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[QUIZ] Polyrhythm Trainer (#194

Daniel Moore

2/27/2009 5:29:00 PM

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## Polyrhythm Trainer (#194)

Greetings fellow Rubyists,

This week's quiz is to create a polyrhythm training program. The user
will be prompted to tap out a rhythm with two keys: left and right.
Each time the user presses a key the program will display how close to
the correct timing the key press occurred. The program will be
configurable to train the user in any polyrhythm 2:3, 5:4, 11:17, and
so on. The program will also have a configurable tempo. After a number
of complete rhythms the program will display the ratio of how many
notes were successfully struck, success determined by being within a
threshold around the perfect timing.

The display can be as simple as a console application or use a full
graphical interface. [Ruby Inside][1] recently had an article about
graphical toolkits if you are interested.

[Polyrhythm][2] is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms.

[1]: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-gui-programming-survey-results...
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Have Fun!
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2 Answers

Daniel Moore

3/7/2009 7:53:00 PM

0

This quiz may be worthy of a revisit in the future. Until then, here
is my solution: the beginnings of an "Annoyance" trainer.

# rhythm.rb

class Rhythm
BPM = 20
SECONDS_PER_MINUTE = 60.0

def initialize(n, sym)
@sym = sym
@seconds_per_hit = SECONDS_PER_MINUTE/(BPM*n)
@last_hit = @seconds_per_hit
@hit_count = 0
@time = 0

puts @seconds_per_hit
end

def elapse(time_elapsed)
hit = false
if @last_hit >= @seconds_per_hit
@hit_count += 1
@last_hit -= @seconds_per_hit
puts "#{"%1.3f" % @time}: #{@sym}"
hit = true
end
@time += time_elapsed
@last_hit += time_elapsed
return hit
end
end

s = '@'

rhythms = ARGV.map{|arg| Rhythm.new(arg.to_i, s = s.succ)}

delta = 0.05
time = 0

while true
hit = rhythms.map{|r| r.elapse(delta)}.inject(false) {|hit, r| hit || r}
print "\a" if hit
time += delta
sleep delta
end

The program will beep indefinitely, producing a sound every time the
rhythm should be struck (to the nearest 20th of a second).

Usage: ruby rhythm.rb [rhythms]

EX: > ruby rhythm.rb 3 2
1.0
1.5
0.000: A
0.000: B
1.000: A
1.500: B
2.000: A
3.000: A
3.000: B
4.000: A
4.500: B
5.000: A

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Todd Benson

3/8/2009 9:50:00 PM

0

> configurable to train the user in any polyrhythm 2:3, 5:4, 11:17

11:17 is simply a modified 2:3, but I challenge anyone to do it with
any degree of precision at high tempo and only 2 references (2 keys).
If you can use your whole hand (as in playing a piano), it might be
easier. Scriabin, for example, would frequently throw his poor
pianist into 11:3, 9:4, etc. brief, but frequent, frenzies (see piano
sonata no. 1 in F minor).

Todd