score ROSE pour Flute seule

[Stephane Boussuge]

Rose (pink) is in French the name of a color, a flower but also the name of a theoretical noise: the pink noise.

Other name for pink-noise is 1/f noise.

First, I define a 1/f function.

1/F-VALUE function is a modified version of 1-OVER-F function found in: 

Algorithmic Composition: A Gentle Introduction to Music Composition Using Common LISP and Common Music by Mary Simoni.

(defun 1/f-value (number min max)
  (do* ((counter 0 (incf counter))
        (blue (+ 1 (random max))
              (if (= counter 4)
                (+ 1 (random max)) blue))
        (green (+ 1 (random max))
               (if (or (= counter 2)
                       (= counter 4)
                       (= counter 6))
                 (+ 1 (random max)) green))
        (red (+ 1 (random max)) (+ 1 (random max)))
        (total (+ blue green red) (+ blue green red))
        (the-list (cons total ()) (cons total the-list)))
       ((= counter (- number 1)) (vector-round min max (reverse the-list)))))

 

Now, definition of a melody generator with pitch, length and velocity parameters taken from 1/F-VALUE function.

(defun gmel (lenmap nbvalp nbvalr min max amb velmin velmax restprob)
  (length-rest-weight
   restprob
   (make-omn
    :pitch (vector-to-pitch amb (1/f-value nbvalp min max))
    :length (vector-map lenmap (1/f-value nbvalr min max))
    :velocity (vector-to-velocity
               velmin velmax
               (vector-smooth 0.2 (1/f-value nbvalp min max))))))

 

Length parameters:

(setf lenmap1 '(1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/12 1/16))
(setf lenmap2 '(1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/12 1/16))
(setf lenmap3 '(1/6 1/7 1/8 1/12 1/16))
(setf lenmap4 '(1/8 1/12 1/16))

 

Now, create some parts (p1 p2 etc..) with a repeated use of the gmel function with GEN-LOOP:

(setf p1 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p2 (gen-loop 8
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p3 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8 4 12))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(40 20 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p4 (gen-loop 8
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8 4 12))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p5 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p6 (gen-loop 8
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p7 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 1232 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(6 1))))

 

(setf p8 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(g5 c7) 'p 'ff '(2 1))))

 

(setf p9 (gen-loop 12
          (gmel
           (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
           (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
           (rnd-pick '(8))
           1
           (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
           '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(6 1))))

 

(setf p10 (gen-loop 12
           (gmel
            (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1 lenmap2 lenmap3 lenmap4)))
            (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
            (rnd-pick '(8))
            1
            (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
            '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

(setf p11 (gen-loop 8
           (gmel
            (apply-eval (rnd-pick '(lenmap1)))
            (rnd-pick '(64 12 32 24))
            (rnd-pick '(8))
            1
            (rnd-pick '(100 50 40 10))
            '(c4 c6) 'p 'ff '(3 1))))

 

Assemble all the part into one piece

(setf full (assemble-seq p2 p1 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 p11))

 

Define a template (master-span) for time signatures

(setf master-span (rnd-sample (length full) '(1 2/4 3/4 4/4 5/4 6/8 9/8 7/4)))

 

Apply the template to the piece

(setf full-msp (length-span master-span full))

 

Score definition:

(def-score rose
           (:composer "S.Boussuge"
            :copyright "Copyright © 2014 S.Boussuge"
            :key-signature atonal
            :time-signature (get-time-signature full-msp)
            :tempo 138
            :layout (flute-layout 'flute))
  
  (flute :omn full-msp
         :channel 1
         :sound 'gm
         :program 'flute))

SB.