From a6cdc49969d66ef66d54bf39c382b4d28ed7d9a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:34:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Raga=20Midnight:=20rewrite=20tabla=20solo=20?=
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Kaida in 8ths→16ths, tukra all 16ths, tihai with even spacing.
No more 32nd/16th mixing or triplets fighting the groove.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 tracks/raga_midnight.py | 124 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tracks/raga_midnight.py b/tracks/raga_midnight.py
index 73fa5c6..2a34562 100644
--- a/tracks/raga_midnight.py
+++ b/tracks/raga_midnight.py
@@ -314,83 +314,67 @@ tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=100)
 tabla.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
 tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=125)
 
-# ── Bar 22: KAIDA — developing the theme ────────────────────────
+# ── Bar 22: KAIDA — developing, clean 8ths and 16ths ───────────
 tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=108, articulation="accent")
-tabla.hit(GE, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
-tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=78)
+tabla.hit(GE, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=82)
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=78)
 tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=102)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=55)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=50)
-tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=75)
-tabla.hit(KE, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=65)
-# Variation with bends
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=112, articulation="accent")
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=118)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=112, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=80)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=105)
+tabla.hit(KE, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=65)
+# Second half: 16ths
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(GE, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=78)
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=105)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=115, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=80)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=108)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=118)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=115, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=120)
+
+# ── Bar 23: TUKRA — virtuosic, all 16ths on the grid ───────────
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=112, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(GE, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=85)
+tabla.hit(TIT, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=115, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
 tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
 tabla.hit(TIT, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=100)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=50)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=75)
-tabla.hit(KE, 0.125, velocity=62)
-# Faster variation
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=52)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=115)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=78)
-tabla.hit(tDHA, 0.125, velocity=105)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=48)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=45)
-tabla.hit(KE, 0.125, velocity=60)
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=115, articulation="accent")
-
-# ── Bar 23: TUKRA — virtuosic display ───────────────────────────
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=127, articulation="accent")
-tabla.rest(Duration.SIXTEENTH)
-# 32nd note cascade
-tabla.hit(tDHA, 0.125, velocity=112)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=55)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=85)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=50)
-tabla.hit(tDHA, 0.125, velocity=115)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=58)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=82)
-tabla.hit(GE, 0.125, velocity=100)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=78)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=52)
-tabla.hit(KE, 0.125, velocity=65)
-# Second wave with bayan
-tabla.hit(tDHA, 0.125, velocity=118)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=55)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=50)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=88)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=122)
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=55)
-tabla.hit(tDHA, 0.125, velocity=120)
-tabla.hit(NA, 0.125, velocity=85)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=127, articulation="accent")
-
-# ── Bar 24: TIHAI — three-fold cadence to sam ───────────────────
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=105, articulation="accent")
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=58)
-tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=108)
-tabla.rest(Duration.SIXTEENTH)
-# 2nd
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=118, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=80)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=112)
+tabla.hit(GE, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=78)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=120, articulation="accent")
+# Second half: 16ths building
 tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=115, articulation="accent")
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=65)
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=85)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=120)
+tabla.hit(TIT, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=58)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=118, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=122)
 tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=88)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=118)
-tabla.rest(Duration.SIXTEENTH)
-# 3rd
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=125, articulation="accent")
-tabla.hit(TIT, 0.125, velocity=72)
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=120)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=127, articulation="accent")
+
+# ── Bar 24: TIHAI — three-fold cadence, clean on the grid ──────
+# 1st
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=108, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=82)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
+tabla.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
+# 2nd
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=118, articulation="accent")
+tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=88)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=118)
+tabla.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
+# 3rd — strongest
+tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=127, articulation="accent")
 tabla.hit(NA, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=95)
-tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=125)
-# Triplet descent
-tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.TRIPLET_QUARTER, velocity=95)
-tabla.hit(GE, Duration.TRIPLET_QUARTER, velocity=80)
-tabla.hit(NA, Duration.TRIPLET_QUARTER, velocity=60)
+tabla.hit(GEB, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=125)
 # SAM
 tabla.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
 tabla.hit(tDHA, Duration.DOTTED_HALF, velocity=127, articulation="fermata")