Musical notes in Python

[toldcodger]

Hi,
I was recently playing around with micro python on a BBC microbit. Using some basic instructions I got it to show rows of LED’s and using the music library I got it to play the notes of the Close Encounters riff very simply by stating the note, octave and duration, i.e G4:4, A4:4 etc. I think that is similar to Sonic Pi

The coding may not be the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen, but it worked

I was going to try to do something similar using Python, a Blinkt stick or a Unicorn hat but I can’t find a way to create the notes using just Python on the Pi.

I’m not a programmer so I am expecting to be corrected on that last statement. But bearing in mind I am not a programmer, what’s the easiest way to do this. ?

Please try to keep it simple, I’m not as young as I used to be

Regards

Dave

[MrYsLab]

I used the pigoio library "waves" (PWM) in conjunction with a piezo buzzer . Here is a snippet of code using pigpio waves to play a single tone. It was adapted from the s2-pi project https://mryslab.github.io/s2-pi/ s2-pi.py, https://github.com/MrYsLab/s2-pi/blob/m ... i/s2_pi.py lines 64-80

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import pigpio

pin = 18 # pin that buzzer is connected to

# frequency is in hz.
play_tone = 1000

# instantiate pigpio
pi = pigpio.pi()

# set pin to output mode
pi.set_mode(pin, pigpio.OUTPUT)

frequency = int((1000 / play_tone) * 1000)
tone = [pigpio.pulse(1 << pin, 0, frequency),
    pigpio.pulse(0, 1 << pin, frequency)]

pi.wave_add_generic(tone)
wid = pi.wave_create()

if wid >= 0:
    self.pi.wave_send_repeat(wid)
time.sleep(1)
pi.wave_tx_stop()
pi.wave_delete(wid)


 

[scruss]

Something like asdwsda/rtttl will do the conversion from note & octave to frequency.

[toldcodger]

Thanks guys,

On the micro bit I lit up a row of leds then played a note, then another row of leds and another note etc.

I think the rttl method may be the best fit.For this method.

If I get it working on the Pi i’ll Post it on here.

Thanks again

Dave

[toldcodger]

I got it to work with the UnicornHat and SonicPi.

Unfortunately the movie won’t upload. It looks like I need to convert it to an avi file.

I was looking at SonicPi and saw the OSC option. You have to have SonicPi open and running an OSC listening script but it works.