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394 lines
14 KiB
Python
394 lines
14 KiB
Python
"""
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VOICES — they start as one. Then they multiply.
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They come from everywhere. They overlap. They won't stop.
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Until they do.
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F# minor, 65 BPM.
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"""
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from pytheory import Key, Duration, Score, Tone, play_score
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from pytheory.rhythm import DrumSound
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key = Key("F#", "minor")
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s = key.scale # F# G# A B C# D E
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Fs = s[0]; Gs = s[1]; A = s[2]; B = s[3]
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Cs = s[4]; D = s[5]; E = s[6]
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score = Score("4/4", bpm=65)
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prog = key.progression("i", "VI", "iv", "v")
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# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
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# STRUCTURE (56 bars, ~3:27):
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# Bars 1-8: One voice — alone, quiet, almost comforting
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# Bars 9-16: A second voice — from the other side
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# Bars 17-24: They multiply — three, four, overlapping
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# Bars 25-32: Overwhelm — voices everywhere, can't think
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# Bars 33-40: The piano — reality trying to reach you
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# Bars 41-48: Clearing — voices thin, piano gets louder
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# Bars 49-56: Silence — just breath. One last whisper. Gone.
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# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
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# ── VOICE 1 — the first one, left side, "aah" ─────────────────
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v1 = score.part("voice_1", instrument="vocal", volume=0.2,
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reverb=0.5, reverb_type="taj_mahal",
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delay=0.15, delay_time=0.923, delay_feedback=0.2,
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pan=-0.4, humanize=0.06)
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# Bars 1-8: alone — slow, sustained, almost like a lullaby
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=45, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v1.add(A, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=42, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=48, lyric="ooh")
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v1.add(E, Duration.HALF, velocity=42, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v1.add(Cs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=45, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 9-16: continues, a little more insistent
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=50, lyric="aah")
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v1.add(Gs, Duration.HALF, velocity=48, lyric="eeh")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v1.add(A, Duration.HALF, velocity=52, lyric="ooh")
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=48, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v1.add(B, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.add(A, Duration.HALF, velocity=50, lyric="eeh")
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=48, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 17-24: faster, more fragmented
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52, lyric="eeh")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.add(Cs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58, lyric="aah")
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v1.add(B, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52, lyric="ooh")
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v1.add(E, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58, lyric="eeh")
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=60, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.add(Cs, Duration.HALF, velocity=62, lyric="ooh")
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v1.add(B, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58, lyric="eeh")
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v1.rest(Duration.DOTTED_HALF)
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 25-32: overwhelm — rapid, overlapping
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v1.set(volume=0.25)
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for _ in range(4):
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=62, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v1.add(A, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=58, lyric="eeh")
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v1.add(Cs, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=60, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v1.add(B, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=55, lyric="ooh")
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v1.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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for _ in range(4):
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v1.add(E, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=50, lyric="eeh")
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v1.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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# Bars 33-48: fading as piano enters
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v1.set(volume=0.18)
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for vel in [48, 42, 38, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15]:
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=vel, lyric="aah")
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v1.rest(Duration.HALF)
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for vel in [12, 10, 8, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0]:
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if vel > 0:
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v1.add(Fs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=vel, lyric="aah")
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else:
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 49-56: gone
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for _ in range(8):
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v1.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── VOICE 2 — enters bar 9, right side, "ooh" ────────────────
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v2 = score.part("voice_2", instrument="vocal", volume=0.18,
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reverb=0.45, reverb_type="cathedral",
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delay=0.12, delay_time=0.692, delay_feedback=0.18,
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pan=0.35, humanize=0.06)
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for _ in range(8):
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 9-16: the second voice — different rhythm, different vowel
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=42, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(B, Duration.HALF, velocity=45, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(A, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=40, lyric="eeh")
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.HALF, velocity=48, lyric="ooh")
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v2.add(D, Duration.HALF, velocity=42, lyric="aah")
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v2.add(B, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=45, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 17-24: more active, clashing with v1
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v2.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=50, lyric="ooh")
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v2.add(B, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=48, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.HALF, velocity=52, lyric="eeh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(D, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v2.add(B, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=50, lyric="aah")
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v2.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=48, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="eeh")
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v2.add(D, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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v2.add(E, Duration.HALF, velocity=58, lyric="ooh")
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.HALF, velocity=52, lyric="aah")
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 25-32: overwhelm
