Harmonica Note Converter
Harmonica Note Converter aims to create a python library to convert notes or tabs for different kind of harmonicas. It is based on musthe.
https://github.com/mozanunal/harmonica-note-converter
Story
Some of you know that I am an ameteur harmonica player and I love harmonicas. I usually play diatonic harmonicas but last time I have bought a chromatic harmonica, which has quite different tone and it is hard to find music notes for it.
I am not the best at playing instruments. However, I am good at coding and music theory. That’s why I decide to develop a tool to convert music notes for any instrument to notes for my harmonicas. I also create an modular structure to define new instruments.
Getting Started
Installing
First, The source code of the project should be cloned to your PC.
git clone https://github.com/mozanunal/harmonica-note-converter
Demo
To test this project in your computer, you should run following commands.
cd harmonica-note-converter
python3 test.py
#python test.py
It is a video to demonstrate the tone shift feature of my code. It is quite easy to use. I suggest you to have a look in this link and test the script with following code. See you!
Use It For Your Instruments and Notes
Defining Instruments
Example code of C tone diatonic harmonica. You should add your instrument to harmonica folder and add to init file.
diatonic_C = {
"1": "C2",
"1*": "C#2",
"-1": "D2",
"-1*": "D#2",
"2": "E3",
"2*": "E#3",
"-2": "G2",
"-2*": "G#2",
"3": "G2",
"3*": "G#2",
"-3": "B2",
"-3*": "B#2",
"4": "C3",
"4*": "C#3",
"-4": "D3",
"-4*": "D#3",
"5": "E3",
"5*": "E#3",
"-5": "F3",
"-5*": "F#3",
"6": "G3",
"6*": "G#3",
"-6": "A3",
"-6*": "A#3",
"7": "C4",
"7*": "C#4",
"-7": "B3",
"-7*": "B#3",
"8": "E4",
"8*": "E#4",
"-8": "D4",
"-8*": "D#4",
"9": "G4",
"9*": "G#4",
"-9": "F4",
"-9*": "F#4",
"10": "A4",
"10*": "A#4",
"-10": "C5",
"-10*": "C#5"
}
Converting Tab Between Instruments
Following script is written to convert Game of Thrones theme song tabs
for diatonic C harmonica to chromatic harmonica tabs. In the first part, the tab string is converted to a song object. Then song exported for swan1040 harmonica. Above this part, you have already learned to implement your instrument. Now, you can export these notes as tab for your instrument.
from harmonica import swan1040, diatonic_C
from song import Song
gotTheme = Song("GoT Theme")
gotTheme.getFromTabs(
diatonic_C,
"""
-6 -4 -5 +6 -6 -4 -5 +6 +5
+6 +4 +5 -5 +6 +4 -5 +5 -4
-6 -4 -5 +6 -6 -4 -5 +6 +5
+6 +4 +5 -5 +5 +4 -4
-8 +7 -4 -6 -3* -5 +6 -6
-8 +7 +6 -6 -3* -5 +5 -4
""".replace("\t"," ").replace("+","")
)
gotTheme.exportTabs(swan1040)
Script output:
GoT Theme
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-7 -5 -6 7 -7 -5 -6 7 6
7 5 6 -6 7 5 -6 6 -5
-7 -5 -6 7 -7 -5 -6 7 6
7 5 6 -6 6 5 -5
-9 -8* -5 -7 5 -6 7 -7
-9 -8* 7 -7 5 -6 6 -5
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Shifting the Tone
The other feature which I implemented is tone shifting. It is possible to shift the tone of the song which you give to the system. Probably, it is quite easy task for real musicians, but it is always a challenge for me. It is quite easy to implememted it with code. In that why, I can easily change the tone of the songs which I want to play with my harmonica.
Test script:
from harmonica import swan1040, diatonic_C
from song import Song
gotTheme = Song("GoT Theme")
gotTheme.getFromTabs(
diatonic_C,
"""
-6 -4 -5 +6 -6 -4 -5 +6 +5
+6 +4 +5 -5 +6 +4 -5 +5 -4
-6 -4 -5 +6 -6 -4 -5 +6 +5
+6 +4 +5 -5 +5 +4 -4
-8 +7 -4 -6 -3* -5 +6 -6
-8 +7 +6 -6 -3* -5 +5 -4
""".replace("\t"," ").replace("+","")
)
gotTheme.exportTabs(swan1040)
gotTheme.shift(-12)
gotTheme.exportTabs(swan1040)
gotTheme.shift(+14)
Output is like:
GoT Theme
--------------
-7 -5 -6 7 -7 -5 -6 7 6
7 5 6 -6 7 5 -6 6 -5
-7 -5 -6 7 -7 -5 -6 7 6
7 5 6 -6 6 5 -5
-9 -8* -5 -7 5 -6 7 -7
-9 -8* 7 -7 5 -6 6 -5
--------------
--------------
GoT Theme
-3 -1 -2 3 -3 -1 -2 3 2
3 1 2 -2 3 1 -2 2 -1
-3 -1 -2 3 -3 -1 -2 3 2
3 1 2 -2 2 1 -1
-5 5 -1 -3 1 -2 3 -3
-5 5 3 -3 1 -2 2 -1
--------------
--------------
GoT Theme
-8 6 7 -7 -8 6 7 -7 -6*
-7 -5 -6* 7 -7 -5 7 -6* 6
-8 6 7 -7 -8 6 7 -7 -6*
-7 -5 -6* 7 -6* -5 6
9 -9 6 -8 -5 7 -7 -8
9 -9 -7 -8 -5 7 -6* 6
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