended to open the org-mode file and follow the instructions inside Emacs. If you haven't been exposed to the power of org-babel, this is an excellent opportunity.

Source file: https://github.com/bzg/org-overtone-intro

When you are done, and you can play notes in Overtone, think about how to proceed. What is the notation that Overtone understands? The wiki has all the answers.

https://github.com/overtone/overtone/wiki/Chords-and-scales

Here is another useful link with a clear explanation about playing melodies in Overtone: 

http://ibisandbaboon.com/2013/01/13/playing-with-music-and-overtone-i/

So how are you going to encode the melody? Maybe sheet music, tabs or chords will help here! Lots of resources online: 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4671913/Mungo-Jerry-In-the-Summertime
https://www.jellynote.com/en/sheet-music-tabs/mungo-jerry/in-the-summertime/504a1257d2235a3ff94ac426#tabs:%23score_A
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mungo_jerry/in_the_summer_time_crd.htm
http://tabnabber.com/view_Tab.asp?tabID=1199&sArtist=Mungo+Jerry&sName=In+The+Summertime

Another idea is to get the midi file with all instruments and melody already encoded, and play that with Overtone.
http://www.free-midi.org/midi1/m/mungo_jerry-in_the_summertime.mid

The library that allows you to read and parse midi files in Overtone can be found on Clojars.

https://clojars.org/overtone/midi-clj

The group that has the best rendition of the tune wins!

PS: If this is too easy for you, here's something more advanced to get you inspired: 
http://vishnumenon.com/2013/06/25/musical-chains-music-generation-with-clojure/