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PlayTune

16 Jun 2006 (Updated 21 Jul 2006)

No BSD License

This function plays musical tunes. Write your own musical tune and call the function to play it.

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Description	This function plays musical tunes. Write your own musical tune and call the function to play it. Notation: [CDEFGAB] keys, 5 full octaves [12345678] key/rest duration, with the default [1] semiquaver, [2] quaver, [4] crochet and [8] minim [#] sharp / [b] flat / [.] rest / [^] raise octave / [_] lower octave The musical scores for Canon in D (Pachelbel), Prelude No 1 (Bach), The Globe Trotter and Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin) are also attached. Essential files: playtune.m Accompanying files: canon_in_d.m, prelude_no_1.m, the_globe_trotter.m, fantasie_impromptu.m
MATLAB release	MATLAB 5.3.1 (R11.1)
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Other Files	canon_in_d.m, prelude_no_1.m, the_globe_trotter.m, fantasie_impromptu.m, playtune.m

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Comments and Ratings (5)
28 Jun 2006	John D'Errico	Superb. I do wish the author had included a bit more help with playtune. For example, the notation is described in the website description, but not in the help for playtune. (Please fix this!) I've rated it a 5 anyway.
29 Jun 2006	Alan Tan	Hi John, I've taken your advice and added some examples and included the notation (above) in the help of playtune.
20 Sep 2006	S Murphy
18 Apr 2007	Ruoting Yang
26 Oct 2008	Ameya Deoras

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Updates
20 Jun 2006	Edited the function for a more natural sounding tone.
21 Jun 2006	Added residual phase to generating signals.
22 Jun 2006	Added the musical score of Prelude No 1 by Bach.
27 Jun 2006	Enabled customizable tone generator; at the same time, set the lowest note to C(-2), i.e., two octaves below the middle C of the piano. Also added a new musical score "The Globe Trotter" which plays both right and left hands.
27 Jun 2006	Tidied up the codes.
28 Jun 2006	Edited description.
29 Jun 2006	Added additional help and examples in playtune.
21 Jul 2006	Added Fantasie Impromptu (plays both hands), one of my favorite pieces by Chopin.

Tag Activity for this File
Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
sound	Alan Tan	22 Oct 2008 08:29:48
tunes	Alan Tan	22 Oct 2008 08:29:48
utilities	Alan Tan	22 Oct 2008 08:29:48
musical	Alan Tan	22 Oct 2008 08:29:48

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