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chords2midi

chords2midi

Given it a chord progression, get a MIDI file!

Take your MIDI file, drop it into your favorite DAW and make a beat! Or two.

Installation

$ pip install chords2midi

Usage

$ c2m I V vi IV --key C
$ ls
C-I-V-vi-IV.mid

More usage:

$ c2m I V vi iii IV I IV V --key D --bpm 128 --octave 5 --duration .25 # Pachabel's Canon in D, Staccato EDM Version
$ ls
D-I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V-128.mid

You can place rests with X:

$ c2m I X V X vi X IV

Further options:

usage: c2m.py [-h] [-b BPM] [-t OCTAVE] [-i INPUT] [-k KEY] [-n NOTES]
              [-d DURATION] [-H HUMANIZE] [-o OUTPUT] [-v]
              [U [U ...]]

chords2midi - Create MIDI files from written chord progressions.

positional arguments:
  U                     Please supply chord progression!. See --help for more
                        options.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -b BPM, --bpm BPM     Set the BPM (default 160)
  -t OCTAVE, --octave OCTAVE
                        Set the octave (default 4)
  -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        Read from an input file.
  -k KEY, --key KEY     Set the key (default C)
  -n NOTES, --notes NOTES
                        Notes in each chord (default all)
  -d DURATION, --duration DURATION
                        Set the chord duraction (default 1)
  -H HUMANIZE, --humanize HUMANIZE
                        Set the amount to "humanize" (strum) a chord, in ticks
                        - try .11 (default 0.0)
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Set the output file path. Default is the current key
                        and progression in the current location.
  -v, --version         Display the current version of chords2midi

Common Progressions

The classic:

 $ c2m I V vi IV

50's progression:

 $ c2m I vi IV V

12 bar blues:

$ c2m I I I I IV IV I I V V I I

or:

$ c2m I I I I IV IV I I V VI I V

Smoke on the water:

$ c2m ii IV V

Wild thing:

$ c2m I IV  V IV

Flamenco:

$ c2m vi V VI V

Gently weeps:

$  c2m ii I V6 VIIb VI

Sad:

$ c2m vi IV I V

And lots more!

Playback

If you're on OSX:

$ brew install timidity
$ timidity your-midi.mid

Related

  • UltimateTemplate - Production-ready Ableton Live project templates.
  • ADGMaker - Make Ableton ADG instruments from Free Philharmonia Orchestra samples

Rich Jones, 2018. MIT.

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