interpretations/CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog

## The Temple (Track 9)
- New track: A Phrygian (Bhairavi), 65 BPM, shruti just intonation, A=432 Hz
- Singing bowls, tambura drone, harmonium, bansuri, tabla, theremin
- Triple sitar solo with 32nd note jhala shredding
- Tabla solo with 32nd note tukra cascade
- Electronic kick enters at bar 49, four-on-the-floor at the peak
- Room tone pad (noise through taj_mahal reverb) for ambient space

## The Interruption (Track 8)
- New track: D minor, 85 BPM — string quartet ambushed by drum & bass
- Baroque harpsichord + violin/viola/cello quartet, cathedral reverb
- Bar 33: breakbeat + 808 kick + sub bass + reese slam in
- Strings keep playing unshaken, beat dissolves, quartet wins
- Sub bass cranked to 0.9, kick at 1.0, breakbeat at 0.9

## Deep Time (Track 7)
- New track: B minor, 40 BPM, just intonation — 7.5 min ambient drone
- Tingsha, rainstick, finger cymbals, singing bowls, didgeridoo
- Sine drones, harmonium, theremin emotional break, choir, cello
- Noise wind with LFO-controlled filter and volume

## Silk Road (Track 6)
- New track: D minor, 95 BPM — caravan picking up musicians
- China (koto) → India (sitar + tabla) → Persia (mandolin + doumbek) → Mediterranean (guitar + cajon) → all together

## Acid Reign (Track 5)
- New track: A minor, 140 BPM — dual 303 acid bass lines
- Saw + square 303s with resonant filter sweeps (Q up to 20)
- Five hand-written 16th note groove patterns
- Cajon in cathedral reverb, Rhodes pad, 808 sub maxed at 1.0
- Cajon volume 0.5, reverb pulled to 0.2

## Ghost Protocol (Track 4)
- New track: F minor, 128 BPM — Portishead intro → Strobe build
- Dark Rhodes + trip-hop beat, hypnotic saw arp with LFO filter sweep
- Kick doesn't arrive until bar 49
- NES square wave melody at the emotional peak

## Chakra (Track 3)
- New track: root to crown frequency activation journey
- Shruti tuning at A=432 Hz, ukulele opening
- Singing bowls, harmonium, tambura, sitar, theremin
- Metric modulation: 60 → 90 → 108 → 135 BPM

## Culture Clash (Track 2)
- New track: D minor, 95 BPM — musical fever dream
- Didgeridoo drone → Rhodes → sitar arps + tabla → Mario World 1-1 → Hotline Bling on steel drum → Nokia ringtone → theremin solo → 16-snare DCI marching cadence
- Mario gets an 8-bar shred solo with 32nd note scale runs

## Raga Midnight (Track 1)
- First track: D Phrygian (Bhairavi), shruti just intonation, 90 BPM
- Tabla, sitar, tambura, dhol
- Hand-written tabla solo: peshkara → kaida → tukra → tihai

## play.py
- Interactive curses track picker with animated header
- Playback with progress bar
- `--from` / `--to` measure ranges, `--from-time` / `--to-time` time ranges
- `--solo` / `--mute` parts, `--bpm` / `--pitch` / `--volume` overrides
- WAV export, MIDI export, `--info`, `--parts`, `--list`