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kennethreitz 79c0d6164e Acid Reign: cajon replaces djembe, 808 sub at 1.0

Cajon groove: slap-tap-tap-snare pattern with fills every 4 bars.
Snare slap fills building into marcato. Organic, woody, fits the acid.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Acid Reign: cajon replaces djembe, 808 sub at 1.0

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README.md

Interpretations

An album of compositions written in Python using pytheory.

Each track is a .py file. Run it to hear it.

Tracks

Raga Midnight — D Phrygian (Bhairavi), shruti just intonation, 90 BPM. Tabla, sitar, tambura, dhol. Hand-written tabla solo with tihai cadence.
Culture Clash — D minor, 95 BPM. Didgeridoo drone, Rhodes, tabla with fills, sitar arps, NES Mario theme, Hotline Bling on steel drum, theremin solo, marching snare military finale with DCI cadence. 808 sub bass throughout.
Chakra — Root to crown frequency activation journey. Shruti tuning at A=432 Hz. Ukulele opening, singing bowls, harmonium, tambura, sitar, theremin. Metric modulation tempo changes (60 → 90 → 108 → 135 BPM) ascending through seven chakras.

Usage

pip install pytheory
python tracks/raga_midnight.py
python tracks/culture_clash.py
python tracks/chakra.py

License

ISC