v0.37.0: Djembe expansion and cross-choke drum damping

5 new djembe patterns (dununba, tiriba, yankadi, djansa, mendiani),
3 djembe fills, cross-choke damping across drum families, and
improved djembe slap synthesis.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ the genre -- they tell the listener's body how to move before a single
melodic note is played.
PyTheory includes a complete drum system -- 51 synthesized percussion
sounds, 80+ pattern presets across dozens of genres, and 27 fill presets.
sounds, 85+ pattern presets across dozens of genres, and 30 fill presets.
Every sound is generated from waveforms; no samples needed.
Drum Sounds
@@ -252,14 +252,15 @@ ending and a new one is about to begin. Without fills, a drum pattern
just loops. With them, it breathes and has structure.
``Pattern.fill()`` loads a 1-bar drum fill -- a short break that
transitions between sections. 27 fill presets are available:
transitions between sections. 30 fill presets are available:
.. code-block:: pycon
>>> Pattern.list_fills()
['afrobeat', 'blast', 'bossa nova', 'breakdown', 'buildup',
'cajon breakdown', 'cajon flam', 'cajon rumble',
'cumbia', 'disco', 'funk', 'highlife', 'hip hop', 'house',
'cumbia', 'disco', 'djembe break', 'djembe call', 'djembe roll',
'funk', 'highlife', 'hip hop', 'house',
'jazz', 'jazz brush', 'metal', 'metal blast', 'metal cascade',
'metal triplet', 'reggae', 'rock', 'rock crash',
'salsa', 'samba', 'second line', 'trap']
@@ -435,14 +436,19 @@ central to the drum ensemble traditions of Mali, Guinea, and Senegal.
**3 sounds** -- bass (open center strike), tone (edge strike), and
slap (sharp edge strike).
**3 patterns:** djembe (a basic accompanying rhythm), kuku (a
traditional rhythm from Guinea associated with fishing), and soli (a
solo/celebration rhythm).
**8 patterns:** djembe (basic accompanying rhythm), kuku (Guinean harvest
dance), soli (powerful Mandinka rhythm), dununba (heavy bass-driven),
tiriba (joyful Susu rhythm), yankadi (gentle greeting/welcome), djansa
(fast Malinke dance), mendiani (women's celebratory dance).
**3 fills:** djembe call (bass-tone-slap conversation building to climax),
djembe roll (rapid slaps accelerating into bass), djembe break (syncopated
West African-style break).
.. code-block:: python
score = Score("4/4", bpm=120)
score.drums("djembe", repeats=4)
score.drums("djembe", repeats=8, fill="djembe call", fill_every=4)
Metal Kit
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