On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 6:27 PM, TUSHAR AGGARWAL . < f20150...@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > I would like to take this opportunity of introducing myself to the > OpenSIPS community. I am Tushar Aggarwal, a third year undergraduate from > BITS Pilani Hyderabad, India. > I assume you sent a different message to OpenSIPS. This is Sugar Labs :) > > I am a prospective GSoC student and have identified the project "Going > Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks" as something that piques my > interest and lies within my capabilities. I am self taught musician and > know music theory as well. I believe equal temperament lies at the heart of > modern western music theory. It is important for the users to "feel the > difference" between various temperament. It is in this regard I would like > to start contributing. From a coding perspective I looked at the code base > and saw that we have defined notes which are equal. As a first step we > would have to change that to achieve different temperament. Beyond that I > have no clue on how this problem can be implemented. It would help if I > could be assigned some introductory tasks. I have also gone through the > material provided in the project description. Any additional resource will > be appreciated as well(considering I am well versed with music theory). > > I have been heavily influenced by the book "Mathematics & Music" by James > S. Walker. Its an abstract idea as of now but I was wondering if we could > introduce music theory concepts using maths. For example we can introduce > notes as being part of a geometric progression and how selecting certain > notes (which are in ratio like C:E is 5:4). Let me know if this is > something which excites the community and if someone can help me write a > new proposal(if new proposals are accepted in the first place). > Maybe a place to jump into one of the many open issues in Music Blocks to get more familiar with the code? > > I look forward to interacting with all the developers and contributing to > the organization to the best of my abilities. > > Regards, > Tushar Aggarwal > (tushar1997 on IRC) > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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