Creating and visualizing Rhythms

In this notebook we will explore the generation and visualizations of rhythm patterns on a circle.

from musicir.rhythm.generate import Euclid, RhythmViewer
%matplotlib inline

The Cuban Tresillo, the first bar of the “Son clave” can be define as a E(3,8)

E= Euclid(3,8)
E

X..X..X.

E.beat.show()

R = RhythmViewer(E.rhythm)
R.show()

Let’s hear it. By default the play method plays it twice.

E.play()

To listen to more repetitions, we can use the get_beat to generate the stream with as many repetitions as we wish.

st = E.get_beat(times=5)
st.show('midi')

The Quintillo is another well known Cuban rhythm.

E = Euclid(5, 8)
E

X.XX.XX.

R = RhythmViewer(E.rhythm)
R.show()

E.play()

beat = E.get_beat(times=5)
beat.show('midi')

beat.show()

from musicir.rhythm import generate

ES = generate.traditional_rhythms['samba']

samba = ES.get_beat(times=3)
samba.show('midi')

RS = RhythmViewer(ES.rhythm)
RS.show()