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music21.composition.phasing

music21.composition.phasing.pitchedPhase(cycles=None, show=False)

Creates a phase composition in the style of 1970s minimalism, but bitonally.

The source code describes how this works.

>>> from music21 import *
>>> composition.phasing.pitchedPhase(cycles = 4, show = True)
_images/phasingDemo.png
music21.composition.phasing.partPari(show=True)

generate the score of Arvo Pärt’s “Pari Intervallo” algorithmically using music21.scale.ConcreteScale() to simulate Tintinabulation.

music21.composition.phasing.pendulumMusic(show=True, loopLength=160.0, totalLoops=1, maxNotesPerLoop=40, totalParts=16, scaleStepSize=3, scaleType=<class 'music21.scale.OctatonicScale'>, startingPitch='C1')