music-drummer 0.1.3

Glorified Metronome

python-music-drummer

Glorified Metronome

SYNOPSIS

from music_drummer import Drummer

d = Drummer()

d.set_instrument('kick', 36) # change the kick patch from 35
d.set_instrument('snare', 40) # change the snare patch from 38

d.set_bpm(99) # change the beats per minute from 120
d.set_ts('5/8') # change the time signature from 4/4

d.count_in(2) # count-in on the hi-hats for 2 measures
# add a 64th-note flam to the score
d.note('snare', dur=1/2, flam=1/16, part=d.snare)
# add a roll of 5 notes for an eighth-note, increasing in volume
d.roll(duration=1/2, subdivisions=5, crescendo=[100, 127])
# add an eighth-note phrase of 3 parts, to the score
for _ in range(4):
    d.pattern(
        patterns={ 'kick': '1000000010', 'snare': '0000001000', 'hihat': '1111111111' },
        duration=1/2
    )

d.sync_parts() # make the parts play simultaneously

d.score.show() # or text, midi, etc. see music21 docs