If you're interested in using Python for music, whether that's algorithmic composition, computational music theory, or musicology, you've doubtless encountered music21. It's great, but can be a bit prickly. MIT has a great Open Courseware course with music21's creator, Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert, and it's really great! (Yes, that was the third time I said 'great' and that was the fourth.)
#python #algorithmicComposition #musicTheory #music21 #great #fifth
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-383-computational-music-theory-and-analysis-spring-2023/
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