Keyzer is a sight reading trainer for piano.

This is currently a prototype. Only basic functionality has been implemented and the code has only been tested on my 2010 MacBook Pro running Mavericks. See TODO.txt for a list of features that I would like to implement.

• Tested on version 2.7.6

• Interface to the MIDI system. Handles port selection and sending and receiving of events
• Tested on version 0.3.1a
• Install with pip install python-rtmidi

• Toolkit for loading and iterating over MIDI sequences
• https://github.com/vishnubob/python-midi/
• Python 2 only. 2to3 works
• Install with pip install midi (you might need --pre to allow installation of pre-release software)

• Sprite and animation toolkit
• Tested on 1.2.4
• Install with pip install pyglet
• pyglet does not run in 64-bit mode, so you have to install a universal python binary and edit keyzer to run like arch -32 python main.py $*

• Generate MIDI events using your computer's keyboard
• http://www.manyetas.com/creed/midikeys.html

• A software synthesizer. Lets you play MIDI audio on your computer's speakers. You can use this if your MIDI instrument does not have builtin speakers.
• http://www.fluidsynth.org/

• Connect the MIDI device to your computer via USB
• Probe the MIDI ports: ./keyzer --list-ports
• Probe the song tracks: ./keyzer --song-path ./beatles-imagine.mid --list-tracks
• Start Keyzer: ./keyzer --in-port 0 --out-port 0 --song-path ./beatles-imagine.mid --track 0 --channel 0 --program 0