MusicTheory

Learn Music through Ruby!

Based on my presentation at MtnWest Ruby Conference.

Slides on SpeakerDeck

Recording on Confreaks.tv

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'music_theory'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install music_theory

Make sure that you have mplayer installed as well, as output requires it:

brew install mplayer

Usage

Play any of the sample songs by running them with ruby

ruby samples/arpeggios.rb

require 'music_theory'

Make new notes

MusicTheory::Note.new

Play Notes

MusicTheory::Note.new.play

Create scales

MusicTheory::Scale.new

Play Scales

MusicTheory::Scale.new.play

Play chords

MusicTheory::Scale.new.chord.play

Play third

MusicTheory::Scale.new.third.play

Play arpeggios

MusicTheory::Scale.new.arpeggio.play

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/music_theory/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Thanks

1. URUG community
2. Alex Speller (for indirect inspiration)