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Suggestion: Define sound in textual format to study music

PostPosted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:56 pm
by frimipiso
Hi,

this may be a crazy idea, but I am trying to study chords, intervals and scales with Flashcards Deluxe.

Of course I could generate sound files for every chord, but this will be very tiresome.

Is there someway that I could define notes to be played using letters on a card side?

e.g. {C|E|G} would play a C chord

or

{C_E_G} would play the chord as a sequence of notes

Is there some way to do this, or could you implement this in some way?

This would open up your app to music theory and ear training.

Thanks and have a great day

Jens

Re: Suggestion: Define sound in textual format to study musi

PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:31 pm
by Katja from Hamburg
Did you test adding your own sound files?
There can be upto 5 sounds for each card.

Re: Suggestion: Define sound in textual format to study musi

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 3:01 pm
by frimipiso
Thanks Katja.

Adding my own files works. I was just thinking of a type of synthesizer / mid player functionality where I enter the notes to be played in some textual format. This should then get played by the software.

Actually lilipond appears to enable textual entry of music, which is then displayed as music notation:
https://lilypond.org

I think you are allowed to download the sources to intergrate it into your software.
Then you could enter music notation without using graphics
AND maybe you could even implement a player for lilipond.

It would be a great extension for Flashcards Deluxe.

Re: Suggestion: Define sound in textual format to study musi

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:28 pm
by Ernie
Hi Jens,

Interesting idea.
This is going to be beyond the scope of what I want FCD to be able to do. Sorry about that.

Ernie