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Tunes&Flow
The prompt for Genuary 2024 Day17 is Inspired by Islamic Art and decided to use 3 euclidean rhythms seen in Arabic culture
Coded in SonicPi
Poem
The flow
The tunes
The rhythm
As it reaches the rooms
Hidden
To find its glow
Audio
SonicPi Code
#E(5,6)=[x . x x x x] yields the York-Samai pattern, a popular Arab rhythm, when started on the second
live_loop :do do
use_random_seed Time.now.to_i * 1.5
use_bpm 120
with_fx :whammy, mix: 0.125 do
sample :tabla_ghe2 if spread(5,6).reverse.tick #reverse to follow the inspiration
sleep [0.25,0.5,1,2].choose
end
end
#E(5,7)=[x . x x . x x] is the Nawakhat pattern, another popular Arab rhythm [30]
live_loop :do1 do
use_random_seed Time.now.to_i / 2
use_bpm 90
with_fx :ixi_techno do
sample :tabla_ghe4 if spread(5,7).reverse.tick #reverse to follow the inspiration
sleep [0.25,0.5,1,2].choose
end
end
#E(5,9)=[x . x . x . x . x] is a popular Arab rhythm called Agsag-Samai [30]. W
live_loop :do2 do
use_random_seed Time.now.to_i
use_bpm 60
with_fx :ping_pong do
sample :tabla_ghe5 if spread(5,9).tick
sleep [0.25,0.5,1,2].choose
end
end