mingus

mingus is an advanced, cross-platform music theory and notation package for Python with MIDI file and playback support. It can be used to play around with music theory, to build editors, educational tools and other applications that need to process and/or play music. It can also be used to create sheet music with LilyPond.

Getting Started

• Features
• Getting mingus
• Setup
• Applications

Tutorials

Fundamentals: Exploring `mingus.core`

• Tutorial 1 - Working with notes
• Tutorial 2 - Keys and the Diatonic Scale
• Tutorial 3 - Intervals
• Tutorial 4 - Triads, Sevenths and Extended Chords
• Tutorial 5 - Scales
• Tutorial 6 - Note Value and Meter
• Tutorial 7 - Progressions
• Tutorial 8 - Working the Core

Grouping Notes: Exploring `mingus.containers`

• Tutorial 1 - The Note Class
• Tutorial 2 - NoteContainers
• Tutorial 3 - Bars
• Tutorial 4 - Instruments
• Tutorial 5 - Tracks
• Tutorial 6 - Composition
• Tutorial 7 - Suite

Midi: Exploring `mingus.midi`

• Tutorial 1 - Playing Containers with FluidSynth
• Tutorial 2 - Saving Containers as Midi Files

Extras: Exploring `mingus.extra`

• Tutorial 1 - Generating Sheet Music with LilyPond

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API docs

mingus.core

• mingus.core.notes
• mingus.core.intervals
• mingus.core.chords
• mingus.core.scales
• mingus.core.keys
• mingus.core.meter
• mingus.core.value
• mingus.core.progressions

mingus.containers

• mingus.containers.note
• mingus.containers.note_container
• mingus.containers.bar
• mingus.containers.instrument
• mingus.containers.track
• mingus.containers.composition
• mingus.containers.suite

mingus.midi

• mingus.midi.sequencer
• mingus.midi.SequencerObserver
• mingus.midi.midi_events
• mingus.midi.fluidsynth
• mingus.midi.pyfluidsynth
• mingus.midi.midi_track
• mingus.midi.midi_file_out
• mingus.midi.midi_file_in

mingus.extra

• mingus.extra.lilypond
• mingus.extra.tunings
• mingus.extra.StringTuning
• mingus.extra.tablature
• mingus.extra.fft