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