On 4/08/2003 14:41, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a theory that music playing requires a similar kind of brain > than computer programming - lots of chaos mixed with some amount of > math are required for both ;-) Indeed. After starting work on a MIDI generator for Cocoon, it entered my head that we could commission a Cocoon signature tune. OK, admittedly, this is somewhat inspired by Microsoft's win 95+ logon tunes which, with daily PC reboots, we have heard echoing around our offices all too often. Given this is open source, and unless Brian Eno is lurking sympathetically on this list we may have to write it ourselves? So, my first thought was to take the letters of the name "Cocoon" and turn them into notes using the time-honoured method of assigning each letter to a note thus: Letter: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Note: ABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDE This produces the following catchy pentatonic tune: C A C A A G With octave displacement the possibilities grow immensely! Any composers on the list? I have a degree in it, but that don't mean thing if it ain't got that... Mark http://www.grassmarket.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