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v2.set(volume=0.22)
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for _ in range(4):
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v2.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=58, lyric="ooh")
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v2.add(D, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=55, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v2.add(B, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=52, lyric="eeh")
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v2.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v2.add(A, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=55, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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for _ in range(4):
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v2.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=50, lyric="ooh")
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v2.add(B, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=48, lyric="eeh")
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v2.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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v2.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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# Bars 33-48: fading
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v2.set(volume=0.15)
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for vel in [45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 8, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]:
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if vel > 0:
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v2.add(Cs, Duration.HALF, velocity=vel, lyric="ooh")
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v2.rest(Duration.HALF)
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else:
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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for _ in range(8):
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v2.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── VOICE 3 — enters bar 17, behind you, "eeh" ───────────────
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v3 = score.part("voice_3", instrument="choir", volume=0.12,
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reverb=0.6, reverb_type="taj_mahal",
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chorus=0.3, chorus_rate=0.08, chorus_depth=0.01,
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delay=0.1, delay_time=0.462, delay_feedback=0.15,
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pan=-0.15)
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for _ in range(16):
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v3.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 17-24: chord tones, sustained — like a room humming
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for _ in range(2):
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for chord in prog:
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v3.add(chord, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=35)
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# Bars 25-32: louder, pressing in
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v3.set(volume=0.18)
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for _ in range(2):
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for chord in prog:
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v3.add(chord, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=45)
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# Bars 33-48: fading
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for vel in [40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 12, 8, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]:
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if vel > 0:
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v3.add(prog[0], Duration.WHOLE, velocity=vel)
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else:
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v3.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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for _ in range(8):
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v3.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── VOICE 4 — enters bar 21, whispers, everywhere ────────────
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v4 = score.part("voice_4", instrument="vocal", volume=0.1,
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reverb=0.35,
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delay=0.2, delay_time=0.346, delay_feedback=0.25,
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pan=0.45, humanize=0.04)
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for _ in range(20):
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v4.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 21-32: whispered fragments — fast, ghostly
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whispers = [
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(Fs.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 35, "eeh"),
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(None, Duration.QUARTER, 0, ""),
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(A.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 30, "aah"),
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(None, Duration.HALF, 0, ""),
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(Cs.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 38, "eeh"),
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(None, Duration.EIGHTH, 0, ""),
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(B, Duration.QUARTER, 32, "ooh"),
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(None, Duration.QUARTER, 0, ""),
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(None, Duration.HALF, 0, ""),
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(E.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 35, "eeh"),
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(None, Duration.DOTTED_QUARTER, 0, ""),
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(Fs.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 38, "aah"),
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(None, Duration.QUARTER, 0, ""),
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(None, Duration.HALF, 0, ""),
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(D.add(12), Duration.EIGHTH, 32, "ooh"),
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(None, Duration.DOTTED_QUARTER, 0, ""),
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]
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for _ in range(3):
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for note, dur, vel, lyric in whispers:
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if note is None:
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v4.rest(dur)
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else:
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v4.add(note, dur, velocity=vel, lyric=lyric)
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# Bars 33-56: gone
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for _ in range(24):
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v4.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── VOICE 5 — enters bar 25, the loudest, most insistent ─────
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v5 = score.part("voice_5", instrument="vocal", volume=0.15,
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reverb=0.3, reverb_decay=1.0,
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delay=0.08, delay_time=0.231, delay_feedback=0.12,
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pan=-0.3)
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for _ in range(24):
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v5.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 25-32: demanding, repetitive — the one you can't ignore
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for _ in range(8):
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v5.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55, lyric="aah")
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v5.add(Fs, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=48, lyric="aah")
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v5.rest(Duration.EIGHTH)
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v5.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52, lyric="aah")
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v5.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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# Bars 33-40: fading
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for vel in [48, 42, 35, 28, 22, 15, 10, 5]:
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v5.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=vel, lyric="aah")
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v5.rest(Duration.DOTTED_HALF)
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# Bars 41-56: gone
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for _ in range(16):
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v5.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── PIANO — reality, bars 33 onward ───────────────────────────
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# The thing that's real. Cuts through the voices.
