From eadbcdda83f65ef73219f7f8f42c8d033f463104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Reitz Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 02:12:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add ASCII art header to README Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 27917d5..0119b57 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +``` + _ _ _ _ _ + (_)_ __ | |_ ___ _ __ _ __ _ __ | |_ __ _| |_(_) ___ _ __ ___ + | | '_ \| __/ _ \ '__| '_ \| '__/ _ \ __/ _` | __| |/ _ \| '_ \/ __| + | | | | | || __/ | | |_) | | | __/ || (_| | |_| | (_) | | | \__ \ + |_|_| |_|\__\___|_| | .__/|_| \___|\__\__,_|\__|_|\___/|_| |_|___/ + |_| ~ written in python ~ +``` + # Interpretations An album of compositions written in Python using [pytheory](https://github.com/kennethreitz/pytheory). @@ -14,6 +23,7 @@ Each track is a `.py` file. Run it to hear it. 6. **Silk Road** — D minor, 95 BPM. A caravan picking up musicians along the ancient trade route. Koto solo (China) → sitar + tabla (India) → mandolin + doumbek (Persia) → guitar + cajon (Mediterranean) → all together. Nobody leaves, everyone adds their voice. 7. **Deep Time** — B minor, 40 BPM, just intonation. Ambient drone. Tingsha, rainstick, finger cymbals, singing bowls, didgeridoo, sine drones, harmonium, theremin, choir, cello. 7.5 minutes of deep listening. 8. **The Interruption** — D minor, 85 BPM. A baroque harpsichord and string quartet playing beautifully. Then at bar 33, a drum & bass breakbeat slams in with sub bass and reese. The strings keep playing like nothing happened. The beat dissolves, the quartet wins. +9. **The Temple** — A Phrygian (Bhairavi), 65 BPM, shruti just intonation, A=432 Hz. Devotional layers inside a vast stone chamber. Singing bowls, tambura drone, harmonium, sitar, bansuri, tabla. The reverb is the instrument. Everything enters slowly, sings together, then dissolves back into silence. ## Usage