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Chord Memory
Cory Arcangel, 2020-ongoing
coryarcangel.com arcangelsurfware.biz
Elevator pitch: A vvvv simple chord generator losely based on the "chord memory" function of some keyboards & general off the wall random pitching.
Requires: Open Office, csvmidi
optional Excel args: % - Percentage (of 100%) of likehood that chord will appear Root transpose - How far up the keyboard the chords will appear Force score - Wanna hand type a score? Go ahead! Note length - Length of each note.
Usage: Function 9 to generate a random score in Open Office. csvmidi chord-memory.csv chord-memory.mid
Commander mode (file names is score): filename=$(awk -F',' 'NR==3 {print $4}' chord-memory.csv); csvmidi chord-memory.csv $filename.mid; cp chord-memory.csv $filename.csv
Arrangement: For each note of 16 ticks, and a drone, place a maj 7th chord on a random note. As for arrangement, tempo, and instrumentation, that is completely up to the performer. For example, the given notes can be transposed, and even all but one in each chord thorwn away. Very flexi!