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piano = score.part("piano", instrument="piano", volume=0.45,
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reverb=0.35, reverb_type="taj_mahal",
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delay=0.2, delay_time=0.346, delay_feedback=0.3,
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pan=0.1, humanize=0.1)
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for _ in range(32):
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 33-36: trying to reach you — single notes, tentative
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55)
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piano.rest(Duration.DOTTED_HALF)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52)
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piano.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=48)
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piano.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 37-40: getting through — a melody forms
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=60)
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piano.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55)
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piano.add(B, Duration.HALF, velocity=62)
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piano.add(Cs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58)
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piano.add(B, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=52)
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piano.add(A, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=50)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=55)
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piano.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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piano.add(E, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58)
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piano.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55)
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piano.add(B, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=62)
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# Bars 41-48: the melody is real — you can hold onto it
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piano.set(volume=0.55)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=68)
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piano.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=62)
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piano.add(Cs.add(12), Duration.HALF, velocity=72)
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piano.add(B, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=65)
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piano.add(A, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=58)
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piano.add(Gs, Duration.EIGHTH, velocity=55)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=62)
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piano.rest(Duration.QUARTER)
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piano.add(E, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=65)
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piano.add(A, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=62)
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piano.add(B, Duration.HALF, velocity=68)
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piano.add(A, Duration.HALF, velocity=62)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=60)
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piano.add(E, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=55)
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piano.add(D, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=52)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=58)
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=65)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bars 49-56: silence — just breath
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piano.add(Fs, Duration.WHOLE, velocity=50)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.add(Fs.add(-12), Duration.HALF, velocity=42)
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piano.rest(Duration.HALF)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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piano.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── SINGING BOWL — marks the silence ───────────────────────────
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bowl = score.part("bowl", instrument="singing_bowl", volume=0.25,
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reverb=0.7, reverb_type="taj_mahal",
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delay=0.15, delay_time=0.923, delay_feedback=0.2,
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pan=-0.1)
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for _ in range(48):
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bowl.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bar 49: the silence arrives — one bowl strike
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bowl.add(Fs.add(-24), Duration.WHOLE, velocity=55)
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for _ in range(7):
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bowl.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ── LAST WHISPER — one final voice, bar 55, barely there ───────
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last = score.part("last_whisper", instrument="vocal", volume=0.06,
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reverb=0.6, reverb_type="taj_mahal",
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delay=0.15, delay_time=0.923, delay_feedback=0.2,
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pan=0.4)
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for _ in range(54):
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last.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# Bar 55: one syllable. Then nothing.
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last.add(Fs, Duration.HALF, velocity=25, lyric="aah")
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last.rest(Duration.HALF)
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last.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
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# ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
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import sys
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print(f"Key: {key}")
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print(f"BPM: 65")
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print(f"Parts: {list(score.parts.keys())}")
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print(f"Duration: {score.duration_ms / 1000:.1f}s | {score.measures} measures")
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if "--live" in sys.argv:
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print("Playing VOICES (live engine)...")
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from pytheory_live.live import LiveEngine
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engine = LiveEngine(buffer_size=1024)
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engine.play_score(score)
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else:
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print("Playing VOICES...")
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play_score(score)
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