Alda

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A programming language for music composition

Features

• Compose and play music using only text on the command line
• Easy-to-understand, markup-style syntax
• Designed for musicians who don't know programming and programmers who don't know composition
• Provides an interactive REPL
• Supports programmatic composition: automatic generation through algorithms, live coding, etc.
  • e.g.) Generate music based on a 10-day weather forecast
• Scores are text files, so they can be played with the alda command
• Any instrument in the General MIDI Sound Set can be used, so MIDI music can be composed

See also

• Music
• Scorewriter
• lilypond
• MuseScore

Favorite site

• alda web site